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Snyder declares state of disaster in 2 U.P. counties in wake of wildfires
Perfect conditions — warm temperatures, dry land and strong winds — created an imperfect start to the Memorial Day weekend in the Upper Peninsula on Friday as a wildfire raced through Luce County, prompting evacuations of homes and sections of a state park. By evening, the fire had enveloped roughly more than 26 square miles, putting it among the largest in Michigan history, but far from the ...
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Dr. John P. Naughton, UB medical school dean
Dr. John P. Naughton, the longest-serving dean in the history of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, died Monday in his Cheektowaga home.
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Dragon makes history with space station docking
The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector.
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'Good' cholesterol doctrine may be flawed: study
Researchers on Thursday challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of "good" cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health.
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Interpreters may help shorten hospital stays
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospitalized patients who aren't fluent in English end up spending fewer days in the hospital when they get help from a language interpreter at certain crucial times, according to a new U.S. study. People who had access to translation services were also less likely to be readmitted for the same complaint within the next month, researchers found. ...
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Mount Sinai Announces its First Endowed Chair of Nursing
Mount Sinai School of Medicine has established the Edgar M. Cullman Sr., Chair of the Department of Nursing, the first endowed Chair of the Department of Nursing in the institution’s 160-year history, and appointed Carol Porter, DNP, RN, Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President for Nursing, as the inaugural chair holder.New York, NY (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 Mount Sinai School of Medicine has ...
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Category: NEWS Created on Friday, 25 May 2012 08:50 Published Date
Dayna Briemon is proud to be graduating as a medical doctor, along with 11 other First Nation students this year from the University of B.C. Briemon’s class includes the largest number of First Nations graduates in the history of the UBC medicine faculty, and possibly in all of Canada.
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Hypodermic needles for injection could soon be history
Washington, May 25 (ANI): MIT researchers have engineered a device that delivers a tiny, high-pressure jet of medicine through the skin without the use of a hypodermic needle.
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14 students in State History Day event
The National History Day competition attracted 10,000 student participants in Iowa in 2012. This year's research theme was Revolution, Reaction and Reform in History. Storm Lake Middle School had 23...
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Genetic Test May Predict Risk Of Schizophrenia
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a test that can predict how likely an individual is to develop schizophrenia. The scientists combined data from several different types of studies in order to identify and prioritize a group of genes most associated with the disease. Combined, these genes can generate a score, and determine whether an individual is at lower ...
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