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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:47 PM

University of Pennsylvania

Type: Organization
Name: University of Pennsylvania
First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 2 Documents
Questions To Never Stop Asking
In the early 1990s, I was brought in as an interim president/CEO of two regional monthly magazines. Both are now out of business. It was a trying time--and also one of the great learning experiences of my life.One magazine focused on business, and the ... [Forbes.com - 21 mins ago]
First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Research Centers Promise a Break on Medical Patents in Developing Countries
Intellectual Property: Sam Kean More than a half-dozen major U.S. universities and institutes pledged last week to lean on biotech companies when licensing intellectual property to secure more favorable terms for countries in the developing world. Harvard, ... [Science Magazine - 17 hours ago]
First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 Documents
Frank J. Tornetta, 93, an anesthesiologist
Frank J. Tornetta, 93, of Audubon, an anesthesiologist, died Thursday of a lung infection at Montgomery Hospital in Norristown, where he had served on the staff for 45 years.Dr. Tornetta was director of the hospital's department of anesthesiology from ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 9 hours ago]
First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Health)
Bad Medical Reporting, Denialism, and Public Health
This month’s perfect storm — poor medical reporting, denialism, and public health. Marketplace yesterday: For years, our medical system focused on the individual. The thinking was, even if only one life was saved, everyone should get tested. But the ... [The Moderate Voice - 3 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
Data from Phase 1 safety study of SB-728-T announced
Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) announced today that data from the University of Pennsylvania investigator sponsored Phase 1 safety study of Sangamo's zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) based product, SB-728-T, for HIV/AIDS were inadvertently and prematurely ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
How to stop the Feds tapping your phone
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered serious weaknesses in government wire tapping technology and published a paper detailing the loopholes.The weaknesses "represent a serious threat to the accuracy and completeness of wiretap ... [TG Daily - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
Female College Students: What You Need to Know
In my opinion, young women in college have much higher stakes to consider when it comes to choosing a major.Dr. Cara Gardenswartz: In college, I debated between applying for Ph.D. programs in psychology or becoming a lawyer. Inspired by an Abnormal Psychology ... [Momlogic - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
The Foundation of Quality Is Safety
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Institute of Medicine's To Err Is Humana study that put a new focus on how patient safety is addressed in the United States. Though the report served as a clarion call to healthcare organizations ... [Health Leaders - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Making battlefield communications better
Junshan Zhang is working to improve wireless communications technology with support from a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.Zhang is an associate professor in the School of Electrical, Computer ... [Arizona State University - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents
VA clinic troubles in prostate program bring few penalties
More than a year after the Philadelphia VA Medical Center said it had given substandard care to nearly 100 veterans with prostate cancer, the list of sanctions is sparse:One physician accepted a three-day suspension. A radiation safety official got a ... [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
US university debates use of stem-cells
The University of Nebraska's governing board is expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would limit stem-cell research there to strict rules approved under former President George W. Bush.The vote by the Board of Regents would come eight months after ... [Taiwan News Online - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents
Looking ahead: Some good news
Any growth is good in 2009, but the really big growth is found in the group's forecast for 2010: 5.69 million, an anticipated rise of 13.6%.By way of explanation and caution, the group's chief economist Lawrence Yun explained it this way: “A steady ... [Home Channel News via - 22 hours ago]

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...is common," observed George Woody, a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Treatment Research Institute, "and where medical specialties are divided into silos that require patients to visit multiple providers for problems that are closely linked and could be better managed by integrated approaches like the one the authors are testing."
Linking The Treatment Of Alcohol-Use Disorders And Tuberculosis [MediLexicon - 6 hours ago]
...'It was the first vaccine to exceed $1 billion in annual sales, followed by Merck's cervical cancer shot Gardasil, with $2.3 billion in 2008 sales. "Vaccines are now perhaps seen to be more attractive than drugs" said Dr. Stanley Plotkin, a former University of Pennsylvania professor and industry researcher who helped develop the German measles and rotavirus...
Vaccines are back with a vengeance [Tennessean - 10 hours ago]
...economic circumstances and constructively worked out a program that benefits both sides,' said Brennan Award Committee Chair John E Savoth. "The program has had such a positive effect on the community. The homeowners and the mortgage companies both benefit. It's a win-win for everybody. That, coupled with her incredible energy and work ethic in getting the program up and running, are the primary reasons she was chosen" said Savoth. Judge Rizzo was appointed to the Court of Common Pleas in 1998 by then-Gov. Tom Ridge...
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Annette M. Rizzo, Joseph A. Sullivan of Pepper... [Forbes.com - 20 hours ago]
...) Woody Sears, one of the creators of iStoryTime, told me that he sees the product as a complement to reading books to children, not a replacement. "The handy thing about our application is that when you can't read a bookyou're driving the car or in the grocery storeyou can hand this to them" he says. How do you help your children deal with shot anxiety? A treat afterward has always worked for us...
Need Help with H1N1 Vaccine Fear? Sid the Science Kid Explains How Flu Vaccines Work [US News - 20 hours ago]

