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Five essential tests for women

Posted Nov 4, 2011
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Fox29

Healthtalk: 5 Must-Take Tests For Woman

Five area doctors have recommended essential tests for women to ensure they stay healthy at all stages of their lives. Enrique Hernandez, chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Temple's School of Medicine, recommends a Pap smear for his patients beginning at age 12, to look for cervical cancer. "We're looking for abnormal cells that reflect the presence of pre-cancerous cells," he said. "There are only about 12,000 new cases of cervical cancer a year, because of the Pap smear."

Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Obstetrics
Gynecology
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Physical therapy students help runners prepare for Philly Marathon

Posted Nov 5, 2011
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KYW News Radio

Students in the Department of Physical Therapy at Temple's College of Health Professions and Social Work got some hands-on training Friday. The department held a clinic for members of the non-profit group Back on My Feet. The students, under the direction of faculty advisor Scott Burns, provided a range of preventive screenings to the runners, to make sure no problems would arise during the upcoming Philadelphia Marathon.

College of Public Health
Back on My Feet
Scott Burns
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New website seeks to help those affected by youth suicide

Posted Nov 7, 2011
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WHYY's "Voices in the Family"

Suicide: "Finding the Light Within"

A Philadelphia mural in progress called "Finding the Light Within," sheds light on youth suicide. Jonathan Singer, a professor of social work at Temple, worked with the mural's artist to create a complementary website where people can share stories about surviving the loss of a loved one to suicide, or helping someone through a suicidal crisis. Singer hopes that the site will help alleviate some of the stigma surrounding suicidal thoughts.

College of Public Health
New Website
Jonathan Singer
Social Work
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Low voter turnout anticipated

Posted Nov 7, 2011
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The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre)

Pa. judge elections attract sparse voter turnout

A sparse statewide turnout is anticipated Tuesday as voters elect a pair of new appellate judges as well as mayors and county judges and fill thousands of other local posts. Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter is expected to cruise to re-election. Nutter "doesn't seem to be facing much difficulty at all," said Michael Hagen, a political science professor at Temple. "The Republicans haven't been able to mount much of a challenge."

College of Liberal Arts
Michael Nutter
Political Science
Michael Hagen
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Sculptor’s Marcellus Shale cups bring fracking debate to a personal level

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Tyler School of Art adjunct sculpting professor Jennie Shanker has created 50 coffee cups made of Marcellus Shale, the Appalachian rock formation at the center of controversy over the extraction of its vast reserves of natural gas. Shanker discussed her motivation and process for creating the works at last week's multi-disciplinary Big Shale Teach-In.
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Violinist starts youth music program to soothe shaken nerves in Peru

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To address the city of Pisco, Peru's lack of social resources for children as it rebuilds after a devastating earthquake, Boyer student Elizabeth Moulthrop began the Pisco Music Program, an after-school music enrichment class that offers lessons on the recorder and handmade percussion.
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Political scientist recognized for prescient political theory

In his 2009 book, Temple Professor Joseph M. Schwartz accurately predicted the emergence of inequality as a major political issue

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Temple political scientist Joseph M. Schwartz has been presented with the American Political Science Association's David Easton Book Award for his 2009 work, The Future of Democratic Equality: Reconstructing Social Solidarity in a Fragmented America, in which he accurately predicted the emergence of inequality as a major political issue.

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