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		<title>Identification of Protein Activator Provides Drug Lead for UA Movement Disorder Researchers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Bryant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovery of an antibiotic’s capacity to improve cell function in laboratory tests is providing movement disorder researchers with leads to more desirable molecules with potentially similar traits, according to University of Alabama scientists.]]></description>
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		<title>UA Nursing Lecture Addresses Cultural Transformation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Washington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing will host The Donna Cox Bridger Endowed Lectureship in Nursing and Health Care on Friday, March 5 in the Bryant Conference Center.]]></description>
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		<title>UA&#8217;s Rural Health Institute Awarded Grant to Expand Telemedicine Efforts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard LeComte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Alabama's Rural Health Institute for Clinical and Translational Science has received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program to expand telemedicine efforts in rural Alabama.]]></description>
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		<title>UA Professor Begins $5.6 Million Study of Treatment for Tinnitus Among Military Personnel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard LeComte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A University of Alabama researcher is embarking on a $5.6 million phase-three, randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative treatment that uses a noise-generating device, along with counseling, to alleviate the debilitating effects of tinnitus – that ringing in the ears that drives some people to distraction.]]></description>
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		<title>More talk of obesity, but little action</title>
		<link>http://uanews.ua.edu/2009/12/eduguesses2010-obesity-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Washington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Rebecca Kelly, director of health promotion and wellness at The University of Alabama, the added attention to the issue of obesity will inspire some to make better food choices, but others—not so much.]]></description>
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		<title>UA Researchers Identify Potential Drug Development Target for Epilepsy Seizures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Bryant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A team of scientists from The University of Alabama used worms to reel in information that they hope will lead to a greater understanding of cellular mechanisms that may be exploited to treat epilepsy.
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		<title>UA Researchers Receive Grant to Study Stigma of AIDS in Rural America</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Washington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Susan Gaskins and Dr. Pam Foster of The University of Alabama will investigate the impact of disclosing an AIDS diagnosis on rural African-American men under a $100,000 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research.]]></description>
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		<title>UA&#8217;s Rural Health Institute Recognized for Work with Children&#8217;s Health Initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard LeComte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Alabama Rural Health Institute for Clinical and Translational Science was recognized for its work with the Governor’s KidCheck Health Initiative during an earlier ceremony at the State Capitol. The ceremony was hosted by Gov. Bob Riley and the Alabama Power Co.]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Alabama Quality Award Winners Announced; Presentations Dec. 3 at UA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gerdes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alabama Productivity Center and the Alabama Technology Network announces nine organizations as recipients of the 2009 Alabama Quality Award, the state’s highest honor for quality and performance excellence.  ]]></description>
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		<title>UA Engineering Student Wins Society of Women Engineers&#8217; Poster Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Wymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amy Frees, a senior majoring in chemical and biological engineering from Huntsville, was recently selected as the national winner of the Society of Women Engineers' undergraduate poster competition.]]></description>
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