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Released: 6-Nov-2013 12:00 PM EST
Distinctive New Pre-Med Program Addresses Nationwide Primary Care Shortage
Baldwin Wallace University

Baldwin Wallace University has unveiled the new Primary Healthcare Advancement Program, a specialized pre-med track linked with early assurance medical school acceptance. The distinctive new PHAP is the only such program in the state of Ohio.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 12:00 PM EST
2013 University of Virginia Investing Conference to Examine Technology, Energy, Endowments and the Global Investing Landscape
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business Center for Asset Management will host the sixth annual University of Virginia Investing Conference 14-15 November 2013.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 12:00 PM EST
Baylor University and Harvard Medical School Researchers Help Make Pediatric Eye Cancer Easier to Detect
Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Parent-Scientists collaborate with son's physician to find way to screen children for eye cancer using digital photography.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:55 AM EST
Creating a Mental Image of Better Healthcare for All
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

An innovative new training program from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing will bring mental health services to underserved areas of Maryland by providing advanced training in psychiatric care to nurse practitioners (NPs) working mostly in southern and western parts of the state and on the Eastern Shore.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:05 AM EST
Researchers Create Virtual 'Time Machine' to 17th-Century London
North Carolina State University

Researchers have combined humanities scholarship and new technologies to re-create the courtyard of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London as it stood in 1622 -- using visual and acoustic models to shed light on longstanding questions related to the history, religion and literature of the era.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:00 AM EST
University of Alabama Researchers Look to Butterflies to Improve Flight
University of Alabama

A better understanding of the aerodynamic properties of butterfly wings may lead to improved human-made flight, according to research at The University of Alabama recently funded by NSF.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:00 AM EST
Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Announces Laura Dorneman as the 2013 APHON Counts Award Recipient
Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON)

The Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON) has awarded Laura Dorneman, BSN RN CPHON®, with the 2013 APHON Counts Award.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:00 AM EST
Innovative Cardiac Surgeon Allan S. Stewart, MD, Joins The Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai Health System

The Mount Sinai Hospital appoints leading cardiac surgeon, Allan S. Stewart, MD, Director of Aortic Surgery and Co-Director of the Valve Center in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:00 AM EST
UTHealth/Memorial Hermann Launch Latest TAVR Trial
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School has been chosen as one of the first 25 sites in the country to investigate the safety and efficacy of Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic heart valve for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:00 AM EST
Anticipation and Navigation: Do Your Legs Know What Your Tongue Is Doing?
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

For the first time, UCLA researchers created a a virtual world that allowed them to manipulate a rodent's environment, and found that separate areas of a brain can work together, or be at odds.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:00 AM EST
Educational Video Games Can Boost Motivation to Learn
New York University

Math video games can enhance students’ motivation to learn, but it may depend on how students play, researchers at New York University and the City University of New York have found in a study of middle-schoolers.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:00 AM EST
Cyber Bullying More Difficult for Teenagers to Process Psychologically Than In-Person Bullying
Family Institute at Northwestern University

Expert adolescent psychologist Dr. Hollie Sobel, PhD, discusses the psychological ways in which teens experience online bullying versus face-to-face conflict.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:00 AM EST
Scripps Florida Appoints Palm Beach Executive as Major Gifts Director
Scripps Research Institute

The Scripps Research Institute has appointed Irv Geffen as director of major gift and planned giving in Scripps Florida’s Office of Philanthropy. Before joining TSRI, Geffen was vice president and director of wealth management at Sabadell Bank & Trust in Palm Beach.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:00 AM EST
First-of-Its-Kind Study Documents Effects of Road Noises on Migratory Birds
Boise State University

A first-of-its-kind study by Boise State University researchers shows that the negative effects of roads on wildlife are largely because of traffic noise.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 11:00 AM EST
Mayo Study Customizing Treatments for Deadly Prostate Cancer with Tumor Genomics
Mayo Clinic

A new study at Mayo Clinic is using genomic sequencing to develop customized treatments for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer, a progressive and incurable stage of prostate cancer, which no longer responds to hormone therapies that stop or slow testosterone production.



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