2 molecular biologists share $500K medical prize

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Date: Friday May. 11, 2012 8:14 AM ET

ALBANY, N.Y. Two molecular biologists are being awarded the annual Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.

James Darnell Jr. and Robert Roeder will receive the prize during a ceremony Friday and will share $500,000, the largest award in medicine and science in the United States. The two men performed pioneering research on how cells express their genetic information.

Roeder heads the biochemistry and molecular biology lab at The Rockefeller University in New York City, where Darnell is emeritus faculty.

The two winners were announced in March.

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Zelda 2 – The Adventure of Link – Part 13 : The Great Mind-Screw – Video

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11-05-2012 21:38 Time to finish this thing off with the Great Palace! I call this place a mind-screw for a good reason... The map is set-up in such a way that there are many rooms where you can go either left or right, and if you choose the wrong direction, you will eventually end up reaching a point where you cannot turn back, and have to go on a completely wrong path that leads back to the start of the dungeon. On top of this, many, MANY of the rooms have the EXACT same layout as one another, where the only difference is the enemies within the rooms. Thus, you could get easily confused by this if you are not paying attention, think you were somewhere you were before, second-guess your choice, and go a wrong way again. It really is a pain to navigate without a map. The bosses of this palace are probably the most threatening ones in the game, but they are still not that difficult to beat. One is just being careful with your positioning, the other is pattern abuse. The dungeon itself is the real obstacle. Pulling off this challenge ended up being a lot easier than I anticipated. For those who keep asking about failure reels, I tend not to do those due to the EXTREME amounts of hard-drive space keeping all my failures would take up. One way or another though, we shall see what comes next... although in the meantime I will upload some more Worms footage or something. Enjoy!~

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Brain-O (II) Section 5 – The Not So New World Order – Video

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12-05-2012 09:16 This film is an epic production that deals with the subtly of the adversary of all mankind; satan. It doesn't matter if you call yourself a Christian or an agnostic; we all have the same adversary if the final goal of that person is to do great harm (death) unto you. The adversary uses some of yours and my favorite things to subliminally (a synonym of the word subtle) advertise beliefs to us. I will show you marketing techniques that use sex and/or theologies to sell you. Whether it is subtle displacement, product placement, or theology placement they (the marketers) are trying to "sell" you. The Bible makes it clear; you either serve God or the Devil. God declares you are a child of Light or a child of darkness, a sheep or a goat, and a wheat or a tare. Marketing is a part of every facet of our society. From the time a child is born, they are marketed. New age visualization, astral projection, and disgusting sex acts are placed in commercials, sitcoms, talk shows, and even in children's cartoons. If you can stomach the length of this film you will be stronger than most. Do not let the images you see in this film frighten you...unless you don't know the Lord. Section 5: "The Not So New World Order" The "new world order" is not new at all. Watch traitors to the United States and other countries around the world sell their own people out at a chance to be in the utopian society they are striving to create. Spread it video were possible.. Upload is best way! Created by ...

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Magic Reborn | Direct Mind Reading! – Video

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12-05-2012 11:17 Be sure to stay tuned because there will be more to come. Little clue on what's coming up next! (Black Magic) !!!!!!Obviously not real black magic!!!!!!! My names is Joshua and I live in the US, UK and India. I have been a Magician for over one year and thought why not start sharing my videos online! I will upload videos once a week or maybe more. Feel free to check out my Facebook page were i will be uploading more info about the videos in the future to come.

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Minecraft Speed Run (Let’s play) Episode 1: My Indecisive Mind! – Video

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12-05-2012 20:08 Here is the first video of my new series where I will try to "beat" Minecraft in as little time as possible. MORE WILL BE COMING SOON! (I'll be uploading the next one tomorrow) ((I'm uploading 2 each weekend)) Please sub+rate to be nice to a wannabe youtuber. OptiFine - My Texture Pack - Minecraft -

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Jed: New singers are my wake-up call

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Instead letting new singers faze him, Jed Madela would rather take their presence as a challenge, a wake-up call for him to improve his craft.

