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  • October 2008
  • August 2008
    • New Databases Share Test Results, Prescriptions

      New Databases Share Test Results, Prescriptions

      (Newser) - The prescriptions and medical test results of more than 200 million Americans are being assembled into commercial databases, the Washington Post reports, which then sell health "credit reports" to insurance companies trying to evaluate whether to accept an individual for coverage. The companies not only disclose drug and test information, they provide a "pharmacy risk score," based on people in a particular age group who have taken the same prescriptions. More »

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      medicine   health insurance   prescription   Georgetown University   online medical records

  • March 2008
  • September 2007
    • Colleges Don’t Care if Kids Can Write

      Colleges Don’t Care if Kids Can Write

      (Newser) - The hours and dollars spent on SAT writing preparation might be for naught, the Boston Globe reports, as 56% of four-year colleges don’t even use the newest section of the aptitude test. Skeptics find fuel in a study showing that big words were all it took to achieve near-perfect scores. "These aren't higher-level learning measures," one admissions officer says. More »

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      college   MIT   university   college student   SAT   writing   Georgetown University   Smith College

  • August 2007

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