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52 min ago | C-Health

Placebo power: Belief in treatment can help you feel better, scientists say

People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, just because they expect that it will.

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Related Topix: Psychology, Science

5 hrs ago | BioSpace

Possible Help In Fight Against Muscle-Wasting Disease, University of Oregon Study

University of Oregon -- UO chemist J. Andrew BerglundEUGENE, Ore. -- -- A compound already used to treat pneumonia could become a new therapy for an inherited muscular wasting disease, according to researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York.

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Related Topix: Pneumonia, Medicine, Health

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Bioscience Technology

Computerized support keeps prominence of name brand drugs at bay

Simple computerized alerts can help curb the impulse to prescribe unnecessarily expensive, heavily marketed drugs.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Insomnia

The Epoch Times

Naked Mole Rats Could Hold Key to Being Cancer-Free

Despite their small body size, naked mole rats can live up to 30 years because they never contract cancer.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Science Blog

Study uses satellite imagery to identify active magma systems in East Africa's Rift Valley

A team from the University of Miami, University of El Paso and University of Rochester have employed Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar images compiled over a decade to study volcanic activity in the African Rift.

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Related Topix: University of Miami, Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Geology, Science, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Geothermal Power, Energy

Sat Nov 07, 2009

WHAM

Disney Issuing Baby Einstein Refunds

Disney is offering refunds to parents who purchased the "Baby Einstein" DVD series.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Daily Business Review

Jobless figures escalate fight on economic priorities

President Barack Obama signed legislation today to extend unemployment insurance benefits and tax credits for first-time homebuyers and provide tax refunds to money-losing companies.

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Related Topix: US News, Tax, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives

EurekAlert!

Possible help in fight against muscle-wasting disease

University of Oregon-University of Rochester team finds compound that reverses type 1 myotonic dystrophy IMAGE: Andrew Berglund, a member of the University of Oregon's Institute of Molecular Biology, studies myotonic dystrophy.

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Related Topix: University of Oregon, Biology, Molecular Biology, Science, Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Pentamidine (generic), NebuPent, Medication

WHTK-AM Rochester

Empire State Games Coming Back To Rochester

Rochester will host the games in the summer of 2011. Friday, November 6, 2009 Rochester will be the site of the 2011 Empire State Games, the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation announced Thursday.

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Related Topix: Rochester Metro, Rochester, NY, Nazareth College, SUNY Brockport

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Springville Journal

Jung inducted in U of R Hall of Fame

Metrowny.com is the online version of 29 Metro Group publications which are distributed throughout Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Western NY, including the Metro Source and Retailer as well as your local Pennysaver.

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Related Topix: Buffalo Metro, Buffalo, NY, Niagara Falls, NY, Cheektowaga, NY, Colden, NY

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Dr. Songlin Liang, MD, Ph.D., Honored by Cambridge Who's Who

PORTERVILLE, CA, November 5, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Dr. Songlin Liang, Pathologist for Premier Pathology Laboratories, Inc., has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in clinical research.

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Related Topix: Pathology, Medicine, Visalia Metro, Porterville, CA, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

Bloomberg Business News

Republican Victories May Make Democrats Cautious on Backing Obama's Agenda

Republican victories in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races may make some congressional Democrats more leery of backing key elements of President Barack Obamaa s agenda because of the political price they could pay, analysts said.

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Related Topix: US News, Global Warming, Boston University, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Wed Nov 04, 2009

MyOptumHealth

Rest Easy. When It Comes to Swine Flu, Your Pet Is Safe

When the news broke on Wednesday that a domestic cat had come down with H1N1 swine flu, probably transmitted to the feline by sick owners, many people no doubt wondered how vulnerable their own pets were to the illness.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Pets, Ferrets, Agriculture, Science, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza

OfficialWire

Scientists: Africa Desert Could Become Sea

A 35-mile-long rift in the desert of Ethiopia could rip open, creating a new sea in just days, scientists say.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

NewsTarget.com

Women with breast cancer have low vitamin D levels, scientists discover

At the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Breast Cancer Symposium held in San Francisco recently, researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center made an announcement that at first glance may seem startling -- at least it may startle people who are unaware of the preventive and healing power of nutrients.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology

PhysOrg Weblog

Common Pain Relievers May Dilute Power of Flu Shots

With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions that use of many common pain killers - Advil, Tylenol, aspirin - at the time of injection may blunt the effect of the shot and have a negative effect on the immune system.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, Ibuprofen (generic), Medication, Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic), Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, Immunology, Biology, Science

Rochester Business Journal

Golisano to make $10 million donation to foundation

Thomas Golisano will give $10.2 million to the B. Thomas Golisano Foundation, the largest gift in the foundation's history, the organization's officials said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Paychex, Human Resources

Mon Nov 02, 2009

University of Rochester

African Desert Rift Confirmed as New Ocean in the Making

In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia.

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Related Topix: World News, Ethiopia, Africa, Geology, Science, Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Rochester, NY, UC Santa Barbara

WHEC-TV Rochester

U of R swine flu cases doubled

The number of suspected cases of swine flu has doubled on the University of Rochester campus in the last several weeks.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Rochester Metro, Rochester, NY, Henrietta, NY

Sun Nov 01, 2009

MediLexicon

Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Inducts Ann Arbor Physician As President

William Kuzon, MD, PhD, Reed O. Dingman professor and section head of plastic surgery, University of Michigan, has been named president of the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation at Plastic Surgery 2009, the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Dexter, MI, Health

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