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State's first swine flu patient tested Emory staff
The Kentucky woman was having a grand vacation that included a Mexican getaway, shopping in Atlanta and a wedding in LaGrange.
Post-transplant combo can replace toxic immune-suppressing drugs in monkeys
Transplant patients rely on drugs to prevent graft rejection, but at the cost of serious side effects.
Virginia gubernatorial candidate eludes questions about Palin appearance
If Virginia's Republican candidate for governor wants Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's help this fall, his campaign isn't saying.
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Doctor is in: Juvenile Diabetes doesn't have to stop kids from being kids
Pediatric Endocrinologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, division Director of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, and a Bernard Marcus professor at Emory University School of Medicine.
Latin America's Legalization Push
A call for drug policy-reform is echoing across Latin America, where a decades-long, U.S.-sponsored battle against drug production and distribution has fostered a climate of fear, insecurity, and death.
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Doctor is in: How do we know supplements are safe and effective?
Professor of medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, and director of the Emory Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory.
American-Turkish friendship sparkles under Diamond's guidance
Speaking with Mona Tekin Diamond, it becomes immediately apparent that she has an affinity for Turkey: The US native not only serves as the honorary Turkish consul general to the state of Georgia, but is also the founder and chairman of the American Turkish Friendship Council and is involved in numerous philanthropic activities running the gauntlet ...
A Blogger That Dares Not Speak His University's Name
He has also written a book critical of the pharmaceutical industry , and writes a blog that is also skeptical about certain aspects of current psychiatric dogma.
Yerkes Researchers Identify Parallel Mechanism Monkeys And Humans Use To Recognize Faces
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated for the first time rhesus monkeys and humans share a specific perceptual mechanism, configural perception, for discriminating among the numerous faces they encounter daily.
UGA public health program gets accreditation
The University of Georgia's 4-year-old College of Public Health has gained full accreditation.
Antidepressant directly stimulates brain growth factor receptors
The widely used antidepressant and pain medication amitriptyline--but not other closely related drugs -- can impersonate the brain's own growth factors, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have shown.
Emory Gets Grant For Sustainable Development
Emory University is one of 10 universities worldwide receiving a $900,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to create a new master's program in development practice.
Debate rages on humans' closest relative
Everybody knows that humans' closest animal relatives are chimpanzees. At least, that's been the accepted wisdom among scientists for more than 30 years.
David Carter was 16 years old and living in Athens, Ga., when he first heard about the riots that would change the gay rights movement and also play a major role in his career.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Mourns the Loss of Michael Jackson
PITTSBURGH, June 25 PA-SCA-mourns-Jackson Nation's Leading Cause of Death Reportedly Claims the Life of a Pop Icon PITTSBURGH , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation joins millions in grieving the loss of pop icon Michael Jackson .
Reprimanded Psychiatrist? Bad Advice?
Last May, a Peabody was awarded to the film Depression: Out of the Shadows , a documentary which aired in 2008 on PBS, was produced by Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH Boston, and was written and directed by Minneapolis-based filmmaker Larkin McPhee.
Additional $11.5M moves Grady closer to goal
Grady Memorial Hospital recently raised $11.5 million, inching closer to its $325 million fundraising goal.
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Glucose Challenge Test is Accurate and Economical for Diabetes and Prediabetes Screening
ATLANTAa 'A test commonly used to help identify women with diabetes during pregnancy may be an accurate, convenient and inexpensive way to screen the general population for unrecognized diabetes and prediabetes, according to Emory University researchers.
Researchers identify parallel mechanism monkeys and humans use to recognize faces
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated for the first time rhesus monkeys and humans share a specific perceptual mechanism, configural perception, for discriminating among the numerous faces they encounter daily.