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4 min ago | Criminal Report Daily

Brad Pitt's Forgetting Faces Disease: For Real?

Ever since 1890, when the use of anesthetics and antiseptics made it unlikely for people to die getting a nose job, cosmetic plastic surgery has been part of the global culture.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Breast Enlargement, Facelifts

2 hrs ago | Patch.com

Cherokee's Top Graduating Seniors Honored for Academic Success

The Cherokee County School District and school board members on Tuesday honored the valedictorians and salutatorians of the class of 2013 during its 13th annual Scholar Recognition Banquet.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Cherokee County, GA, Vanderbilt University, Hull, GA, Harvard University

6 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Study Finds For First Time That Gym Class Reduces Probability Of Obesity

Little is known about the effect of physical education on child weight, but a new study from Cornell University finds that increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym class reduces the probability of obesity.

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Related Topix: Cornell University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lehigh University, Health

10 hrs ago | The Huffington Post

GOP Candidate Once Called Racist Three-Fifths Clause 'Anti-Slavery'

Bishop E.W. Jackson, the controversial Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia , once reportedly claimed that the so-called "three-fifths clause" was actually an anti-slavery amendment -- an opinion disputed by several American historians.

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Related Topix: University of Pennsylvania, Abortion

Wed May 22, 2013

Patch.com

Emory Professor Wins Award for Contributions to Neuropsychiatry

Emory University neuroscientist Helen Mayberg has received a Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for her contributions to neuropsychiatry.

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Patch.com

Duluth High Graduating 564 Seniors

Twenty-one graduation ceremonies will take place throughout Gwinnett County this week.

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Related Topix: Gwinnett County, GA, Georgia Tech

Rome News

Terry Morris, professor of history at Shorter, to speak at Exchange Club on Friday

Former Shorter University President Harold E. Newman shares a laugh with professor Terry Morris and provost Craig Shull before the ceremony.

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Related Topix: Rome, GA, Atlanta, GA, Shorter College, University of Georgia

Circulation

Incentivizing Recruitment and Retention to Address Enrollment...

From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA ; Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, GA .; and Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Leonard Davis Institute Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral ... (more)

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Medicine, Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania, Healthcare Law, Law

Medical News Today

New Insight Into How Pathogens Break Through A Host's Defenses

Main Category: Immune System / Vaccines Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 22 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Parasitic wasps switch off the immune systems of fruit flies by draining calcium from the flies' blood cells, a finding that offers new insight into how pathogens break through a host's defenses.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Entomology, University of Alabama Birmingham, Health

Tue May 21, 2013

EurekAlert!

Finding a family for a pair of orphan receptors in the brain

Researchers at Emory University have identified a protein that stimulates a pair of "orphan receptors" found in the brain, solving a long-standing biological puzzle and possibly leading to future treatments for neurological diseases.

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Related Topix: Pharmacology, UC San Diego

New Scientist

Tracing the roots of human morality in animals

The Bonobo and the Atheist and How Animals Grieve show that we must be careful when studying animals to learn about the origins of human traits and behaviours WHERE does morality come from? Throughout the history of Western civilisation, thinkers have usually answered either that it comes from God, or else through the application of reason.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA

EurekAlert!

Resistance to last-line antibiotic makes bacteria resistant to immune system

Bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin are also commonly resistant to antimicrobial substances made by the human body, according to a study in mBio , the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

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Related Topix: Microbiology, Biology, Science, Atlanta, GA, Medicine

Mon May 20, 2013

The Coastal Courier

Cancer survivor calls life 'a miracle'

Christopher Deigh plays the drums with his gospel group during a concert at Mt. Zion Mission Baptist Church to celebrate graduating from college and being cancer-free for three years.

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Related Topix: Hinesville, GA, Leukemia, Health, Atlanta, GA

EurekAlert!

Parasitic wasps use calcium pump to block fruit fly immunity

Parasitic wasps switch off the immune systems of fruit flies by draining calcium from the flies' blood cells, a finding that offers new insight into how pathogens break through a host's defenses.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Entomology, University of Alabama Birmingham

EurekAlert!

Gym class reduces probability of obesity, study finds for first time

Little is known about the effect of physical education on child weight, but a new study from Cornell University finds that increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym class reduces the probability of obesity.

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Related Topix: Cornell University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lehigh University

Sun May 19, 2013

Fox News

Georgia gov orders Bibles to be returned to state park

An atheist, Buckner believes that no religious literature should be provided in government-owned lodging, and he presented that concern to management at the Amicalola Falls State Park.

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Related Topix: Nathan Deal, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Atlanta, GA

The Globe and Mail

Montreal's 'Gandhi of hip hop' takes on the musical

A telling thing happens as Josh Dolgin, the Montreal musical performance artist who goes by the moniker "Socalled," sits down to talk about his two latest projects.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA

Sat May 18, 2013

Examiner.com

President Obama delivers address to Morehouse grads

President Obama arrives in Atlanta on Saturday, May 18, 2013 to prepare for his commencement address at Morehouse College,11 a.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2013.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Morehouse College, Augusta, GA, US Politics, Herman Cain, US News

Patch.com

2013 Valedictorians, Salutatorians at Chamblee, Cross Keys High Schools

Monica Agrawal is Chamblee Charter High School's magnet valedictorian and Christa Kelly is the school's resident valedictorian this year.

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Related Topix: Georgia Tech, University of Miami, Pomona College

Fri May 17, 2013

The National Law Journal

Law Schools: a Special Report: Law for Laymen

Betsy Hames isn't a lawyer, but the law permeates nearly every aspect of her job overseeing employee relations in Emory University's human resources department.

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Related Topix: Arizona State University, State University, AR, University of Oklahoma, University of San Diego