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After approving Medicaid work requirements, Trump’s HHS aims for lifetime coverage limits
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article198549039.html


Girl Scouts Storm Georgia State Capitol To Get Savannah Bridge Renamed for their founder
https://www.wabe.org/girl-scouts-lobby-rename-ga-bridge-now-named-segregationist/


January of 2018 began and ended with satellite-era record lows in Arctic sea ice extent, resulting in a new record low for the month. Combined with low ice extent in the Antarctic, global sea ice extent is also at a record low.
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2018/02/sea-ice-tracking-low-in-both-hemispheres/


Cognitive Ability and Vulnerability to Fake News
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cognitive-ability-and-vulnerability-to-fake-news/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sa-editorial-social&utm_content&utm_term=mind_news_&sf181470453=1


Studies reveal looming shortage of rheumatologists
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/w-srl020118.php


Noise may disrupt the body on the cellular level in a way that increases the risk of common heart disease risk factors
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/acoc-tpa020118.php


For world's poorest, vaccines prevent deaths, medical impoverishment
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/htcs-fwp020218.php


Parental enrollment in Medicaid yields increase in preventive health care for children
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/jhm-pei020218.php


Regular physical activity is associated with better lung function among smokers
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/bifg-rpa020518.php


A study published in the February journal CHEST® suggests long-term inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in patients with COPD may increase risk of bone fractures in both men and women.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/acoc-luo020518.php


A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that the same mechanisms behind the beneficial effects of exercise training on the brain also help to counteract fat and to strengthen the immune system.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/ki-het020518.php


Over-the-counter pain medicine such as Ibuprofen and acetaminophen may influence how people process information, experience hurt feelings, and react to emotionally evocative images, according to recent studies.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/s-cop020518.php


Outdoor instruction makes students more open to learning
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/tuom-soi020618.php


New fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uod-nfs020618.php


Vietnam jails activist for 14 years for livestreaming pollution march
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/06/vietnam-jails-activist-for-14-years-for-livestreaming-pollution-march


Restaurants have no right to take employees' tips
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/06/restaurant-workers-tips-trump-administration


Far More U.S. Children than Previously Thought May Have Fetal Alcohol Disorders
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/health/pregnancy-drinking-fetal-alcohol.html


Forced Conversions
http://bio.sunyorange.edu/updated2/creationism/bad%20religion/3_forced_conversion.htm


Esmond Martin, a U.S. investigator who spent years going undercover to expose the worldwide ivory trade from slaughter to marketplace, was found stabbed to death Sunday in his Nairobi home.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/05/an-american-spent-decades-exposing-the-ivory-trade-he-was-just-found-dead-in-his-home/?utm_term=.ff0436921132