He knows that anytime soon, somebody better can come and take your place.

Jed knows that even if he holds the distinction of being the only guy na bumibirit, somebody else can take his place in an instance. But instead of losing sleep and seeing this as a threat, Jed prefers to look at it as a wake-up call, a reason to keep on being a better performer.

I use it to my advantage instead of letting me feel nervous, he relates.

Besides, whats another potential obstacle when Jed has gone through a lot worst as a struggling performer?

Wala kaming pahinga noon. Minsan, wala pang tao. Nag-perform na ako na one table lang ang nanonood, musical arranger ko pa ang nandon. Nadaanan ko na ang lahat ng pambabastos.May nagsabing huwag na kaming tumugtog, he recalls. Positive thinking

He felt bad and embarrassed. But the optimist knew there are always people out there who watch him perform than those who wish him ill.

Thanks to such positive thinking, Jed went on to become the countrys pride when he won grand prize at the 2005 World Championship of the Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Hollywood, California, where he bested 3,000 singers from 52 countries.

That was not all the ASAP 2012 co-host and performer went through to be where he is now. Jed had to present a demo CD every time he wanted to push a song to recording companies.

Now, its very convenient for everybody to be exposed, Jed observes. You have the internet and You Tube. You have Twitter and Facebook. Sobrang suwerte ng generation ngayon. But the challenge, he adds, is just as great.

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Graduation and Mother's Day Combined: Perelman School of Medicine Students and Mothers Celebrate Major Milestones …

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PHILADELPHIA One hundred and thirty-nine Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania students will take the Hippocratic Oath for the first time as new doctors this Sunday, May 13, 2012. Among the graduating seniors, several mothers will we also be celebrating Mother's Day, and the amazing amount of commitment they have put into obtaining their medical degrees while raising a family. In addition to these multitasking medical student moms, 14 students have earned duel MD/PhD degrees, with 23 students completing additional masters' degrees.

9:00 AM Processional

9:05 AM Opening remarks given by J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD

9:15 AM Commencement address given by Nobel Laureate Peter Agre, MD

9:45 AM Presentation of diplomas and hoods

10:45 AM Recitation of the Hippocratic Oath

11:00 AM Recessional

Nobel Laureate Peter Agre, MD, Professor and Director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health

NOTE: Reporters and photographers must sign in with Jessica Mikulski and pick up a ticket to gain admittance in the lobby of the Kimmel Center.

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Nyu School of Medicine 170th Graduation Ceremony May 17th

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Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, Bioethicist to be Keynote Speaker

Newswise New York, NY (May 10, 2012) New York University School of Medicine will hold its 170th annual graduation at 10am, Thursday, May 17, 2012, at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan. Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, Sidney D. Caplan Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine in Pennsylvania will deliver the keynote address entitled Physician Advocacy in a Changing Health Care Environment.

About Arthur L. Caplan, PhD Dr. Arthur L. Caplan is the incoming director of the new Division of Medical Ethics in the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Medical Center, effective July 1, 2012. He is the Sidney D. Caplan Professor of Bioethics at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, and also professor of medicine, philosophy, and psychiatry and a senior fellow at its Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. Dr. Caplan completed his undergraduate work at Brandeis University, and received his PhD in the history and philosophy of science from Columbia University. He is the author or editor of thirty books and over 550 papers in peer reviewed journals. He holds seven honorary degrees and is a fellow of the Hastings Center, the NY Academy of Medicine, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the American College of Legal Medicine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Caplan is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the McGovern Medal of the American Medical Writers Association; the Franklin Award from the City of Philadelphia and the Patricia Price Browne Prize in Biomedical Ethics for 2011. He was a Person of the Year-2001 from USA Today and has been described as one of the ten most influential people in science by Discover magazine in 2008. He was honored as one of the fifty most influential people in American health care by Modern Health Care magazine, one of the ten most influential people in America in biotechnology by the National Journal, and one of the ten most influential people in the ethics of biotechnology by the editors of Nature Biotechnology.

