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Local Mom Is Heading To The Inauguration
Hartford mother, Carmen Veal, recently featured in this Mommy Minute article, has been chosen to travel to Washington DC to help out with the Inaugural Ball. As a volunteer for the Obama campaign - making calls, canvassing neighborhoods and entering data...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Veal
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Mother of Autistic Sons Joins Mommy Minute Blog
Special to the CourantWhen I first learned my son Cash’an had autism six years ago, I didn’t want to talk about it. As a trained print and broadcast journalist, professional in communications, and even as an actress who has taken center stage to express my...Tags: Behavioral Conditions
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What Are GMO's, And What Health Risks Do They Pose?
They’re in 80% of the food we eat: genetically modified organisms. Some say they pose serious health risks. Some believe those risks to be so serious, they’re willing to break the law in order to notify their fellow consumers that products...Tags: Laws, Dannel P. Malloy , Milford (New Haven, Connecticut), Politics, Food Industry
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Yale Makes Discovery That Will Dramatically Impact Autism Research
FoxCTResearchers at Yale University say they’ve made a discovery that will dramatically impact autism research. Dr. Stephan Sanders- the first author of the study- says scientists found genetic mutations are linked to the condition. This finding will...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Genes and Chromosomes, Science and Technology, Yale University, Human Body
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Jackson Lab Names Scientific Director For Farmington Location
The Hartford CourantA Harvard genetics expert has been named scientific director of the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on the campus of the UConn Health Center, the company announced Monday. Charles Lee, who starts August 1, is currently director of the molecular...Tags: University of Connecticut Health Center, Medical Procedures and Tests, Education, Birth Defects, Biology
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Sullivan Award winner exceeds students' needs
Reading Eagle, Pa.There was a point early this school year when Sue Raynes nearly burned out. The pressure. The endless planning. The frustration. It was all just piling up on her. Luckily for her students, it was just a passing phase. "The children need her,"...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Berks County, Helen Keller, Students, Awards and Prizes
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10 Things to know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. GOP LOOKS TO CAPITALIZE ON OBAMA WOES Many Republicans would like to deny the president a victory in immigration reform, which is being...Tags: Sex Crimes, Long Island, Vaccines
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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Arts and Culture, Culture, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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The Philadelphia Inquirer PhillyInc column
The Philadelphia InquirerDoes Philadelphia have room for one more specialized business incubator? It may, indeed, if enough education- technology entrepreneurs choose to take the plunge into what the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education calls its new...Tags: Business Incubators, The Philadelphia Inquirer, New Products, Marketing, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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READER SUBMITTED: U.S. Officials Visit Meriden Schools And Family Zone
MeridenFor the second time in just eight months, federal education officials visited Meriden on Friday, May 10, to learn about groundbreaking work taking place in the schools. The visit began at 7:45 a.m. at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School, where Deborah...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Schools, Education, United Way , Elementary Schools
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Briefs: Comedy fundraiser planned for World War II vets' trip
The News-SentinelSpecial show Comedians and blues artists will unite to help raise money to send two African-American World War II veterans on a May 29 Honor Flight trip to see monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C. Veterans Al Stiles and Charles "Moe" Moses will...Tags: Easter Seals, Travel, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, U.S. Navy, Trips and Vacations
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2 children die, 4 hospitalized in Indianapolis fire
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two autistic children were killed and four other people were injured when they were caught in a fire Monday in the Indianapolis condominium, authorities said. The boys, ages 8 and 10, lived in the building in Cumberland, on the...
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