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Hot flashes common even before menopause
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most women expect hot flashes as a part of the "change of life," but more than half start sweating before menopause has actually begun, according to a survey. The study and others "indicate that women start having hot...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Education, Symptoms, Drugs and Medicines, University of Pennsylvania
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UC Davis professor Daniel Sperling wins Blue Planet Prize
Daniel Sperling, a UC Davis civil engineering professor and international transportation expert, has won the Blue Planet Prize. The prize, given annually by the Asahi Glass Foundation of Tokyo, comes with an award of about $500,000. It recognizes...
Tags: Science and Technology, Weather, Science, Ecosystems, Global Change
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Schools with fewer needy students decry California funding change
Ah Ram Kim is a 17-year-old high school student learning to read English at a first-grade level with the book "The Little Red Hen." Newly arrived from South Korea, she is one of 170 students, who are from Mexico, Vietnam, Egypt, Japan, Pakistan, Sri...
Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Pakistan, Jerry Brown, Research
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Skelton: California needs crackdown on bullets
California already has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. Now George Skelton says it needs to apply the same approach to bullets. "Guns don't kill people. Bullets do," he writes in his Monday column. The latest example of the problem,...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Interior Policy, Gun Control
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Locals fall in doubles
FOUNTAIN VALLEY — Reese Stalder and Joseph Di Giulio both won titles last November at the Southern California Junior Sectional Doubles Championships, Stalder in the 16s and Di Giulio in the 18s. Both players had matches back then that were close....Tags: Delray Beach, Tennis, University of California, Irvine
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Lawmakers should close bullet-buying loophole
From what I've been reading, the Santa Monica killer was packing an illegal assault rifle and 40 high-capacity ammunition magazines. He sprayed 100 bullets and had access to 1,300. And, oh yes, he was a mental case. The guy's exact background and...
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Darrell Steinberg, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice
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La Caņada High School graduates enter the next phase
If anything can be said about La Caņada High School's graduating class of 2013, it's that they are utterly unafraid to let their light shine and, in doing so, make the world a brighter place. Graduates were a sight to behold Thursday evening as they...
Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Los Angeles, Rutgers University, Awards and Prizes
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Did menopause arise because men prefer younger women?
Thanks a lot, guys: According to new research, your preference for younger mates could have caused menopause to arise in women. Writing in the journal PLOS Computational Biology on Thursday, a team from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, reported...
Tags: Biology, Science and Technology, Physical Conditions, Science, Menopause
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Santa Monica shooter's rifle appears to have been pieced together
The semiautomatic weapon used in the Santa Monica shooting rampage appears to have been put together from various parts, possibly in an attempt to circumvent the state's restrictions on such guns, law enforcement sources said Wednesday. While certain...
Tags: Politics, John Zawahri, University of California, Los Angeles, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rifle used in Santa Monica College shooting may have been altered
The rifle a gunman used to kill five people during a rampage in Santa Monica last week appears to have been modified accommodate large-capacity magazines. During the assault, John Zawahri, 23, had 40 magazines capable of holding 30 rounds each,...
Tags: Politics, John Zawahri, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Newspaper and Magazine
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Rifle in Santa Monica shooting was pieced together, sources say
The semiautomatic weapon used in the Santa Monica shooting rampage appears to have been put together from various parts, possibly in an attempt to circumvent the state’s restrictions on such guns, law enforcement sources said Wednesday. Although...
Tags: Politics, John Zawahri, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Newspaper and Magazine
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The benefits of immigration reform
As an economist, an immigrant and a scholar of the effects of immigration on the U.S. economy, I find that few pieces of legislation have engaged me more than the proposal for comprehensive immigration reform that the full Senate will take up this week....
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Career and Workplace, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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