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    Sep 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Paul Theodore Pojman, Towson U. professor

    Paul Theodore Pojman, a professor of philosophy at Towson University and a community activist, died Sept. 20 of lung cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Hampden resident was 45.
    Paul Theodore Pojman, a professor of philosophy at Towson University and a community activist, died Sept. 20 of lung cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Hampden resident was 45. "Paul's area was the philosophy of science, and he focused on...

    Tags: Ocoee, Ethics, Lung Cancer, Teaching and Learning, Philosophy

    2. Sep 25, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. ACLU asks Supreme Court to reconsider gene patenting case

    The American Civil Liberties Union has asked for a second time that the Supreme Court invalidate Myriad Genetics Inc.'s patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, the latest salvo in a case with broad consequences for the future of gene-based medicine.
    The American Civil Liberties Union has asked for a second time that the Supreme Court invalidate Myriad Genetics Inc.'s patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, the latest salvo in a case with broad consequences for...

    Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Research, Women's Health, Breast Cancer, Medical Research

    3. Feb 25, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Eileen S. Tarcay, writer and professor

    Eileen S. Tarcay, who had taught English and journalism at what is now Coppin State University and was a prolific contributor of freelance articles to The Baltimore Sun, died Feb. 18 from complications of a stroke at a Salt Lake City nursing home. The former Homeland resident was 97.
    Eileen S. Tarcay, who had taught English and journalism at what is now Coppin State University and was a prolific contributor of freelance articles to The Baltimore Sun, died Feb. 18 from complications of a stroke at a Salt Lake City nursing home. The...

    Tags: Judaism, College Sports, Ankara (Turkey), University of Maryland Baltimore County, Inner Harbor

    4. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?

    The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
    The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...

    Tags: U.S. Military, Medical Research, Emergency Incidents, Suicidal Behavior, Explosions

    5. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. Multiple concussions tied to more suicidal thoughts

    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who've sustained multiple brain injuries throughout their life were more likely to report suicidal thoughts than people with one or no concussions, according to a new study of deployed U.S. military personnel....

    Tags: U.S. Military, Medical Research, Junior Seau, Psychiatry, Suicidal Behavior

    6. May 15, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  6. What your hands really say about you

    Premium Health News Service
    Rembrandt instinctively understood it. In many of his portraits, he painted the hands of his subjects with as much care as the face. Hands speak volumes about the sitter's status, age and lifestyle, be they the gnarled, wrinkled hands of a poor woman or...

    Tags: Symptoms, Diabetes, United Kingdom, Kidney Disease, Biology

    7. May 11, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. TCMC graduates first doctors today

    The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
    Nine years ago a group of area physicians sat around a table and shared a dream. They wanted students to be able to become doctors in Northeast Pennsylvania. That dream comes true today. This morning, at a commencement celebration at the Mohegan Sun...

    Tags: Allentown, Scranton, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Teaching and Learning, General Practitioners

    8. May 10, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  8. Reedley College sees presidential finalists

    The Fresno Bee
    Reedley College should have a new president by early June. State Center Community College District trustees, who interviewed three finalists for the job on Thursday, are expected to announce their decision at the June 4 board meeting, said Lucy Ruiz,...

    Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, California State University, Northridge

    9. May 9, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. OPA principal sees through completion of building, announces retirement

    Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah
    Ogden Preparatory Academy will be saying goodbye to its beloved principal, Kathy Thornburg, in June, but the school's chief administrator is confident that the environment she helped create will serve students well in the years to come. The academy, a...

    Tags: Students, Marquette University, Teaching and Learning, Charter Schools

    10. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Airborne laboratory being used to measure California's snowpack

    Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months.
    Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months. But 18,000 feet above the...

    Tags: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Water Supply, Cross Country Skiing

    11. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Poor women who delay breast cancer treatment less likely to survive

    It stands to reason that the longer a woman waits to start breast cancer treatment, the worse her prognosis. A <a href="http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1681805">new study</a> of California women puts some hard numbers on the cost of delaying treatment &ndash; and finds that Latinas, African Americans and poor women were most likely to put their recovery at risk by waiting six weeks or more to have surgery or begin chemotherapy.
    It stands to reason that the longer a woman waits to start breast cancer treatment, the worse her prognosis. A new study of California women puts some hard numbers on the cost of delaying treatment – and finds that Latinas, African Americans and...

    Tags: Research, Health Treatments, Health Insurance, Breast Cancer, Medical Research

    12. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Can a company patent your DNA? Supreme Court hears BRCA gene case

    Can a private company own rights to your DNA?
    Can a private company own rights to your DNA? The nine justices of the Supreme Court will consider that question Monday as lawyers for Myriad Genetics make their best case that the company should be able to keep its patent on two genes known to...

    Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Breast Cancer, Medical Research, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Biology

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