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Here you have the twice-a-month newsletter with our most popular blog posts. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, simply by submitting your email at the top of this page. Major Implications from Brain Research Should Social-Emotional Learning Be Part of Academic Curriculum?: It is clear by now that our brains are more than cognitive machines.

Here you have the twice-a-month newsletter with our most popular blog posts. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, simply by submitting your email at the top of this page. Major Implications from Brain Research Should Social-Emotional Learning Be Part of Academic Curriculum?: It is clear by now that our brains are more than cognitive machines.

By Don Johnson Not-for-profit hospital monopolies are helping make health insurance unaffordable for millions of Americans. In its Thursday edition, The Wall Street Journal profiles the near monopoly that Carilion Health System has in Roanoke, Virg., and how it uses...

Bialke Named Executive Director of Minnesota Nurses Association After a nationwide search, James Bialke has been appointed Executive Director of the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA). In assuming his duties on September 11, 2008, he will lead a strong and growing membership representing 20,000 of the state’s registered nurses.

Here you have a roundup of interesting recent news on cognitive health topics and my commentary: 1) Playing Video Games Offers Learning Across Life Span, Say Studies 2) Mental Floss at Military Officer Magazine 3) Brain Training dominates '08 Euro sales (CVG Online) 4) Dakim’s [m]Power Adopted by 150 Senior Living Communities ...

Here you have a roundup of interesting recent news on cognitive health topics and my commentary: 1) Playing Video Games Offers Learning Across Life Span, Say Studies 2) Mental Floss at Military Officer Magazine 3) Brain Training dominates '08 Euro sales (CVG Online) 4) Dakim’s [m]Power Adopted by 150 Senior Living Communities ...

Genetic predisposition may play a role in anxiety disorders August 27th, 2008 | Category: Health News Finnish researchers have identified genes that may predispose to anxiety disorders. Research conducted under the supervision of Academy Research Fellow Iiris Hovatta have focused on genes that

Do you know anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer?  Did you know that 1 out of 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime…1 out of 2 men.  So unless you are a family of one, with no friends and you are the luckiest person in the whole wide world…cancer is going to touch someone you

I noticed that Dr. Alan Rubin’s recent Guest Post here at The Mine stirred up some heated discussion over conflict of interest (COI) — an issue that seems to lurk behind every corner in the business of health and medicine.

Listeriosis toll grows, number of food inspectors shrinks August 27, 2008 One of the key initiatives of neo-liberalism and the so-called “Washington consensus” is massive deregulation. It is often couched as “self-regulation” - the notion that we hand over more and more regulation to the companies that we used to regulate through government agencies.