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The association between menopause and memory alterations has been debated for decades. New research finally confirms the assertion that a woman’s change of life may be associated with memory impairments. In the study, published online in...

Teams of highly respected Alzheimer’s researchers failed to replicate what appeared to be breakthrough results for the treatment of this brain disease when they were published last year in the journal Science.

We must engage the past even when it's uncomfortable

Within the richness and diversity of the ed reform sector, the practice of charter school authorizing isn’t the trendiest. However, the multitude of charter school authorizers in Michigan is leading to a paradigm shift of authorizing in the...

By Nancy Thorner - On Thursday, May 16, The Heartland Institute held another in its continuing noontime Heartland Author Series events, this one featuring Keith Koenman and  his book:  First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley.  The...

US Attorney General Eric Holder confirms four American citizens have been killed in US drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since 2011.

The U.S. Justice Department has formally acknowledged that the United States has killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since 2009. The official disclosure came Wednesday in a letter from U.S. Attorney General Eric...

The Obama administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged the killing of four Americans in drone strikes. This came on the eve of a speech by President Barack Obama about the legal principles, since 2009, supporting use of drones against...

Four Chicago Public Schools are no longer up for closing this year, a fifth wouldn’t close until next year and a sixth school would be spared from the staff reboot known as a turnaround, the Chicago Sun-Times learned Tuesday. CPS CEO Barbara...

The controversy over the Chicago Public Schools restricting access [1]to Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi's memoir of her youth in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, continues to roil the nation's third largest school district, as free speech...