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Questions To Never Stop Asking [Forbes.com - 21 mins ago]
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Threat to Black Colleges [Inside Higher Ed - 5 hours ago]
Linking The Treatment Of Alcohol-Use Disorders ... [MediLexicon - 6 hours ago]
U.K Climate Research Center Confirms Data Breach [The Money Times - 9 hours ago]
Frank J. Tornetta, 93, an anesthesiologist [Philadelphia Inquirer - 9 hours ago]
Vaccines are back with a vengeance [Tennessean - 10 hours ago]
Linking The Treatment Of Alcohol-Use Disorders ... [Medical News Today - 10 hours ago]
Passing of James Lilley a great loss for Taiwan [Taipei Times Online - 13 hours ago]
Research Centers Promise a Break on Medical Pat... [Science Magazine - 17 hours ago]
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Annett... [Forbes.com - 20 hours ago]
Is Yawning Healthy? [Care2 - 20 hours ago]
Need Help with H1N1 Vaccine Fear? Sid the Scien... [US News - 20 hours ago]
The 10 Questions You Should Never Stop Asking [Forbes.com - 21 hours ago]
Looking ahead: Some good news [Home Channel News via - 22 hours ago]
Hacked E-Mails Fuel Global Warming Debate [Wired News - 23 hours ago]
ENT and Allergy Associates Opens Offices in Edi... [Forbes.com - 11/20/2009]
ENT and Allergy Associates Opens Offices in Edi... [Business Wire - 11/20/2009]
Vaccines boost bottom line for drug firms [STLtoday.com - 11/20/2009]
Stopping Tissue Stiffening Is Key To Preventing... [Medical News Today - 11/20/2009]
The Illustrated Man: How LED Tattoos Could Chan... [Wired News - 11/20/2009]
How LED Tattoos Could Change The Face of Humanity [Wired News - 11/20/2009]
US university debates use of stem-cells [Taiwan News Online - 11/20/2009]
Dr. Nili S. Fox Appointed Director of the Schoo... [Hebrew Union College - 11/20/2009]
US university debate over embryonic stem-cell r... [Research & Development - 11/20/2009]
PeopleClick announces selection of products for... [M2 - 11/20/2009]
Inovio Biomedical Universal Flu Vaccines Demons... [Business Wire via MSN Money - 11/20/2009]
Inovio Biomedical Universal Flu Vaccines Demons... [Business Wire UK - 11/20/2009]
Mammogram Debate Took Group by Surprise - New Y... [New Straits Times - 11/20/2009]
Battling the Elements: How Can India's Farmers ... [Wharton - 11/20/2009]
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Bad Medical Reporting, Denialism, and Public He... [The Moderate Voice - 3 hours ago]
This month’s perfect storm — poor medical reporting, denialism, and public health. Marketplace yesterday: For years, our medical system focused on the individual. ...
Who Is Driving the Hershey Trust’s Change of He... [WSJ.com: Deal Journal - 20 hours ago]
The Hershey Trust calls the shots at Hershey Co. and its board has long been thought to be an impediment to several potential deals over the years. But now the trust ...
Hacked E-Mails Fuel Global Warming Debate [Wired: Threat Level - 11/20/2009]
An online debate over global warming science has broken out after an unknown hacker broke into the email server at a prominent, U.K. climate research center, stole ...
The Illustrated Man: How LED Tattoos Could Chan... [Wired: Gadget Lab - 11/20/2009]
In Ray Bradbury’s book, The Illustrated Man, the man of the title is covered with moving, shifting tattoos. If you look at them, they will tell you a story. New ...
New Site Tracks How Stimulus Dollars Flow to Sc... [Wired: Wired Science - 11/17/2009]
More than $20 billion in stimulus money has poured into the nation’s universities, according to a new collection of data gathered by a trio of research consortia. California’s ...
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Savor Sees `Double Digit' Decline in Leveraged ... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Treatments for Children with Autism [UC Television - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
Increasing Access: Jessica Taylor-Piotrowski [Univ Pennsylvania - YouTube - 10/19/2009]
President Amy Gutmann Launches Penn's Climate A... [Univ Pennsylvania - YouTube - 09/23/2009]
University of Pennsylvania 2009 Convocation Cer... [Univ Pennsylvania - YouTube - 09/10/2009]
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