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• Benefits of flu drug questioned

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  The medicine now being widely handed out by the government for treating pandemic flu offers only modest benefit in children and adults in seasonal outbreaks of the virus, according to British researchers. The findings will spark a fresh debate over the wisdom of the UK government ??? and many others...

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• VIVIAN RIDLER

  - 2009-01-13

  Printer to Oxford University from 1958 to 1978 and founder of the Perpetua Press Vivian Ridler was the printer's printer, master of "the whole art of printing". He began as a boy and ended his career as Printer to Oxford University, the last great holder of that...

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• National briefs: Writer's gift

  - 2008-10-24

  AUTHOR and playwright Alan Bennett below is giving his literary archive to Oxford University's Bodleian Library. More than 40 years of the writer's diaries, letters and scripts of hit films The History Boys and The Madness of King George are among the material being handed over.

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• 41st Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards Presented

  - 2008-10-22

  The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers has announced the winners of the 41st Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for outstanding print, broadcast and new media coverage of music. The winners will be honored at a special invitation only ceremony and reception on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at The...

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• Cruise Deals: eCruises 'Science Under The Stars' Cruise Deal Offers Interaction With Distinguished Scientists, Free Cruise Protection

  - 2008-09-22

  Cruise and science enthusiasts alike can discover the eCruises.com ( http://www.eCruises.com ) Science Under The Stars cruise deals program on select transatlantic cruises , with cruise bargains starting at $944 with eCruises.com. Science lovers can enjoy six-night cruise deals exploring a...

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• An Essential Report on Cardiac Toxicity and the Pharmaceutical Industry

  - 2008-08-18

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e4ff57/cardiac_toxicity) has announced the addition of the "Cardiac Toxicity" report to their offering. Cardiac Toxicity - drugs causing heart muscle, valve damage or potentially fatal arrhythmias in patients - has been implicated in 28% of drug withdrawals in the USA over the last...

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• Statin snag

  - 2008-08-16

  Cholesterol-reducing drugs called statins do their job with remarkable efficiency, but in rare cases they can cause serious muscle pain, called myopathy. In the August 21 New England Journal of Medicine, researchers will report the discovery of a variant in the gene SLCO1B1 that places people at risk. The variant...

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• Off to Oxford

  - 2008-08-14

  MATHS whizz Daniel Finlay landed himself a place at Oxford University today. Daniel was among the high-flyers opening their results at Hirst High School in Ashington. He gained three As in Maths, Further Maths and Business Studies as well as a B in French and a B at...

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• Research and Markets: Discover the Fundamental Questions About the Emergence of Human Society

  - 2008-07-01

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b08325/early_human_kinshi) has announced the addition of the "Early Human Kinship" report to their offering. Questions of 'kinship' have always been at the center of anthropology. Was there a connection between the beginnings of language and the beginnings of organized 'kinship and marriage'? How...

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• Tri Delta Announces Partnership with Oxford University Press to Print Manuals for Reflections: Sorority Body Image Program

  - 2008-06-26

  ARLINGTON, Texas -- Delta Delta Delta, a leader among social Greek organizations, is proud to announce its partnership with Oxford University Press to print 20,000 participant manuals for Reflections: Sorority Body Image Program. Tri Delta co-developed Reflections with Carolyn Becker, Ph.D., FAED, of Trinity University, and the local sororities on...

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