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USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer
The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant. USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light. Over chicken with braised...
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Cancer prevention study seeking participants
Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill.Lara Grobosky, 41, of Decatur had many reasons for driving to McLean County's Relay for Life in 2008 to enroll in the American Cancer Society's newest cancer prevention study. Those reasons include her father, who died from melanoma, her aunt and...Tags: Lung Cancer, American Cancer Society, Skin Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Relay for Life
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York kids have big ideas for lottery winnings
York Daily Record, Pa.Every time the Powerball jackpot reaches an unimaginable sum of money -- more than $600 million for Saturday night's drawing, a record jackpot -- we in the news media go out and interview people to find out what they would do with such a fortune. And...Tags: Human Interest, Powerball Lottery, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, New York City
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EDITORIAL: Thumbs Up for Bike Around Bay
Erie Times-News, Pa.Advertisement Pedal power: Today is Environment Erie's annual Bike Around the Bay. You can still register from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Pilot House, the new home for the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, behind the Intermodal Transportation Center....Tags: Substance Abuse, Family, Human Interest, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Liver Cancer
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Wake Forest Baptist IT director stepping down
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.The chief information officer for Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is stepping down, effective May 31, the center confirmed Friday. Sheila Sanders has served in that role, as well as vice president of information technology, since being hired in...Tags: Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pneumonia, Breast Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals
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Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team
Scott Beck By John P. Huston,Tribune reporter Scott Beck's brain isn't the only instrument he uses to help him excel at math and science. Beck, a Highland Park High School senior, turns to the French horn to "kind of keep me balanced and keep me...
Tags: Science and Technology, Computer Science, Biology, Vaccines, Engineering
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Cancer registry for pets to help people too
Theresa W. Fossum has launched the National Veterinary Cancer Registry, a national database for pets diagnosed with cancer. Its mission is to facilitate and promote medical treatments that lead to advances and eventual cures for cancer in pets and in...Tags: Science and Technology, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Family, Nutrition, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Gay marriage law boosting wedding-related business in Maryland
The gay couples who've booked Rouge Fine Catering in Hunt Valley for their weddings have appreciated not only good food and stylish events, but something less tangible. "They don't want to be with a caterer that is going to be judgmental," said...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Family, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Visit Baltimore, Minority Groups
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READER SUBMITTED: PayHub Runs For Breast Cancer
AvonBreast cancer awareness is important year round, not just in October! On Saturday, May 11, more than 5,000 fighters and supporters participated in the in the Tenth Annual Connecticut Breast Cancer Initiative Race at Walnut Hill Park in New Britain. The...Tags: Breast Cancer, New Britain, West Hartford
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
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Fever reducers don't slow children's recovery: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A review of past research finds that fever-reducing drugs have no effect on the speed of children's recovery from an infection, contrary to the fears of some doctors and parents. Researchers have debated for decades whether...Tags: Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, University of Louisville, Family, Vaccines
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