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1. N.J. legislative committees to consider sports betting and job creation bills Thursday
(N.J./State)

... bill would include cheerleaders in the state's current student-athlete head injury safety program. The second would urge schools districts to implement baseline cognitive testing programs to measure the ...

2. Food stamp usage, child poverty on the rise in N.J.
(N.J./State)

... has reached an all-time high. According to PressTV, child poverty rates are now at 25 percent or higher in ten states. "Children who live in poverty are more likely than their peers to have cognitive ...

3. Mind sports weekend: Nation's Cup poker and Lego competition
(Sports/Professional)

... and similar events/games (bridge, chess, draughts, go etc...) will be held in The London Eye, with players from 12 nations competing as teams in duplicate poker, which focuses more on skill and cognitive ...

4. The 7 stages of Alzheimer's Disease and when to seek treatment
(Health/Healthquest)

... become bedridden. Dr. Joel Ross, M.D., FACP, AGSF, CMD CPI, of Eatontown, New Jersey, is in the forefront of research in Alzheimer’s and Mild Cognitive Impairment. (See last week’s article.) He is founder ...

5. N.J. study reveals Alzheimer’s progression may be reversed with new drugs
(Health/Healthquest)

... and Investigators to head research studies. Ross heads six clinical trials of new AD drugs and protocols and drugs to treat MCI (mild cognitive impairment). The trials encompass drugs (pills and patches), ...

6. Causes for some types of dementia are unknown
(Health/Healthquest)

... called MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment) for which scientists cannot identify the root cause. These people are in addition to the 5 million who have Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), which now can scientifically ...

7. Wine can reduce risk of developing Alzheimer's
(Health/Healthquest)

BY MARGARET MORGAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM In the biggest study ever, it was found that moderate social drinking significantly reduces the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment, according to an analysis ...

8. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s blood test developed in New Jersey
(Health/Healthquest)

... of memory, and cognitive processes, along with destruction of neurons in the brain.  ...

9. Cognition not a relevant measure
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Superior cognition is not relevant to the ethical problem and experimentation cannot be based upon cognitive abilities. If it were, you would have to say that it is morally permissible to use babies, ...

10. For pianist Rosanne Nahass, it’s about illumination as well as inspiration
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and paused in a noticeable way before she began to play. Later, she explained that speaking is a cognitive, left-side of the brain activity, while playing is right-side. “I collect myself to make that ...

11. Fish oils do not slow Alzheimer's disease but blood tests could help early detection
(Health/Healthquest)

... biomarker test detected the signature protein in individuals with Alzheimer’s (90 percent), those with mild cognitive impairment (72 percent) and those without cognitive impairment (36 percent). Within ...

12. Friday the 13th has its own phobia
(Life/Style)

... on Friday the 13th because people stay home from work, refuse to fly or engage in routine business. Rutgers Today: Can you explain some of the psychology behind superstitions? Petronko: As a cognitive ...

13. birthers = paranoid morons
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... after the revamping of records in HI. It explains the addition of the '19' prior to '61' in the center of the numbers and the update of 'black' or 'negro' to African'. I understand that cognitive thought ...

14. Astronaut Mark Kelly focused on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' impressive recovery
(U.S./Nation)

... more milestones — which doctors said were all indicative of higher cognitive function — all with Kelly at her side. According to ABC News, Kelly asked her to give him a thumbs-up if she could hear him. ...

15. Cognitive therapy: Can it make you a better investor?
(Money/Economy)

BY GERALD J. ROBINSON NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Can cognitive therapy make you a better investor? Could be. Cognitive therapy is a type of psychotherapy that helps identify counterproductive thinking ...

16. Marian Wright Edelman and Michelle Obama: Two champions for children
(Life/Style)

... readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development." If Edelman is the steel fist to the work we need to do for poor children, then the First Lady is the velvet glove. Her approach is softer, ...

17. school reform (accountability)
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... & political-economic control). Where is the "accountability" for... /> The 'entertainment' industry flooding our youth with heinously toxic & cognitively poisonous VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES and GANGSTER-THUG ...

18. Discarded NFL players are often forgotten in retirement
(Sports/Professional)

... researches have been at odds over the sports head trauma and later cognitive degeneration. Researchers looking into the relationship between concussions and cognitive problems have seen a link while the ...

19. Some B vitamins, like folic acid, seem to help in fight against aging
(Health/Healthquest)

BY ART CHIMES VOA NEWS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — A new study has failed to find any conclusive evidence that lifestyle changes can prevent cognitive decline in older adults. But researchers say there ...

20. Schundler Pays The Price
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... bullying is a serious problem suggesting that there are issues with social cognitive abilities and psychological issues. Who wants a governor who governs by dictating? Who refuses to compromise? Who humiliates, ...