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Study examines characteristics of female high school students who report steroid use
06-04-2007 · EurekAlert!Steroid use among teen girls is not limited to those involved in competitive athletics and is associated with a cluster of other health-harming behaviors, including smoking and taking diet pills, according to results of a national survey published in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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- Study examines performance-based pay for teachers
09-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
Teacher performance pay is a frequently discussed and controversial topic among kindergarten through 12th-grade educators. Recent findings by economics professors at the University of Missouri-Columbia and Vanderbilt University suggest that states and school districts in the United States begin developing programs that examine the effects of linking teacher pay to student achievement.
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- Mailman School of Public Health researchers report blood DNA can be early predictor of liver cancer
04-15-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have discovered a means for early detection of liver cancer. Using DNA isolated from serum samples as a baseline biomarker, the scientists examined changes in certain tumor suppressor genes that have been associated with the development of liver carcinomas. This is the first study to prospectively examine potential biomarkers for early detection of liver cancer in high-risk populations.
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- RAND study says many Louisiana students displaced by hurricanes may suffer academically
11-29-2006 · EurekAlert!
Many of the approximately 200,000 Louisiana students displaced from their public schools by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita may experience long-term academic problems, according to a RAND Corp. study issued today.The vast majority of the displaced students missed weeks or more of school and did not return to their original schools by the end of the 2005-06 school year, according to the report prepared by RAND Education for the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute.
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- Mental health treatment extends lives of older patients with diabetes and depression
12-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine report that older adults with diabetes and depression are half as likely to die over a 5-year period when they receive depression care management than depressed patients with diabetes who do not receive depression care management. The first known study to examine the relationship between diabetes and mortality in a depression intervention trial appears in the December issue of Diabetes Care.
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- Public school kindergarteners post same or greater gains as private school counterparts
11-28-2006 · EurekAlert!
In the first study to examine differences in learning gains at the kindergarten level, William Carbonaro (University of Notre Dame) finds that publicly schooled kindergarteners post the same or greater learning gains as privately schooled kindergarteners. These findings come as a surprise. As Carbonaro writes, "Both the financial costs of private schooling and other self-selection factors ensure that the private schools will have a more advantaged population of students than public schools."
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- RAND study finds most schools fail to fully adopt reform models
11-09-2006 · EurekAlert!
Schools that embrace comprehensive reform models designed to improve student achievement frequently do not fully adopt all practices recommended by the model developers, according to a RAND Corporation report issued today.A survey of 250 schools from Florida and Texas that embraced comprehensive school reform models found that none had adopted all of the changes the models called for to boost student achievement, according to the study by RAND Education.
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- Do medical schools affect the way future doctors interact with drug companies?
12-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Benefits of school-based fitness programs fade after summer
06-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
A study of 17 middle school students suggests that physical fitness gains made by obese children who participated in a lifestyle-focused physical education class during the school year were lost after the three-month summer break, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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- Study examines video game play among adolescents
07-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
On school days, teen boys who play video games appear to spend less time reading and teen girls who play video games appear to spend less time doing homework than those who do not play video games, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Overall, video game players did not spend less time than non-video game players interacting with parents and friends.
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04-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
The culture of a school can dampen -- or exacerbate -- the violent or disruptive tendencies of aggressive young teens, new research indicates. A large-scale study from the University of Illinois found that while personal traits and peer interactions have the most direct effect on the aggressive behavior of middle school students, the school environment also influences student aggression.
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