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BG Medicine's Losses Mount As It Negotiates FDA Marketing Approval 7 Sep 2010 at 9:00pm
BG Medicine's Losses Mount As It Negotiates FDA Marketing Approval
Defensive Medicine Costs Much Less Than 'Imagined' By Malpractice Reformists 9 Sep 2010 at 10:25am
The combined cost of malpractice -- and doctors' efforts to avoid it by practicing so-called defensive medicine -- costs about $55.6 billion a year, or 2.4 percent of total health spending, according to a new analysis by "Harvard University's Atul Gawande and co-authors, Bloomberg reports. "The yearly price of so-called defensive medicine -- tests, visits and procedures performed to reduce ...
Roche Experimental Cancer Medicine Shows Promise Against Resistant Tumors 8 Sep 2010 at 4:23pm
An experimental medicine being developed by Roche Holding AG ?s Genentech unit may help a common chemotherapy drug kill cancer cells that are otherwise resistant to treatment, a study found.
Morehouse School of Medicine Selects SunGards Banner Digital Campus, Offsite ... 9 Sep 2010 at 2:20pm
MALVERN, Pa., September 9, 2010 Morehouse School of Medicine MSM is implementing SunGard Higher Educations Banner Digital Campus to help provide student services that mirror the quality of the institutions medical program and help the school retain its competitive edge. MSM also contracted with SunGard Higher Education for offsite hosting and application management to help keep its new...
First NY Professional Sleep Medicine Conference To Be Held In Albany, NY Oct.... 9 Sep 2010 at 8:25am
The New York State Society of Sleep Medicine (NYSSSM) will hold its first annual meeting and sleep conference, featuring speakers who are nationally recognized experts in clinical sleep medicine, on October 1-2, 2010 in Albany, NY. Among the topics at the two-day conference for physicians, psychologists, dentists and technologists are: - "Recent Advances in the Treatment of Excessive Sleepiness ...
Cough medicine ingredient may treat prostate cancer 9 Sep 2010 at 7:49am
Noscapine, a natural substance found in cough medicine, may prove useful in treating advanced prostate cancer, according to studies in mice.
Free water testing for private wells in Yellow Medicine County 9 Sep 2010 at 1:29pm
Yellow Medicine County, in cooperation with Countryside Public Health Service, will be conducting free water testing for individuals with private water wells. The samples will be tested for the presence of coliform bacteria and nitrate nitrogen.
Edmonds Family Medicine Selects Medical Imaging Northwest for Radiology Inter... 8 Sep 2010 at 6:29pm
LAKEWOOD, Wash., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Imaging Northwest, LLP (MINW) is pleased to announce that Edmonds Family Medicine Clinic PS, a member of Puget Sound Family Physicians, has selected Medical Imaging Northwest to provide interpretation services for their entire diagnostic imaging services line. Edmonds Family Medicine currently provides MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Mammography ...
First NY Professional Sleep Medicine Conference To Be Held in Albany, NY Oct.... 8 Sep 2010 at 12:27pm
The New York State Society of Sleep Medicine (NYSSSM) will hold its first annual meeting and sleep conference, featuring speakers who are nationally recognized experts in clinical sleep medicine, on October 1-2, 2010 in Albany, NY. Physicians, psychologists, dentists and technologists will attend. Medical reporters welcome.
City of Henderson to Present 'Operation Medicine Cabinet' in Conjunction with... 8 Sep 2010 at 6:32pm
- Event encourages residents to clean out medicine cabinets of unnecessary drugs- HENDERSON, Nev., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration's first National Take Back Initiative, the city of Henderson Police Department has joined University of Southern Nevada and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to present Operation Medicine Cabinet ...
