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Nancy Grace blamed for woman's suicide

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:27:15 GMT

OCALA, Fla. , Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A Harvard Medical School professor contends U.S. talk show host Nancy Grace is partially to blame for the suicide of a mother of a missing boy three years ago. Dr. Harold J. Bursztajn alleges in documents filed in U.S.
Source: United Press International

Studies Investigate Emerging Trends and Treatment Options for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:58:12 GMT

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sickle cell disease, a condition characterized by deformed and dysfunctional red blood cells, is one of the most common genetic blood disorders affecting millions of people around the world, including more...
Source: RedOrbit

Professor says Nancy Grace contributed to Melinda Duckett's suicide

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:03:58 GMT

Melinda Duckett, the mother of missing 2-year-old Trenton Duckett, holds a picture of her and her son following a news conference at the Leesburg Police Department. Melinda was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Source: Orlando Sentinel

Out Of This World: 'Space Beer'

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:38:41 GMT

Authorities are asking for the public's help in identifying a person who drilled holes into a Central Florida resident's trees, poured herbicide into them and filled the holes with caulk.
Source: Local6.com

Kin sue Harvard over son’s suicide

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:02:18 GMT

Harvard sophomore John Edwards was studying to become a doctor and training for the Boston Marathon in June 2007 when he sought help at the university’s Health Services because he could not study for as many hours as some of his friends.
Source: Boston Globe

Professor: Grace Pushed Duckett Over Edge

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:01:13 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Harvard Medical School professor said he is prepared to testify that Melinda Duckett was pushed over the edge by CNN talk show host Nancy Grace, Local 6 News reported.
Source: Local6.com

Monkey experiment stirs controversy for Brookhaven Lab

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:09:58 GMT

An unusual NASA -funded experiment proposed by a Harvard scientist to expose as many as 18 monkeys to radiation could put Brookhaven National Lab oratory, a possible site of the study, at the center of a controversy.
Source: Newsday

Turning genetic trash to treasure

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:10:01 GMT

John Rinn, assistant professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, writes down RNA formulas on a decorative fish tank inside the Center for Life Science.
Source: PhysOrg.com

Quoted in 'Could Julie Andrews get her voice back?'

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:27:23 GMT

said in greatnewsnetwork:

Now revolutionary new research, led by award-winning scientist Professor Robert Langer of MIT and Dr Steven Zeitels of Harvard Medical School, could give Andrews her beloved voice back.

Photo from Getty Images

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:38:07 GMT

BALTIMORE - OCTOBER 05: Professor Carol Greider talks about the implications of her discovery during a news conference where she talked about winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at Johns Hopkins University October 5, 2009 in Baltimor...

Quoted in 'Friday's Mini-Report'

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:22:56 GMT

said in Political Animal:

Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year -- one every 12 minutes -- in large part because they lack health insurance and cannot get good care, Harvard Medical School researchers found in an analysis released on Thursday.

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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Dr. Michael S. Wolfe of Harvard Medical School is being honored today with the MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease.

Ra-Mu and the Crew (Harvard Medical School Holiday Party)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:13:49 GMT