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HOKAMA 2007 RESEARCHER OF THE YEAR
Date: August 30, 2007
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin recognizes
Yoshitsugi Hokama, the University of Hawaii's world authority on fish toxins. Hokama holds the 2007 Outstanding Researcher award from the CFIDS Foundation, for his work connecting ciguatera toxin to CFIDS, a debilitating chronic illness.
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OBESITY IMPACTS WORKPLACE PRODUCTIVITY
Date: August 30, 2007
KGMB9 NEWS by Brooks Baehr
KGMB NEWS interviews Public Health's Jay Mattoch about obesity's impact on lost productivity in the workplace.
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OMORI, HAYMER HONORED
Date: August 28, 2007
Pictured: Dr. Jill Omori
Dr. Jill Omori, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health is a 2007 recipient of the Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. David Haymer, Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology is a 2007 recipient of the UH Chancellor's Citation for Meritorious Teaching.
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SINGAPORE STRUGGLES WITH DENGUE
Date: August 28, 2007
The August 16 issue of NATURE quotes Tropical Diseases Specialist Dr. Duane Gubler, and documents a deadly outbreak of dengue fever in Singapore.
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NEWS FROM SPORTS MEDICINE
Date: August 23, 2007
Dr. Andrew Nichols has new data about athletic performance and probiotics, as reported by Reuters.
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LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE DAY AT U.H. MEDICAL SCHOOL
Date: August 22, 2007
Written by Ayako Iwata
Have you ever visited University of Hawaii Medical School? The school was constructed about two years ago near the Ala Moana and Ward area close to the Kaka'ako Waterfront Park. We realized why the students at the UH Medical School are getting better grades than other medical school students on the national medical school exams when we visited there on August 3, 2007.
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STUDENT'S VIEW: MENTORS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
Date: August 16, 2007
Students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine are extraordinary. Only 62 are chosen per class out of 1,900 applicants. But the students think their professors are pretty special, too. One of them writes about that, in an article from the August newsletter of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
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HAWAII RESEARCHER FINDS LIGHTING KEY TO EMBRYOS
Date: August 14, 2007
Honolulu Advertiser Research findings indicate that the kind of lighting
used in fertility clinics can affect whether embryos successfully develop
into babies.
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NEW DISCOVERY BY DR. RYUZO YANAGIMACHI LIKELY TO BE QUICKLY ADOPTED BY INFERTILITY CLINICS
Date: August 13, 2007
In findings announced August 13, Dr. Rzyuzo Yanagimachi, most recently internationally famous for his genetically engineered glowing Hawaiian green mice, sheds light on assisted human reproduction.
Through forty years of innovative research, which has included genetically engineered mice and cloning, Dr. Yanagimachi is recognized as having laid the foundation for modern in vitro fertilization procedures.
In August 13’s "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America", Dr. Yanagimachi, of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, and Manami Takenaka and Toshitaka Horiuchi of the Prefectural University of Hiroshima, measure the damaging effects of light on fertilized embryos.
Their research shows changing laboratory light to a warm white fluorescent light improved the viability of embryos and may reduce defects. The warm light was far less damaging than cool fluroscent light, frequently employed in medical facilities.
“Given Dr. Yanagimachi’s proven history of developing technologies that can be put to use in human reproduction, I wouldn’t be surprised if in vitro clinics begin ordering new lights tomorrow,” said Dr. W. Steven Ward, University of Hawaii Biochemist.
In May 2008, the Society for the Study of Reproduction will hold its annual meeting in Hawaii, in recognition of Dr. Yanagimachi's 80th birthday.
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Japan, Korea Students Learn Language of Health
Date: August 06, 2007
Kris Hara, Chief Simulation Specialist at the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Simtiki Simulation Center, demonstrates the capabilities of Baby Sim. The lifelike child is one of a family of human body simulators used to train medical personnel at the Telehealth Research Institute on the medical school’s Kakaako Campus. The students shown, from Japan and Korea, are taking part in the University of Hawaii’s ten-week intensive English language course. Their instructor, David Terada, snapped this photo.
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The Faces of Hawaii's Biotech Future
Date: August 03, 2007
What do the young people in this picture share?
A love of medical research and science, and a proven ability to perform.
The students are among 13 who won stipends and studied with University of Hawaii-affiliated researchers this summer. The annual program that found and sponsored them is called Infrastructure Development Networks for Biomedical Research Excellence, and it is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Lon White, (far left) is principal investigator of the INBRE program.
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Addiction Science: UH Medical Professor Recognized
Date: August 02, 2007
By Tina Shelton
Drug abuse and its causes have become a new specialty known as addiction science.
A new national journal, The Journal of Addiction Science and Clinical Practice”, has just been announced by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a component of the National Institutes of Health.
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