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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
State of the Birds Report: "We all will see the effects of changing climate in our own backyards"
Climate change threatens nearly half the bird species in the continental United States and Canada, including the Bald Eagle and dozens of iconic birds like the Common Loon, Baltimore Oriole and Brown Pelican, according to a new study by National Audubon Society. more »
Why Physicians and Nurses Ask (or Don’t) About Partner Violence: Women are not likely to disclose abuse unless directly asked
US Department of Health and Human Services: Roughly one in four women (24.3%) have experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner in her lifetime. According to the CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System, in 2003, 20 percent of homicides were directly associated with intimate partner conflict. For victims aged 40 to 44 years old, intimate partner violence was the most common form of violence resulting in death (Centers for Disease Control, 2006). more »
OptoGenetics: Using Light to Control the Activity of the Brain
An idea that started as a long shot — using light to control the activity of the brain — has earned Karl Deisseroth the Keio prize in medicine. The technique, called optogenetics, is now widely used at Stanford and worldwide to understand the brain's wiring and to unravel behavior. Many researchers expect it will lead to medical discoveries. more »
Sexuality and Quality of Life in Aging from the Journal for Nurse Practioners
Among the survey respondents, all 50 years or older, 59% of men and 56% of women reported that their partners were not fulfilling their needs. More than a quarter of the men said they are not having enough sex, and a quarter of the women reported not having the lifestyle they had hoped for. [One researcher] contended that sex is still seen as men's territory, with women serving as silent partners and that women's perspectives and opinions are largely absent when it comes to the Viagra phenomenon as well. The dearth of population-based data about representations of the sexuality of older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender individuals is notably missing in the literature. more »