According to a new study, talking on the phone with Mom is nearly as good as getting a hug for helping stressed-out kids calm down.

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This is why what this article is talking about is so worthy of study and discussion.

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He's a researcher at the University of Wisconsin and lead author of the study we're talking about.

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Some benefit from colour-coding their notes, others from reading out loud, or talking through what they have learned with a teacher or study partner.

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In cities like Kathmandu in Nepal, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, the channel's PSAs and documentaries about HIV got more people talking about the AIDS virus to the extent that a study by Family Health International showed changes in local behavior.

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While the bailout of Cyprus is a fascinating case study and raises interesting theoretical questions about moral hazard for policy wonks and talking heads, here is the reality: It is largely irrelevant to the global economy.

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In the hours since the Oregon study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a number of talking points have emerged from those who insist that Medicaid must be making a significant difference in health outcomes.

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Academia, especially area studies, seems to exist solely now just to put the best spin on things and to make, you know, if, you know, your area of study is the Muslim world, none of these things that we're talking about, these historical aspects, these primary sources, Koranic and historical, that I'm quoting, you'll never hear these.

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When compared with dialing, talking, listening or reaching for an electronic device, texting posed the greatest accident risk, the study found.

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