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Teen pot use linked to later declines in IQ

...to the developing brain. "Parents should understand that their adolescents are particularly vulnerable,'" said lead researcher Madeline Meier of Duke University. Study participants from New Zealand were tested for IQ at age 13, likely before...

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...risks and benefits of the research and risks of the virus itself. He said the consensus among experts voiced by a lead researcher was that the work should be published eventually since there was only a small chance the virus could be used as a...

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Expert: Minn. likely won't have moose much longer

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's moose population appears to have dropped again, and a lead researcher for the state Department of Natural Resources says the state may eventually have none. Minnesota is one of the few strongholds...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-02-23/expert-minn-likely-wont-have-moose-m
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Study of 'meth babies' finds behavior problems

...problems than other children.The behavior differences - anxiety, depression, moodiness - weren't huge, but lead researcher Linda LaGasse called them "very worrisome."Methamphetamine is a stimulant like crack cocaine, and earlier research...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-03-18/study-meth-babies-finds-behavior-problems
The great moose mystery

...known as ''The Minnesota Moose Mystery.'' They had seemed to be getting closer. But on June 11, Eric Cox, the lead researcher on the project, was winding up three years of 12-hour days filled with extensive field work. He and veteran DNR...

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Study: Physicians' empathy can ease depression for caregivers of terminally ill

...that lessens the burdens on caregivers. They feel heard. It's a key element to feeling supported,'' said lead researcher Ezekiel J. Emanuel of the Department of Clinical Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. Without doctors...

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Study suggests value of intensive campaign, staying 'on message'

...on Al Gore as they argued that one of them was more qualified than the other,'' said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a lead researcher on the project by the Annenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Texas Gov. Bush consistently told voters...

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13-year study: No link between Three Mile Island accident, cancer deaths

...nation's worst commercial nuclear accident. But it does not eliminate the need to continue monitoring their health, the lead researcher said. The accident, triggered by equipment malfunction and operator error on March 28, 1979, caused about a third...

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Forget what you heard before

...us to think about new (strategies) to prevent these deaths,'' said Dr. Kyran Quinlan, a pediatrician and the lead researcher on the study. ''We are suggesting that states (should) have lower blood alcohol limits for drivers transporting...

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Women find caregiving major obstacle to exercise

...national survey to examine how nurturing others blocks a path to the nurturer's own better health, according to the lead researcher of the report in an American Psychological Association journal, Health Psychology. ''We are just beginning to...

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