The Ceremony Following the procession, class president Feres Samra, MD, will deliver the Valediction. Robert I. Grossman, MD, Saul J. Farber Dean and Chief Executive Officer of NYU Langone Medical Center will then address the men and women of the class of 2012 as they embark on what Dr. Grossman has referred to as an ancient and eternally noble calling.

The conferring of diplomas will take place directly after Dr. Caplans talk and Dr. Grossman will administer the Hippocratic Oath. A champagne brunch reception for the graduates, their families and faculty follows.

Anthony J. Grieco, MD, associate dean for Alumni Relations and Academic Events, Martin Lipton, Esq., NYU Board of Trustees, Kenneth G. Langone, chair, NYU Langone Medical Center Board of Trustees and Robert Berne, PhD, executive vice president for health, New York University will also offer greetings to the graduates.

About the Class of 2012 The Class of 2012 is comprised of 173 students, 89 men and 84 women all receiving Doctor of Medicine Degrees. In addition, 6 students will receive a dual Doctor of Medicine/Master of Science Degree, 8 students will awarded the Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees through the Medical Scientist Training Program and 8 degrees will be conferred with honors. The class includes 29 members of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honor medical society, established in 1902.

About NYU School of Medicine NYU School of Medicine is one of the nations preeminent academic institutions dedicated to achieving world class medical educational excellence. For 170 years, NYU School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people. An integral part of NYU Langone Medical Center, the School of Medicine at its core is committed to improving the human condition through medical education, scientific research and direct patient care. The School also maintains academic affiliations with area hospitals, including Bellevue Hospital Center, one of the nations finest municipal hospitals where its students, residents and faculty provide the clinical and emergency care to New York Citys diverse population, which enhances the scope and quality of their medical education and training. Additional information about the NYU School of Medicine is available at http://school.med.nyu.edu/.

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Forensic medicine increasingly popular career option

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by Jenne Lajiun. Posted on May 12, 2012, Saturday

KOTA KINABALU: Forensic pathology or forensic medicine is becoming a popular career option for many doctors.

There is a good number of doctors interested to take up the field of forensic pathology or forensic medicine as their future career, said Hospital Kuala Lumpur forensic pathologist, Dr Siew Sheue Feng when sharing his experiences in managing of sexual assault cases in One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) during the State-level Violence Prevention Awareness Seminar here yesterday.

To gain entry into forensic pathology or forensic medicine, a doctor must have the basic Bachelor in Medicine (MBBS), have completed his or her housemanship training and undergone the compulsory medical officer service before he or she is entitled to apply to undergo the four-year Masters Degree in Pathology programme, locally, he explained.

He added that there are overseas programmes available. These include the Member/Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (MRCPath (Forensic)) and the Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence (Pathology), both of which are recognised.

The length of training duration for the two overseas programmes is between two years and seven years. The average years spent by one intending to become a specialist is between 121/2 years and 13 years from the day of entering medical school, he said.

And after that, there are sub-specialty courses that one could take to improve on ones knowledge on the newest technologies and so on, he said.

During his talk, he mentioned the importance of properly managing forensic specimens as these will be used to convict person(s) of their crime(s) while in court.

The evidence is, of course, very important in any medical legal case, as you all know, he said.

He urged those in the field of collecting forensic specimens to practise care when handling them, as these aspects will be scrutinized when the case is brought to court.

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L.A. businesses accused of practicing medicine without a license

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Several business owners in Westlake and East Hollywood have been charged with practicing medicine without a license after two victims became sick and had to be hospitalized.

The Los Angeles city attorneys office began an undercover investigation of Excellent Nutrition, J&R Beauty Supply earlier this year soon after a woman and her son visited the business complaining of flu-like symptoms.

The woman was prescribed an injection made up of a mix of penicillin and eucalyptus extract by a man identified as Miguel Juarez. The mother immediately suffered an allergic reaction; she was trembling and had trouble breathing.

