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Image of the Year for 2009 Arch Surg. 2009;144 :1166. Congratulations to Timothy L. Frankel, MD, and Paul G. Gauger, MD, of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; they coauthored the winning Image of the Year for 2009.

Filed under: in the news... Scientists from University of California, Santa Barbara and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor have developed polymer microcapsules that attempt to mimic some of the functionality of red blood cells.

Date : Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:57:27 +0400 GENOCIDE AND MEMORIES OF THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA IN ARGENTINA AZG DAILY 2009-12-15 00:15:55 Lucila G. Tossounian, Manoogian Simone Visiting Pre-Doctoral Researcher, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Many Armenians arrived in Argentina escaping from the Genocide at the beginning of the 20th century.

Human embryonic stem cell lines currently used for research come mostly from white donors, a new report finds.

Flushing native LeighAnn Costley was recently named a "rising star" in the Atlanta business community.

Stroke patients spend most of their time asleep on their backs, which may contribute to a breathing problem called sleep apnea, according to findings reported in the journal Stroke.

THE DETROIT ASTHMA MORBIDITY, AIR QUALITY AND TRAFFIC STUDY Contact Description: The study will demonstrate links between air pollutant exposure and adverse health outcomes, information needed to improve the understanding and effectiveness of environmental decision-making, including the evaluation of benefits and costs associated with further ...

Virus phylogenies have been used in many recent studies to infer properties of epidemics.

E-mail: dion.zappe@novartis.com Received 27 June 2009; Revised 6 October 2009; Accepted 1 November 2009; Published online 10 December 2009.

Turmeric and black pepper: can they be absorbed when taken orally? Flickr.com According to a December 8, 2009 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Comprehensive Cancer Center press release, " Spices halt growth of breast stem cells, U-M study finds ," curcumin, a substance in turmeric and piperine, derived from black peppers, could play role in ...

Around the nation universities are taking antismoking policies to the next level by banning smoking everywhere on campus.

Robert and Teresa Constantino have announced the engagement of their daughter Maureen to David Stern, son of Steven and Shelley Stern, Orangeburg, N.Y. Miss Constantino graduated from Point Pleasant Borough High School and Rowan University, Glassboro, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and a Master of Arts degree in public ...

For supersymmetric theories with gravitino dark matter, the maximal reheating temperature consistent with big bang nucleosynthesis bounds arises when the physical gaugino masses are degenerate.

E-mail: joyclee@umich.edu Received 7 April 2009; Revised 3 September 2009; Accepted 7 September 2009; Published online 1 December 2009.

Annabel G. Wise, Steven R. Bolin, Thomas P. Mullaney, Matti Kiupel, and Roger K. Maes Author affiliations: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA ; and Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, USA Abstract We report a disease outbreak in a Michigan rabbitry of a rabbit calicivirus distinct from the foreign animal disease agent, ...

A study by researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, found 52.6% of women surveyed had urinary incontinence in the previous 12 months, but none had reported the symptom to her healthcare clinicians.

Main Category: Anxiety / Stress Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience ; Psychology / Psychiatry ; Respiratory / Asthma Article Date: 27 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST The portion of our brains that is responsible for registering fear and even panic has a built-in chemical sensor that is triggered by a primordial terror - suffocation.

In adult diabetics with cognitive impairment, higher levels of social support for diabetes care may ameliorate the poor glycemic control often seen in these patients.

Background Medication discrepancies are common at hospital discharge and can result in adverse events, hospital readmissions, and emergency department visits.

JooSeuk Kim, Clayton Scott, "L₂ Kernel Classification," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence , vol.