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The doctor is in...your pocket: Is smartphone device that diagnoses disease a pipe dream?
Premium Health News ServiceHazel -- as we'll call her -- knew something was wrong when, in her mid-50s, she started to feel short of breath at the slightest exertion. Over the next few months, she felt increasingly achy, but several medical visits and an X-ray suggested only...Tags: Computer Hardware, Sleep Apnea, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, IBM
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Change to come slowly after election of Iranian moderate
Reuters(Repeats story with no changes) * Hassan Rohani hails from conservative background * Close to supreme leader, better position to pursue change * Far-reaching reforms look unlikely By Marcus George DUBAI, June 17 (Reuters) - The victory of a...Tags: Politics, Elections, Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Liar liar, officepants on fire
That's a good point! (No it isn't.) I'd be happy to join the team! (I'd rather be eaten by wart hogs.) Your cake is delicious! (Thanks for the food poisoning, Julia Child.) These are but a few examples of the lies we tell at work. Most aren't...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Rex Huppke, Julia Child, Health and Safety at Work, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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READER SUBMITTED: Julia Hamilton Of South Windsor Awarded Fulbright Grant
South WindsorJulia Hamilton '12, of South Windsor, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to pursue a Master of Arts degree in 18th century studies at the University of Southampton in Britain during the 2013-14 academic year. The interdisciplinary program, which draws...Tags: Entertainment, New York City, Teachers, Financial Aid, South Windsor
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University presses: a view from the academy
The front table in Hyde Park's Seminary Co-op Bookstore has been a must stop for book browsers for book lovers since the early 1970s. It is always brimming with more than 100 newly published scholarly works vying for readers' attention. Most of the titles...
Tags: Social Sciences, Indiana University, Libraries, Book, Bankruptcy
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Music device doesn't drop diabetics' blood pressure
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A device that plays a melody in an attempt to slow people's breathing didn't lower the blood pressure of people with diabetes, according to a new study. "Given the results and the studies available, you can conclude that there...Tags: Entertainment, Science and Technology, Music, High Blood Pressure, Food and Drug Administration
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Briefs: New Scientist
Premium Health News ServiceIS MERS ON THE LOOSE? There are signs that the new coronavirus that emerged in the Arabian peninsula last year is spreading among people who have had no known contact with an infected source. Ron Fouchier, of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the...Tags: Social Sciences, Amino Acids, Culture, Diseases and Illnesses, Arabian Peninsula
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COLUMN - Rumors of democracy's death have been greatly exaggerated
Reuters(John Lloyd is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By John Lloyd June 11 (Reuters) - "The End of History and the Last Man" is 21 years old this year. The book of that name, by Francis Fukuyama, has, in the view of many, matured badly....Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Chess Playing, Social Issues, Game Playing, Mohamed Morsi
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Sanofi MS drug nears green light after pass-the-parcel marathon
Reuters* European decision on Lemtrada expected this month * 25-year journey for drug passed from company to company * Scientists frustrated by delays, worried over pricing By Ben Hirschler LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - One of the world's longest running...Tags: Science and Technology, Biogen Idec Incorporated, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Thomson Corporation, Novartis AG
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Vegans and vegetarians live longer
Time magazine reports that vegetarians live longer than their meat-chomping friends. Meanwhile, a six-year study of 70,000 Seventh-Day Adventists, published in the current issue of the American Medical Association's Journal of Internal Medicine, found...
Tags: Cleveland Clinic, Newspaper and Magazine, Heart Disease, Internists, Vegan Diet
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Welcome to the book blog jungle, Bookmarks!
The San Francisco Chronicle launched a book blog this week, Bookmarks. To welcome Bookmarks to the literary blogosphere, we emailed books editor John McMurtrie, who told us all about the blog -- or blogue, or blague, depending. JC: Did the Chronicle...
Tags: Authors, Google+, Book, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), London Theatre
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The God Squad: Can we find God through Einstein?
Q: Among all the questions you receive about the conflict between science and religion, you seem to take the accommodationist route, insisting there is no conflict and misquoting Albert Einstein in a way that makes him seem religious. How can you a)...Tags: Bible, Religious Conflicts, Religious Texts, Science and Technology, Belief and Faith
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