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Georgetown Medical School Partners with First Lady to Combat PTSD

Patch.com
Other local insitutions joining the initiative include both George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and the Howard University College of Medicine. “Because of our integrated missions in education, clinical care,

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JCJC’s ‘College for a Day’ inspires young learners

Hattiesburg American
JCJC medical radiography student Sarah Wade of Stringer was part of the special program designed to motivate first graders to pursue a college degree. / Submitted photos South Jones first-graders show JCJC science instructor Megan Stringer how to place

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Mid-State adjusts program offerings to fit community needs

Wausau Daily Herald
The laboratory science technician program, such as those suspended last month, is the casualty of a changing medical industry. The lab science program is too broad, and medical officials are looking for more specific focuses, Krause said.

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Technology may help detect a concussion, but the methods are still evolving

Plain Dealer
If true, that could help explain why professional football players seem to better tolerate impacts that cause concussions in younger, relatively weaker high school or college players. Other scientists say even the most bull-necked athlete is vulnerable

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Anton Hoffman, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, Receives 2011 Pfizer …

Sacramento Bee
By Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Professor and veterinarian Anton Hoffman of Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has been chosen by

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Missouri Baptist Medical Center and Goldfarb School of Nursing Partner to Open …

MarketWatch (press release)
LOUIS, MO, Jan 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Missouri Baptist Medical Center and Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College partnered to open a state-of-the-art nursing school in west St. Louis County that will graduate more than 100 …

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Medicinal Genomics Introduces an iPad App to Explore the Science of Medical …

MarketWatch (press release)
The American Medical Association, as well as the American College of Physicians each have independently issued reports on the medicinal benefits of Cannabis to justify a reclassification of the plant so it can be more easily researched. …

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City sees sharp increase in donation of body for science

Times of India
MYSORE: When medical institutions across the country are facing shortage of cadavers for science, there has been a sharp rise in body donation in Mysore. Both Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMCRI) and JSS Medical College (JSSMC) …

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University research is vital to the future of Texas

Houston Chronicle
Member institutions include Baylor College of Medicine, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Rice University, the University of Houston, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas A&M Health Science Center, University of Texas Medical …

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The quantifier: Building software that interprets medical images

But when she arrived at MIT, she found that some of her new colleagues were working on algorithms for processing medical-imaging data, and she was intrigued. “Most of my students haven’t seen a biomedical image in college,” she says.

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