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Heiress Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans dies at 91
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, heiress to a Gilded Age fortune created by tobacco and member of the family that endowed Duke University, has died. She was 91. Her daughter, Rebecca Trent Kirkland, confirmed the Durham, N.C.,...Tags: Feminism, Colleges and Universities
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Certain chronic pain may raise suicide risk
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Back pain, migraine and other types of chronic pain without a known physical cause - and therefore little prospect for relief - were associated with an increased risk of suicide in a new study of U.S. veterans. But the...Tags: Medical Research, Pain, Migraine, Science and Technology, Psychiatry
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Frances M. Finney, educator
Frances M. Finney, who overcame poverty, earned a college degree and became a city school teacher, died April 19 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Guilford resident was 82. Frances Mae Hopkins was born in Baltimore and was...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Wars and Interventions, Psychotherapy, Housing and Urban Planning, Duke University
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Online tool helps control blood pressure long term
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, people with high blood pressure who could communicate with their pharmacists online had better blood pressure control a year after that service ended. Previously researchers had found that patients randomly...Tags: Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Medical Professionals, Science and Technology, Internal Medicine
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New cancer tools allow patients to reconsider chemo
ReutersBy Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES, May 15 (Reuters) - After decades of using one-size-fits-all therapies to combat cancer, doctors are using new tools to help decide when their patients can skip chemotherapy or other harsh treatments. An approach to oncology...Tags: Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer
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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Medical Research, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Diseases and Illnesses, IBM, Breast Cancer
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RPT-INTERVIEW-Cree says innovation answer to rising competition
ReutersBy Alastair Sharp TORONTO, May 15 (Reuters) - LED lighting manufacturer Cree Inc, which aims to make traditional lighting obsolete, promises further innovation and a better product as it tempts customers with a low-power light bulb priced around $10....Tags: Energy Saving, The Home Depot, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Home Improvement
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Video: Clever water stop sign prevents tunnel crashes in Australia
Autoblog.comFiled under: Videos, Australia Faced with truck drivers not heeding warnings when their tractor trailers were too tall to enter the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, officials turned to a company called Laservision to put an end to these costly crashes that were not... -
Miami named one of the '10 Tastiest Towns in the South'
Southern Living magazine calls Miami one of the "10 Tastiest Towns in the South" in its May issue. The 10 were determined by popular vote with Miami being called "a culinary Mrs. Robinson (mature, refined, sexier than ever) with a Southern accent."...
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Quintiles shares rise 10 pct in market debut
ReutersMay 9 (Reuters) - Shares of drug research company Quintiles Transnational Holdings rose as much as 10 percent in its market debut, valuing the company at about $5.70 billion. The Durham, North Carolina-based clinical trials company is the largest of...Tags: Initial Public Offerings, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Taxation, Politics, Marketing
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Quintiles shares rise 11 percent in market debut
Reuters(Reuters) - Shares of drug research company Quintiles Transnational Holdings rose as much as 11 percent in its market debut, valuing the company at as much as $5.73 billion. The Durham, North Carolina-based clinical trials company's initial public...Tags: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Medical Research, Stock Market, Politics, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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On pointe: Local dancers prepare for summer intensives
For the past eigh t years, Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet students have been accepted to and attended the country's finest summer intensive programs. This year is no exception with nine of Crooked Tree's pre-professional ballet students...
Tags: Springs, Washington, DC, Dance, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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