Rachel Carson

North Bay Report — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Rachel Carson may have been America’s first environmental whistle-blower. That’s inspired for a west county poet to create her own biographical one-woman show about the author of Silent Spring.

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North Bay Report — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Economist Helene Jorgensen thought she had good health insurance, until she got really sick. Having survived both her illness and her direct dealings with hospitals, laboratories and insurance companies, she has written a bluntly critical account of her experiences, both economic and medical, titled Sick and Tired.

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Expanding Your Horizons

North Bay Report — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100

More women than ever are going to college, and they are graduating in record numbers, too. Expect in certain subject areas, such as math and the hard sciences. A local group believes that the way to change that is to start early.

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Fish oil capsules have long been suspected of including small amounts of toxic PCBs, but a new lawsuit contends some manufacturers of the supplements contain far more of the banned chemicals than others.

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Sutter and Marin General Hospital

North Bay Report — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Marin General Hospital is leaving the corporate umbrella of Sutter Health Care, effective at the end of June. But the separation is proving to be less than amicable.

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A School for AIDS Orphans in Mozambique

North Bay Report — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

As the number of African children orphaned by AIDS continues to grow, a new model for housing, teaching and caring for them is trying to take root in Mozambique.

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Fog and Redwoods

North Bay Report — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

A new analysis finds there are fewer foggy days along the Northern California coast than there were 100 years ago, and that’s bad news for the coast redwoods.

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"The Poisoner's Handbook"

North Bay Report — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Poisonings, both accidental and criminal, have been happening for centuries. But the science of investigating those deaths is barely a hundred years old.

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As she began to research the history of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York, science writer Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner's Handbook, says she was struck by the numbeRead More...

FBI Raid at SSU

North Bay Report — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:37:29 +0100

County and federal investigators raided administrative and financial offices at Sonoma State Thursday morning, as part of a long-running investigation into allegations of fiscal mismanagement of a large grants administration program on campus.

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Music and Memory

North Bay Report — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Even in patients with advanced Alzheimer’s Disease, familiar music from long ago can awaken memories and prompt interactive behaviors. But how does that happen? A U.C. Davis researcher is working to unravel the neural mechanisms within the brain.

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