Associate Professor Sara Sirna, a cardiologist at Temple's School of Medicine joined philly.com for a live chat. Guests asked Sirna about heart disease symptoms, smoking, palpitations, gender differences, fitness, coffee consumption, fish oil and a wide variety of other subjects.

February 18, 2010 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Lehigh Valley Express Times

Temple psychology major Tyler Grady, a sophomore Honors student, is among the final 24 contestants on "American Idol." Graduating senior Claire Fuller, a communications major also made the cut after a successful audition.

February 18, 2010 | 6ABC
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Temple University Hospital became the first hospital in the region to use an experimental artificial liver. The machine was used successfully just last week on a woman's whose own liver failed. A patient's blood passes through a series of cartridges in the machine filled with human liver cells; toxins are filtered out while essential proteins go back into the blood.

February 17, 2010 | CNN Radio

Toyota's president says he won't attend a congressional hearing in the US to discuss their vehicle problems. Professor Jeffrey Kingston at Temple University's Japan campus says that's a mistake. "This is Toyota's biggest crisis it has faced in its history. He has to be seen to be out front."

February 17, 2010 | FOX29

A Camden County father faces attempted murder while authorities are still looking for the daughter they fear he drowned. Temple University psychologist Frank Farley says if it turns out to be true, it is highly unusual for a father to kill his own child. "This case stands out because the overwhelming majority of infanticides are by mothers or women," he said.

February 17, 2010 | Miller-McCune

There is strong evidence suggesting that “going negative” in the mass media can be devastatingly successful, but new research illustrates that directly contacting voters with unsavory information can yield mixed results. “Personally delivered messages may encourage higher levels of elaboration, similar to laboratory experiments in which patients are encouraged to think about their opinion,” wrote Kevin Arceneux, associate professor of political science at Temple University, and co-author David Nickerson. “Such a situation increases the probability that people may systematically process the information they are presented.”