The mass shooting on Saturday at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg that left 11 dead has horrified people around the globe, particularly Jewish communities. Rabbis across the United States and the world have been planning and attending vigils and memorials for the dead, and trying to find the right words to help their… Read More: Are You a Rabbi Counseling a Grieving Congregation? Tell Us… »
“I’m very, very good at recognizing faces,” said Kang Lee, a professor of applied psychology and human development at the University of Toronto, who studies the development of facial recognition skills in children. If he has met a person once, he said, he will recognize that person two or three years later. “One encounter for… Read More: How Children Learn to Recognize Faces »
The oldest victim of the shooting inside a synagogue in Pittsburgh was 97, authorities have confirmed. Two brothers and a married couple were also among the dead. The 11 victims have been identified and named by the city’s chief medical officer, and their families have been informed. Image: Flowers are laid at the synagogue in… Read More: Synagogue shooting: Oldest victim was 97 »
October 24, 2018 Posted By Categories Kevin Lomangino is the managing editor of HealthNewsReview.org. He tweets as @KLomangino. We’ve written extensively about the dark side of medical crowdfunding — how donations meant to help desperate patients may perversely promote useless and dangerous interventions. We’ve also looked at the news industry’s complicity with these misguided campaigns… Read More: Medical crowdfunding steers millions in donations to dangerous snake oil »