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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
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.
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 ...
Bad Medicine Begets Bad Economy 7 Sep 2010 at 9:53am
Bad medicine begets bad economy.
Defensive Medicine: A Non-Factor in Escalating Health Care Costs? 8 Sep 2010 at 2:01pm
When analysts and commentators go through their laundry list of what ails the hopelessly overpriced US health care system, one of the most commonly cited reasons is the cost of ?defensive medicine? meaning both the cost of medical malpractice policies to doctors, plus the costs of extra tests and procedures to provide doctors with cover [...]
Palliative Medicine: How German Physicians Act At The End Of Life 8 Sep 2010 at 7:26am
Discussions about end of life practices in Germany have been almost taboo for over half a century, but now intense debate is underway as professional bodies review their guidelines to physicians caring for the dying. A new study out in Palliative Medicine, published by SAGE, reveals that German physicians do hasten death in some cases, against current ethical guidelines - sometimes without ...
Costs Of Defensive Medicine May Be Overstated 7 Sep 2010 at 4:55pm
The costs of defensive medicine practiced by doctors guarding against lawsuits are real, but not nearly as high as some have claimed. Even so, it's probably worth trying to tame them, some policy analysts say.
Penn Medicine News: Penn Researchers Receive $12 Million NIH Grant to Develop... 7 Sep 2010 at 11:28am
A team of researchers led by Caryn Lerman, PhD , professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Annenberg Public Policy Center, has received a $12 million five-year grant to study the pharmacogenetics of nicotine addiction treatment.