Rather than call an ambulance, a woman at the business identified as Rosaura Juarez rushed her to the hospital. A week later, the son was admitted after vomiting and suffering chronic stomach pain.

Nine people have been charged with illegally selling dangerous drugs and praticing medicine without a license. Each violation carries a maxium sentence of one year in jail and a fine of $5,000 to $10,000.

"The unlicensed practice of medicine and dispensing of medicines and illicit drugs poses a serious threat to our most vulnerable residents, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich said in a statement. Especially the elderly and young children.

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Integrative Medicine – Part I

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Can integrative medicine add value to standard western practices? Some would say absolutely not; others point to new scientific evidence that demonstrates the value of specific modalities in specific situations.

Health care is complex, expensive and often depersonalizing. It shouldnt be. At the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine, the staff focuses on evaluating and involving complementary medicine into traditional western or scientific medicine. Founded in 1991 by Brian Berman, M.D., a family medicine trained physician, he had learned the certain alternative approaches could complement the usual diagnostic and therapeutic methods that he had been taught in his medical school education and training. He found that his patients experiences were enriched by treating the whole person rather than depending on a technology-focused practice. A grateful and forward looking patient offered him a grant to begin the Center with the proviso that it embrace and study evidence-based science along with education and collaborative patient care to create a comprehensive humanistic approach to patient care.

Since its founding 20 years ago the Center has been awarded over $30 million in NIH grants and has been named as a center of excellence for research. From this work have come over 340 high quality peer-reviewed scientific articles published in the best medical journals. These have been in areas such as acupuncture, herbal remedies and mind-body therapies focusing on arthritis, pain depression, cancer, trauma and inflammation. The center employs a staff for clinical care that includes family medicine and other physician specialists along with licensed acupuncturists, massage therapists, nutritionists and many other disciplines.

As just one research example, acupuncture was studied in a double blind fashion to determine if the addition of acupuncture to best standard treatment improved the lot of those with knee osteoarthritis. Those who got acupuncture, when compared to those that got sham acupuncture, has less pain, used fewer pain medications and had greater range of motion.

At the Health and Wellness Conference a few weeks ago to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Center, Delia Chiaramonte, MD described what an integrative approach to a medical dilemma might look like. She described a medical student who had suffered from severe headaches for many years that were limiting his quality of life and his effectiveness as a student. His physician had identified them as cluster headaches and had tried various standard medications without success. A frustrating situation.

He was then evaluated differently using an integrative approach. It involved a lot of probing about his headaches, his lifestyle including diet and activity, his stresses and his school work. Like almost all medical students, he studied hard. He said he stayed up until about 3:00am, but in part this was because he couldnt fall asleep any earlier. His diet included a lot of doughnuts and a lot of other high carbohydrate items plus about 12 cups of caffeinated coffee each day. He had no time for exercise. He sat hunched over in front of his computer for many hours each day, and his posture showed it.

His headaches fit the description of cluster headaches, often with a sense of an ice pick sticking into his right eye near unbearable pain. The standard medical texts suggest use of ergotamine tartrate for cluster headaches and also note its potential side effects. There is no mention of other modalities or adjustments to lifestyle issues. But cluster headaches can be amplified by stress, worsened by sleep deprivation and the stabbing could well have been posture related.

So instead of recommending medications, his integrative medicine prescription included the following: he was to see a nutritionist to devise a more healthy diet. He was to work with a personal trainer to establish an exercise program one that could be done anywhere without impacting on his studies. He was to visit a chiropractor to release his sternocleidomastoid muscles and other neck muscles back to their normal length. In addition he was to have no caffeine after noon and he was to get to bed by 11:00pm each night.

Given the pain and debility of his headaches, he was more than willing to give this prescription a try. It worked. The headaches disappeared, he felt generally better, he was no longer drowsy in class and he began to truly enjoy medical school. And he was off all medications.

