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Kids and technology: When to say 'no'
What is the appropriate amount of time for a child or teenager to spend on his or her computer, smart phone or tablet in a day? As such technology becomes more affordable, families have purchased devices for their children and many area schools have...
Tags: Science and Technology, Technology, Gaming, Entertainment, Apple iPad
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Valerie Harper reveals terminal cancer; famous friends react
Valerie Harper, who played Rhoda Morgenstern on TV's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff "Rhoda," has terminal cancer, the actress revealed Wednesday morning. And through the day, friends and fans expressed their support. Harper has the rare...Tags: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (tv program), Google Inc., Lung Cancer, Social Media, Mary Tyler Moore
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NFL's Goodell hopes for lighter helmets, sensors
AP Pro Football WriterNEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell imagines a day in the not-too-distant future when players could be checked to determine whether their genetic makeup leaves them more likely to develop brain disease. They then might be told to...Tags: Medical Research, Under Armour Inc., Concussion, National Football League, Research
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Some in Laurel facing sequestration with optimism, others brace for trickle-down effect
When Congress and the White House failed to make a deal on budget cuts March 1, sequestration went into effect, requiring federal agencies to identify $85 billion in required cuts. The looming reductions, which will be spread across agencies —...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, White House, Fannie Mae, Job Layoffs, U.S. Department of Defense
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U.S. doctor's 'gutsy' move led to baby's cure from HIV
ReutersJACKSON, Mississippi/CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) - The doctor who cured an HIV infected baby for the first time is happier talking to children than to adults and is finding all the attention since the news came out a little overwhelming. Dr. Hannah Gay...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Allergies, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Developers express interest in FBI headquarters
General Services Administration officials said Wednesday they had received nearly three dozen responses to a request for ideas about a new FBI headquarters, a potentially lucrative development that Maryland leaders hope to land in Prince George's County....
Tags: FBI, Police Investigations, Steny Hoyer, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Parents raise awareness about rare diseases
On a bad week, Hallie Munro sees upward of 10 doctors. Often her joints ache so badly that she cannot get out of bed, her lungs wheeze and struggle for air, her stomach pierces so much that she does not want to eat. Noah and Laine VanHoutan were once...
Tags: Lobbying, Research, Politics
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A smart investment
The human brain is a marvelous instrument, capable of the subtlest thoughts, feelings and perceptions, and of dreams even the gods might envy. Yet for all our cleverness in other areas, we still know embarrassingly little about how our own brains actually...
Tags: Medical Research, Science and Technology, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, DARPA
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Hopkins scientist finds link between neurobiology of music, language
A Johns Hopkins brain scientist is finding a neurological basis for a notion that many people believe intuitively — that music is as much a form of language as Spanish or French. Charles Limb is one of just a handful of researchers worldwide...
Tags: Science and Technology, Medical Research, Annapolis, Colleges and Universities, Artists
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Federal firefighters push for shift-swap flexibility
When city or county firefighters have a family event or unexpected obligation pop up on a workday, their solution is familiar to most shift workers: They find a colleague willing to trade hours. But for the roughly 10,000 firefighters employed by the...Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Defense, Budget Control Act of 2011, United States Naval Academy, Darrell E Issa
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Obama outlines private-public project to study the brain
Making good on a promise first hinted at during his State of the Union speech in February, President Obama on Tuesday unveiled the broad outlines of a scientific initiative aimed at mapping the human brain. The project's ambitious goals include...Tags: Medical Research, Science and Technology, Parkinson's Disease, Ethics, White House
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Richard R. Rubin, Hopkins psychologist
Dr. Richard R. Rubin, a Johns Hopkins psychologist who counseled children and adults on how to cope with the emotional effects of diabetes, died of complications from prostate cancer March 25 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Monkton resident was 69....
Tags: South Africa, Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Medical Specialization, Psychologists
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