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May 20 (UPI) -- High levels of air pollution can cause increased incidences of asthma attacks, respiratory infections, lung cancer and even death, a U.S. physician says. Dr. Jonathan Weissler, director of the James M. Collins Center for Biomedical... Full Article at United Press International

She will join the BHCC staff on August 12, 2012. Dr. Smith's educational credentials also include a Master of Arts degree in Sociology and Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a minor in Spanish, both from the University of Texas in Arlington. She... Full Article at PR Newswire

(OTCBB: GNBT.OB) is pleased to announce today that new members have joined the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Antigen Express, Inc. for the company's AE37 breast cancer vaccine. The following distinguished investigators... Full Article at PR Newswire

The Big 12 has lost four teams and added two in the past two years and hired a new commissioner this month. But the American-Statesman said the league does not appear to be seeking new members. University of Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds said... Full Article at United Press International

ANTONIO, May 14 (UPI) -- An analysis of 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases at a Texas hospital found annual admissions dropped 74 percent, researchers say. Lead author Dr. Jay I. Peters, professor and chief of pulmonary diseases at the University... Full Article at United Press International

Brown, himself, is one of the highest-paid coaches in his sport — at better than $5 million a year, pulling down more than four NCAA Division I schools spend on their entire athletics program. "The thing you know at the University of Texas," he says,... Full Article at USA Today

The first incident occurred in Dunedin, Fla. , the training facility of the Toronto Blue Jays, where Clemens was a pitcher and McNamee the team’s first-year strength and conditioning coordinator. McNamee testified that Clemens told him he did not want... Full Article at The New York Times

The ice over the basin may be at a tipping point close to collapse, study co-author Don Blankenship from the University of Texas said. "If we were to invent a set of conditions conducive to retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, this would be it," he... Full Article at United Press International

For the last eleven years, Mr. Romoser has been the Acquisitions Engineering Manager for EXCO Resources, Inc. Mr. Romoser has B.S. and Masters Degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas. Comstock also announced that Frederic D.... Full Article at PR Newswire

University of Texas Health Science Center SAN ANTONIO, May 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have found a clue as to why the naked mole-rat lives many years longer than any other mouse or rat -- and it's all about proteins. Scientists at the... Full Article at United Press International

Friday, Republicans in Massachusetts questioned Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s racial ancestry. Her opponent, Senator Scott Brown, has accused her of using minority status as an American Indian to advance her career as a law professor at Harvard,... Full Article at The New York Times

(AP) — Conference USA is restocking its league and is about to add more schools than it is losing to the Big East. UT-San Antonio's move to Conference USA was approved Thursday by University of Texas System regents, the same day that people familiar... Full Article at The New York Times

(J. B. Reed - Bloomberg) So it comes as bad news that the number of young women completing the three-shot series decreased sharply from 2006 to 2009. Reporting in the American Cancer Society journal Cancer, Abbey Berenson and Jacqueline Hirth of the... Full Article at The Washington Post

Texas (AP) University of Texas System regents have approved letting UT-San Antonio move to Conference USA in 2013 The Roadrunners went 4-6 in their inaugural football season as an independent in FCS last year, but the program has sought to accelerate... Full Article at USA Today

The Generation Texas Web site , while encouraging students to enroll, also offers resources to students about how to apply to and pay for college. Vince Young, the former University of Texas star and N.F.L. quarterback, a free agent seeking a job with... Full Article at The New York Times

Ala. , May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Southern Research today announced that it will collaborate with the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to develop and validate a high-volume, high-throughput screening platform in their... Full Article at PR Newswire

April 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. sports medicine doctor says people who want to lose a beer belly before summer arrives should first stop drinking beer. Dr. Robert Dimeff, who directs primary care sports medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical... Full Article at United Press International

“To suggest that she needed some special advantage to be hired here or anywhere is just silly,” said Jay Westbrook, chairman of business law at the University of Texas. Officials at the University of Texas said earlier on Monday that electronic records... Full Article at The New York Times

The new case challenging affirmative action, which still has to be scheduled for argument next term, is the direct progeny of Grutter. In the new case, more than three-fourths of freshmen enroll at the University of Texas under a state law that gives... Full Article at United Press International