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1 hr ago | Haaretz

At the edge of the abyss

The chapter on Israel in the U.S. State Department's 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom, issued in October, presents Israel in an embarrassing light - as one of the 30 countries "where violations of religious freedom have been noteworthy." According to the Americans, Israel is more similar to Russia or Turkey than it is to Saudi Arabia ...

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Religion, Orthodox Church, California

Mon Nov 23, 2009

KIRO-TV Seattle

Avoid Overeating At Holiday Dinner

Worried about overeating during the holiday? While this is a common concern, you don't have to give in to negative thinking and start planning your post-holiday diet.

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BBC

Dirt 'can be good for children'

Children should be allowed to get dirty, according to scientists who have found being too clean can impair the skin's ability to heal.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

EurekAlert!

Surface bacteria maintain skin's healthy balance

On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Dermatology

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Science, Industry and Business

Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies

Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies, some as old as 3,500 years, suggesting that the factors causing heart attack and stroke are not only modern ones; they afflicted ancient people, too.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Egypt, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA

Fri Nov 20, 2009

San Diego 6

Construction Begins on High-Tech School of Medicine

Construction began Friday at UC San Diego's School of Medicine on a 99,000-square-foot facility that will be used to teach future physicians high-tech ways of delivering health care, from telemedicine to robotic surgeries.

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Related Topix: San Diego Metro

Thu Nov 19, 2009

R & D

Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage...

Most people would like to be able to charge their cell phones and other personal electronics quickly and not too often.

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R & D

Scripps research scientists find new link between...

November 19, 2009 A-A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a direct link between insulin - a hormone long associated with metabolism and metabolic disorders such as diabetes - and core body temperature.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Medication, Technical Services, Diabetes, Health

RedOrbit

Cognitive Dysfunction Reversed In Mouse Model Of Down Syndrome

A study by neuroscientist William C. Mobley, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues at Stanford University Medical School has demonstrated a possible new approach to slowing the inevitable progression of cognitive decline found in Down\'s syndrome.

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Related Topix: Dementia, Medicine, Health

Wed Nov 18, 2009

MediLexicon

Egyptian Mummies Reveal Heart Disease As Ancient Affliction

A new study finds that atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, was common in ancient Egyptians, challenging a belief that vascular disease is a modern affliction caused by current-day risk factors such as stress and sedentary lifestyles.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Egypt, Cardiology, Health

Science Blog

Analyzing structural brain changes in Alzheimer's disease

In a study that promises to improve diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle, sub-regional brain volume loss using magnetic resonance imaging .

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

RedOrbit

Bees Can Learn Differences In Food's Temperature

Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that honeybees can discriminate between food at different temperatures, an ability that may assist bees in locating the warm, sugar-rich nectar or high-protein pollen produced by many flowers.

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science

Medical News

New resuscitation program shows major improvement in patient outcome after cardiac arrest

ZOLL Medical Corporation announced today that in a a oeBest of the Besta presentation at the American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium in Orlando Florida, Daniel P. Davis, M.D., presented research from the University of California Resuscitation Research Center that shows a major improvement in patient outcome after cardiac arrest.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Zoll Medical, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Health

Mon Nov 16, 2009

San Diego Daily Transcript

Hidden side of maritime industry

It's a well-known secret that maritime services in San Diego provide an economic engine serving several local industries.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, US Military, US Navy, Oceanography, Science, San Francisco, CA

Sun Nov 15, 2009

R & D

Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research , the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity in nerve cells protects the brain from the misfolded proteins associated with Huntington's disease.

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Genetics, Biology, Science

Frontpage Mag

Israel-bashing at UCLA a " by Eric Golub

Posted by Eric Golub on Nov 10th, 2009 and filed under FrontPage . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry The audience of around 30 included perhaps 15 professors and a cadre of the aging hippie revolutionaries one grows accustomed to seeing at anti-Israel events.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, New York University, Stanford University

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Newswise

$17 Million to UC San Diego for Methamphetamine/AIDS Research

Igor Grant, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues have been awarded a $17 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to establish the Translational Methamphetamine AIDS Research Center at UC San Diego.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

2 of 9 candidates interview for UF dean position

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. Two of nine candidates who could see themselves as the next dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine interviewed for the position Thursday.

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Related Topix: 9, University of Florida, Florida College, California, Duke University

Thu Nov 12, 2009

MediLexicon

Small Things Considered Wins Big At PRNews' 2009 Nonprofit Awards

Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 Small Things Considered, a microbiology blog published by the American Society for Microbiology , has been honored with a non-profit public relations award from PR News for best blog.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, Microbiology, Biology, Science, Public Relations, Health

Contra Costa Times

So far, county skirting cell phone tax

Contra Costa County has for 20 years failed to comply with an IRS demand that employees pay personal income taxes on the value of personal communications from government-issued cell phones, PDAs and other electronic devices.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics, Tax, Contra Costa County, CA, Riverside County, CA, US Politics, US News, Earl Pomeroy, US House of Representatives, Democrat

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