12/01/2008
Acupuncture Just As Effective Without Needle Puncture, Study Shows (Science Daily)
Acupuncture works - but it works equally well with or without needle penetration. This conclusion can be drawn from a treatment study involving cancer patients suffering from nausea during radiotherapy.
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11/26/2008
H. David Wilson, UND's medical school dean, stepping down (Grand Forks Herald)
H. David Wilson, the dean of the University of North Dakota's School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is stepping down from his post in June 2009 after 13 years at UND, the school announced this afternoon. Advertisement: General Equipment & Supplies Leica Builder. Find out what it can do for you! Starting at $5405, with memory starting at $6495. For more details Contact Dave at ...
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12/01/2008
Ad auction bucks the trend (China Daily)
Amid fears that advertisers will tighten their purse strings due to the grim economic outlook, China Central Television's (CCTV) recent 2009 prime-time advertising auction bucked the trend.
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11/29/2008
SQU Vows to Promote Research (Khaleej Times)
MUSCAT – The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has reaffirmed its commitment in promoting education, research and community services in the country.
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11/24/2008
New Med School Program (Knox College)
Knox College and The George Washington University have signed an agreement that allows Knox students to apply for the Early Selection Program at the university's School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, DC. Students selected for the program are awarded provisional admittance to the GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences upon completion of their undergraduate degrees at Knox.
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11/27/2008
Legal risk to life-saving doctors (Stuff)
Doctors who save patients' lives against their wishes could open themselves up to legal action, a leading emergency specialist says.
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11/26/2008
Lending an ear to the sick and depressed (The Star)
A 30-YEAR-OLD seemingly healthy woman suddenly felt abdominal pains and a burning sensation when she urinated. The doctor diagnosed her condition as ad-vanced ovarian cancer. She had a year to live.
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11/25/2008
They made it a better world (The New Straits Times)
KUALA LUMPUR: The inaugural Merdeka Awards were presented in four categories last night, with Royal Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid leading the honours list.
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11/25/2008
The Welllcome Collection: where science and art are encouraged to meet Stuart Jeffries profiles the work of the ... (Guardian Unlimited)
On the wall of the Wellcome Collection in London is a colour pencil drawing of a man's crotch that makes me wince. It is a self-portrait, featuring a dangling penis, curly thigh hairs and a post-operative scar indicating that the subject has had a testicle removed. It is by Michael Landy, the British artist perhaps best known for his 2001 artwork Breakdown, a performance piece in which he ...
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11/23/2008
Sultan Qaboos University to Introduce New Programmes (Khaleej Times)
MUSCAT - More avenues for higher studies will be available within the country to Omani students as the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), regarded as Oman’s highest seat of learning, has revealed plans to introduce additional programmes.
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