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Medical school misses out again

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IT was a less than optimistic Vice Chancellor from Charles Sturt University when he made the trip to Canberra for Tuesday night’s federal Budget. Professor Andrew Vann was in the nation’s capital hoping there would be some sort of funding for the university’s push to establish a medical school out of the Bathurst campus. However, his concerns the initiative wouldn’t be on treasurer Wayne Swan’s agenda was vindicated. Continue reading →

Genetic medicine unit now seeing 800 new cases a year in bid to prevent inherited cancers

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Genetic medicine unit now seeing 800 new cases a year in bid to prevent inherited cancers 6:00am Thursday 16th May 2013 in News By Barry Nelson, Health Editor A GENETIC medicine expert has revealed that a regional breast and ovarian cancer prevention unit set up nearly a decade ago is now seeing 800 new referrals a year. Dr Paul Brennan, director of the Northern Genetic Service, said referrals of women who have an increased risk of inherited breast or ovarian cancer had steadily increased since the service was established at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough in 2004. “It was a trickle at first but we are now getting 800 new referrals a year of women with a family history of mainly breast, ovarian and colon cancer,” said Dr Brennan, who also works at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle. Continue reading →

NASA May Launch Donated Spy Satellite Telescope to Mars

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One of the two spy satellite telescopes that recently fell into NASA’s lap may eventually make its way to the Red Planet. The space agency is currently mulling potential uses for the two space telescopes, which were donated by the National Reconnaissance Office and are comparable in size and appearance to NASA’s venerable Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Continue reading →

NASA Honors Sally Ride with a National Tribute at Kennedy Center

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NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to “Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy,” an educational tribute to America’s first woman in space on Monday, May 20. The special event will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., at 7 p.m. Continue reading →

Institute of Medicine: Lowering daily sodium intake below 2,300 may be bad

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A report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) suggests that lowering sodium below 2,300 milligrams per day may be harmful to your health. While the organization, which is the health section of the non-profit organization the National Academy of Sciences, says that Americans are eating too much salt in their diets currently, their research has led them to conclude that lowering sodium too much may increase other adverse health risks. “These new studies support previous findings that reducing sodium from very high intake levels to moderate levels improves health,” committee chair Brian Strom, George S Continue reading →

Bush Center Freedom Hall 2 – Video

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Bush Center Freedom Hall 2 The Bush Center at Southern Methodist University's Freedom Hall features 20' panoramic big screens which present a 6 minute video of Texas landscapes, DC lan… By: Brentney Hamilton Continue reading →

InsideSales.com Continues Its Partnership With Brigham Young University's Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence …

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PROVO, UT–(Marketwired – May 14, 2013) – InsideSales.com, the leading provider of sales automation technology for inside sales professionals, today announced a sponsorship of additional Ph.D. Continue reading →

Freedom Opening Weekend Chock Full of Great Promotions

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May 12, 2013 – Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom FLORENCE, KY – The Florence Freedom, coming off a Frontier League championship series appearance in 2012, return to the field for the first time in 2013 this week when the regular season opens at University of Cincinnati Medical Center Stadium on Thursday. The Freedom will host the River City Rascals, based out of O’Fallon, Missouri, in a three game series ending Saturday night. Fans coming to the ballpark can enjoy these great promotions and giveaways Continue reading →

Springfield On Tap For MU Medical School Campus

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By Austin Robertson CREATED May. 10, 2013 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Springfield’s medical and business leaders say they are encouraged that a new budget approved by Missouri legislators includes $10 million to help fund a medical school campus in Springfield. Continue reading →

University of Minnesota: Fairview agrees to pay U medical school $90M over 10 years

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Increased funding from Fairview Health Services would allow the University of Minnesota’s medical school to invest more money in research at a time when federal support has been diminished, university officials said Thursday, May 9. With the new financial support, the U could better develop information technology systems that allow researchers to analyze large volumes of data for studies on health care quality and patient outcomes, said Dr. Aaron Friedman, vice president for health sciences at the U, during a news conference. Continue reading →