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  Should Doctors Be Involved in the Concealed-Weapons Permit Process?

  April 17, 2013 — Experts have discussed the medical, ethical, and legal concerns about physician involvement in concealed weapons permits. They argue that standards, protocols and new policies are needed for ... > full story
• Encryption
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  Security Holes in Smartphone Apps

  April 17, 2013 — Popular texting, messaging and microblog apps developed for the Android smartphone have security flaws that could expose private information or allow forged fraudulent messages to be posted, ... > full story
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  College Admission Questions Rarely Identify Criminal Behavior

  April 16, 2013 — A new study shows that neither criminal background checks nor pre-admission screening questions accurately predict students likely to commit crime on college ... > full story
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  Sharing Individual Health Information Could Improve Care and Reduce Costs for All

  April 15, 2013 — Information collected from individual patients at doctor's office and hospital visits could be used to improve health care and reduce costs on a national scale, according to a new ... > full story
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  Twelve Principles for Effective Contraceptive Counseling

  April 15, 2013 — New research has led experts to suggest 12 evidence-based principles that can be used to improve contraceptive counseling of adolescents in US health care clinics, doctor's offices, and health ... > full story
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  Is There a Future for a Privacy-Friendly Internet?

  April 11, 2013 — A privacy-friendly Internet might be possible in the future according to an ... > full story
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  Doctors Urged to 'Pause Before Posting' and Not 'Friend' Patients

  April 11, 2013 — New recommendations offer physicians ethical guidance for preserving trust in patient-physician relationships and the profession when using social ... > full story
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  New Software Alleviates Wireless Traffic

  April 11, 2013 — The explosive popularity of wireless devices —- from WiFi laptops to Bluetooth headsets to ZigBee sensor nodes —- is increasingly clogging the airwaves, resulting in dropped calls, wasted ... > full story
• Social Psychology
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  Social Media: The Perils and Pleasures

  April 9, 2013 — Too much social media activity may damage strong ... > full story
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  Goodbye Drafty Backside, Hello Comfort, Style in Newly Designed Patient Gown

  April 8, 2013 — The drafty backside is finally gone, replaced with comfort, warmth and dignity in a newly designed hospital gown that blends style for the patient with clinical function for the health care ... > full story

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