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1 min ago | MediLexicon

Minimizing Hair Loss Due To Cancer Radiation Therapy

Discovering that mouse hair has a circadian clock - a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair - researchers suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatments are given late in the day.

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Related Topix: UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, Health

1 min ago | Isle News

PwC survey illustrates importance of evolving career attitudes for Channel Islands businesses

Businesses in the Channel Islands need to adapt their recruitment and retention strategies to align themselves with the changing attitudes of a new emerging workforce, according to a study completed recently by PwC.

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4 hrs ago | Directions Magazine

USC and others Share Mapping Data via an API

USC Map Data API : The University of Southern California's Map Data API provides a RESTful interface for retrieving content from the University's online map.

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Related Topix: Weather

Wed May 22, 2013

CBS Local

Complaints Filed Against 4 Colleges Over Rapes, Including Swarthmore College

Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred joined students from four U.S. colleges and universities on Wednesday to announce the filing of federal complaints over how the higher-education institutions handle rape allegations.

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Related Topix: Swarthmore College, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Swarthmore, PA, UC Berkeley

CBS Local

UC Berkeley Targeted In Federal Complaint Over Its Handling Of Rape Allegations

Women's-rights attorney Gloria Allred says federal complaints have been filed against four U.S. colleges over how the colleges handle rape allegations.

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley

BioSpace

Drugs Found to Both Prevent and Treat Alzheimer's Disease, University of Southern California Study

Staying up-to-date has never been simpler. Sign up for the free GenePool newsletter today! Imagine a pharmaceutical prevention, treatment or even cure for Alzheimer's disease.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health

JD Journal

Cooley Hires Litigator Ray Hartman

Today Cooley LLP announced that they have hired Ray Hartman, a litigator, for the firm's San Diego Office.

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Related Topix: UC Hastings, University of San Diego

Examiner.com

Rolling Stones give Mick Taylor more stage time in L.A

According to a news release posted yesterday on their official website at RollingStones.com , "The World's Greatest Rock N' Roll Band" featured the veteran lead guitarist on a total of four songs during their second engagement of the tour at L.A.'s Staples Centre.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger

The Tennessean

Teachable Moments: Lyndon Johnson called for a 'Great Society'

President Lyndon Baines Johnson delivered his first State of the Union address, calling for a "war on poverty." The U.S. surgeon general declared, for the first time, that smoking was hazardous to your health.

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Related Topix: US News, State of the Union, Coupe, Ford Mustang, Hatchback, Convertible, Ford

The Raw Story

New PTSD drug may allow vets to reprogram traumatic memories

Researchers claim to have found a promising new therapy in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder , the syndrome affecting thousands of U.S. military veterans.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs

Christian Science Monitor

Los Angeles votes in mayor's race without a clear front-runner

Comedian Mort Sahl once called Los Angeles "100 suburbs in search of a city." As the nation's second largest metropolis votes for a new mayor Tuesday, it is also in search of a clear winner.

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Related Topix: Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA

Tue May 21, 2013

Digital Post Production

VideoFort Launches the First Subscription-based Stock Footage...

VideoFort announces the launch of the first all-HD, subscription-based royalty-free stock footage provider to offer its members unlimited downloads of award-quality HD video clips .

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Related Topix: Libraries, Los Angeles, CA, Beverly Hills, CA

The Big Picture

Apple's International Tax Structure

"Thanks to what lawmakers called "gimmicks" and "schemes," Apple was able to largely sidestep taxes on tens of billions of dollars it earned outside the United States in recent years.

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

LA mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti at a glance

EXPERIENCE: Los Angeles City Council, 2001-present. He's also taught at the University of Southern California and Occidental College.

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Related Topix: Occidental College

The Atlantic

Disconcerting Robot Detects Depression

The latest "virtual therapist" -- charged with helping diagnose depression -- comes from psychologist Albert Rizzo and computer scientist Louis-Philippe Morency at the University of Southern California .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Science, Computer Science

Mon May 20, 2013

The Atlantic

Apple's Massive Tax Avoidance Scheme Was Probably Legal

Apple used an impressively complex network of subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes in a scheme that will pit the company against congressional investigators on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

EurekAlert!

Timing of cancer radiation therapy may minimize hair loss, researchers say

Discovery of circadian clock in mice hair reveals period of time when damage from radiotherapy can be quickly repaired, keeping hair intact LA JOLLA, CA---Discovering that mouse hair has a circadian clock - a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair - researchers suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and ... (more)

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Related Topix: La-Jolla, CA, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA

Black Engineer

Commmanding At All Levels

Find out more about your reader demographics, web-traffic, and valued added client services.

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Related Topix: African-American, United States Military Academy, Naval War College, George Washington University

Iol.co.za

For women, movies are still silent

Speaking roles for women in Hollywood blockbusters have fallen to their lowest level in five years, a new report has found.

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Related Topix: The Hunger Games

The State

Happy 100th birthday, T-shirt [with list of all-time favs]

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the T-shirt. In 1913, the U.S. Navy issued crewneck T-shirts to be worn under uniforms.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy