WGBH Preventing sudden cardiac death? NU prof. advocates new heart pre-screening test for athletes Dr. Gian Corrado, head team physician at Northeastern University, and Associate Fellowship Director for Sports Medicine at Boston Children’s hospital, discussed with WGBH host Bob Seay his recent development for new pre-participation screening for athletes using portable ultra-sound technology. Dr. Corrado says, “traditionally athletes are screened through a physical and risk factors, and if there […]
WGBH Rod Matthews parole & clergy sex abuse scandal Nearly 30 years after the 14-year-old beat a classmate to death with a baseball bat in the Canton woods, Rod Matthews is asking to be set free. The mother of the victim, Shaun Ouillette, says she forgives but opposes his the killers release. Northeastern University Criminology Professor James Alan Fox (@jamesalanfox) and Canton Police Chief Kenneth Berkowitz (@ChiefBerkowitz) both testified […]
The Daily Beast The NFL’s too chicken to sue The New York Times—but keeps squawking about it “I’d be very, very surprised if they sue,” said Northeastern Law School professor Roger Abrams, who specializes in sports law. “It would open them up to discovery—then who knows what’s in there? It’s likely none of it will prove good for the NFL.” Ironically, given the unlikeliness of the league letting the Times look into […]
The Christian Science Monitor Possible release of Illinois convict points to new willingness to revisit old cases Since 2011, the annual number of exonerations has more than doubled – the country now averages close to three exonerations a week – and this surge has been mirrored by an increase in prosecutor involvement. “Most prosecutors want to do the right thing. Prosecutors don’t want to keep innocent people in prison,” says Daniel Medwed, […]
The Daily Beast The NFL’s too chicken to sue The New York Times – but keeps squawking about it But unless the league wants all of its concussion dirt spilled to the paper of record, legal experts predict there’s little chance the NFL is really going to sue The New York Times. If they did, it would open the league to a pre-trial procedure called discovery, effectively exposing any pertinent concussion-related documents in the […]
WGBH Vocational high schools make pitch as solution to Mass. workforce woes Protests from students in Boston and formal requests for more aid from local school boards are creating a groundswell of support for more state aid that lawmakers won’t be able to miss. The group came armed with the results of a survey to prop up their claims that practical workforce training for teenager is money […]
Yahoo! 5 reasons to avoid penny stocks at all costs “At the track there is usually a reason a horse is a long shot: it can’t run fast,” says Jeffery Born, professor of finance at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. “Penny stocks are the long shots of the investing world. For every one that pays off big, there are many, many more […]
Boston Herald Talk radio all-in with bet on Trump Donald Trump likes to portray his presidential candidacy as a spontaneous uprising by ordinary people. But if he wins the nomination, he will owe a debt of gratitude to one important group of elites: conservative radio talk-show hosts.
WGBH The truth about Hillary Clinton’s emails is that the truth is elusive No doubt Bernie Sanders spoke for many last October when he said he was sick of hearing about Hillary Clinton’s “damn emails.” But if Clinton wins the Democratic presidential nomination, you can be sure we’re going to hear more—much more. Indeed, the ongoing saga of why Clinton used a private email server for official government business […]
The Scientist Dying light marks the spot One potential drawback to the technology is that the imaging chemicals themselves can be toxic, Mansoor Amiji of Northeastern University who was not involved in the research told Science News. But developing a real-time measurement of a drug’s performance is an important step, he said. “There’s a tremendous need, especially as we think about personalizing […]
Worcester Telegram Educators, employers laud state plan to boost voke school funding According to a January study by the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, the longest waiting lists for vocational schools as of October were in many of the state’s Gateway Cities, including Worcester and Fitchburg. Barry Bluestone, an author of the study, said workforce training is a major challenge facing the […]
PolitiFact Hillary Clinton: US negotiated agreement that made it easier to get EU flight data Though the agreement currently in effect was finalized while Clinton headed the State Department, this was the final in a series of negotiations and precursor agreements spanning about a decade following the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks. The standing 2012 version responded to Europeans’ information privacy concerns, and this final push happened during […]