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Student shoots himself in Roman Catholic school in Cincinnati
A student at a Cincinnati parochial school was in critical condition after he pulled out a gun in a classroom and shot himself in an apparent suicide attempt, officials said. The youth, who has not been named, was taken to the University of Cincinnati...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Suicide, Religious Education, Parochial Schools, Students
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Elwood Jensen dies at 92; his research spurred cancer treatments
Elwood Jensen, a medical researcher whose ground-breaking work in the field of endocrinology and breast cancer led to revolutionary and life-saving treatments, died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 16 in suburban Cincinnati, the University of...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Medical Research, Prostate Cancer, Colleges and Universities, Awards and Prizes
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Tennessee hires Butch Jones as its new coach
Tennessee has a new football coach: Cincinnati's Butch Jones. The university has scheduled a news conference for 11:30 a.m. PST on Friday to announce the hiring, which was first reported by VolQuest.com. A few minutes after the news was first...
Tags: Ultimate Fighting Championship, Cincinnati Bearcats, Big East Conference, Tennessee Volunteers
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Dr. Thomas Szasz dies at 92; psychiatrist who attacked profession
Dr. Thomas Szasz, the New York psychiatrist whose Don Quixote-like attacks on the psychiatric profession in the 1960s and 1970s led him to a position of prominence and influence before his radical ideas fell into disrepute and he faded into obscurity, has...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Psychiatry, Colleges and Universities, Psychiatrists, Psychotherapy
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Book review: 'The Receptionist' by Janet Groth leaves tales untold
Janet Groth had big plans when she came to the New Yorker. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, she began as a receptionist at the magazine in 1957, after telling E.B. White (yes, that E.B. White) that she had deliberately avoided learning how to...
Tags: Book, Newspaper and Magazine, Periodicals
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The anthrax killings: A troubled mind
He roamed the University of Cincinnati campus with a loaded gun. When his rage overflowed, the brainy microbiology major would open fire inside empty buildings, visualizing a wall clock or other object as a person who had done him wrong. By the mid-...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Disease Prevention, Hazing, Hospitals and Clinics, Psychiatrists
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Put your stress on vacation
Got stress?
If you answered no, hooray for you! (And, by the way, what planet are you from?)
But if you answered yes (like any normal member of the human race), you're likely heartened by the arrival of vacation season. Just the ticket for a little...Tags: Health, Travel, Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines, Immune System
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Patt Morrison Asks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- still hooked
Only his number is retired — 33, in the Lakers' purple and gold that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore to glory on the basketball court. The rest of him is still working away, most recently on his latest book. At UCLA, in blue and gold, Abdul-Jabbar was a...
Tags: College Sports, Basketball, Black History, Allen Iverson, George Washington Carver
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Food companies sign up for war on salt
For decades, people have been ignoring advice to eat less salt — in large part because it's hard to avoid. Processed and restaurant foods are simply loaded with sodium.
Now, under growing pressure from doctors, consumers, states, advocacy groups...Tags: Health, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Drugs and Medicines, Health Organizations, High Blood Pressure
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Reading between the lines on shampoo bottles
Los Angeles TimesLather, rinse, repeat. We all do it. Whether it's with a product that's foamy and fragrant or runny and medicinal, green and pearlescent or clear and perfume-free, Americans spend $1.4 billion on shampoo annually, according to SymphonyIRI Group, a...Tags: Psychology, Medical Specialization, Health, Education, Philosophy
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With children and food allergy diagnoses, thoroughness is key
More and more kids these days seem to have food allergies, and peanut-free classrooms are becoming the norm in many elementary schools.
In trying to characterize the apparent increase, scientists have identified two distinct trends. The first is that...Tags: Health, Internists, Allergies, Drugs and Medicines, Infants
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Sports Legend Revealed: The Philadelphia Warriors drafted Wilt Chamberlain while he was still in high school
The Fabulous ForumBASKETBALL LEGEND: The Philadelphia Warriors drafted Wilt Chamberlain while he was still in high school. STATUS: Effectively True, Technically False. In 1971, the United States Supreme Court heard the case of Haywood v. National Basketball Association,...
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