This is the power of integrative medicine. It used a holistic approach and brought to bear many different disciplines including nutritional medicine, exercise physiology, stress management, chiropractic and family medicine. I wrote about this extensively in The Future of Medicine Megatrends in Healthcare .

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UND medical school holding spring commencement

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) The University of North Dakota medical school is holding its spring commencement ceremony.

The school says doctor of medicine degrees will be conferred on 61 people during the Sunday afternoon ceremony at the Chester Fritz Auditorium on the Grand Forks campus.

A ceremony for the school's physician assistant class was being held Saturday. Fifty-five people were eligible to receive that degree.

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Call for medical school split review

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12 May 2012 Last updated at 06:38 ET

Ministers are to be asked by Plymouth City Council to review a decision to divide a medical school.

Plymouth and Exeter universities announced in January that they wanted to separate the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry.

Councillors are concerned about the potential impact of the de-merger on the economy and healthcare provision.

The universities said separate schools in each city would result in places for more students.

The college currently has places for 200 medical and 64 dentistry students.

The de-merger would see a medical and dentistry school in Plymouth and a medical school in Exeter.

The council decision to write to ministers comes after Plymouth University announced its leadership team for the city's new school, due to open in 2013, earlier this month.

The city council had requested a 12-week consultation into the de-merger proposals.

A Conservative councillor and former member of the now Labour council's health scrutiny panel, Dr David Salter, said: "We do not want these universities to pull apart without us being sure on behalf of our citizens that healthcare will continue to be good in our area."

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Romney's Liberty University speech will emphasize family, criticize Obama

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On Saturday, Mitt Romney will deliver the commencement address at Liberty University, the evangelical Christian school founded by the late televangelist Jerry Falwell.Liberty has been a frequent setting for Republican presidential hopefuls looking to shore up their credentials with Christian conservatives. John McCain addressed the graduates there in 2006. ...

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Liberty University Commencement 2012: Paying Tribute to Liberty’s Heritage, God’s Blessings

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Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr., may have retold the “Miracle Story” of how Liberty University has become the world’s largest Christian university during its 39th Commencement on Saturday morning, but the packed Williams Stadium crowd only needed to look around them to see the miracle for themselves.Lynchburg, Va. (PRWEB) May 12, 2012 Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. ...

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Liberty Center girls, Archbold boys reign

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BRYAN -- The Liberty Center and Wauseon girls track teams engaged in a tug-of-war to decide the Northwest Ohio Athletic League meet championship Friday night.

In the end, the Tigers outlasted the Indians, winning the 1600 relay - the final event of the night. Liberty Center placed first with 149 points, followed by Wauseon's 148, Archbold 109, Evergreen 68, Bryan 64, Delta 45, Montpelier 36, Patrick Henry 27, and Swanton 14.

In the NWOAL boys competition, Archbold dominated with 166 points, followed by Bryan with 98, Patrick Henry 80, Wauseon 77, Swanton 72, Evergreen 50, Montpelier 44, Delta 40, and Liberty Center 33.

Liberty Center girls won the 400 relay (52.77); Evergreen the 800 relay (1:49.0). Archbold took first in the 1600 relay (4:12.78).

Allison Righi of Liberty Center cleared 5-2 to win the high jump; Bryan's Alyssa McBride won the pole vault (12-6). Archbold's Kinsey Smith won the long jump with an effort of 16-1.50.

Liberty Center's Ali Busick won the shot put (35-11.50); Delta's Alexa Salsbury won the discus event (114-9).

Wauseon's Kendall Weber won the 100 hurdles (15.74) and the Indians' 3200 relay took first (9:55.79).

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Romney Speaks At Anti-Gay Liberty University Alongside Baptist Billionaire

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Bad timing? Days after Obama's endorsement of gay marriage, Mitt Romney took the stage at Jerry Falwell's fundamentalist Liberty University, where openly gay students aren't admitted. He took the stage alongside the Baptist billionaire who runs Chick-fil-A, itself a target of ire from equal rights activists.

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