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Strong medicine (Financial Times) The European Union competition authorities last week highlighted dubious pharmaceutical industry practices that have cost taxpayers €3bn since the start of the decade. The recommendations from Brussels to tackle the problems are necessary but insufficient. us.rd.yahoo.com
New Approaches Make Retinal Detachment Highly Treatable (Science Daily) In a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading ophthalmologist writes that a high probability of reattachment and visual improvement is possible by using one of three currently available surgical techniques. us.rd.yahoo.com
New study on NYU primary care residency program indicates low burnout rates and career satisfaction (EurekAlert!) ( NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine ) NYU Langone Medical Center released today the findings of a study on the New York University/Bellevue Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, published in the November 2008 issue of Academic Medicine. This 23 year assessment of an extraordinary educational approach to residency training outcomes documents a unique ... us.rd.yahoo.com
MILO BRYANT: Medicine ball, fitness shoes make good gifts (Colorado Springs Gazette) The holiday season is upon us, and many of us are looking for that gift for the fitness fanatic in our lives. In the past, we've gone a bit crazy at times with some of the gifts' costs. This year we'll keep everything under $100. us.rd.yahoo.com
Surge in contracts spurs biotech’s growth (BizJournals) Chesapeake Biological Laboratories Inc. will soon break ground on a $3.5 million expansion to make room for a growing number of medicine manufacturing contracts. us.rd.yahoo.com
Is the world about to turn its back on the Aids epidemic? (AlertNet) ActionAid Before the G8 summit in 2005, I joined a delegation to 10 Downing Street. I came with a simple message from my daughter, Smilie: "Tell Tony Blair that I saw Doctor David who gave me medicine. I am now feeling better and I can go back to school. I am very happy." us.rd.yahoo.com
New Study on NYU Primary Care Residency Program Indicates Low Burnout Rates and High Career Satisfaction (Newswise) NYU Langone Medical Center released today the findings of a study on the New York University/Bellevue Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program (Bellevue/NYU PC Program), published in the November 2008 issue of Academic Medicine. This 23 year assessment of an extraordinary educational approach to residency training outcomes documents a unique educational approach, which has resulted in ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Study on aging still going strong some 50 years later (Macon Telegraph) SEATTLE — The University of Washington has been awarded a five-year, $4.5 million grant to research specific challenges related to aging with a disability. us.rd.yahoo.com
Business FYI: Who's making news in local business (Everett Herald) Dr. Jeanine Sommerville has joined the family medicine staff at Providence Physician Group's Marysville clinic. Sommerville previously worked as a family physician in the Family Practice Clinic at Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina. us.rd.yahoo.com
Capital lacks clean water, cholera kills hundreds in Zimbabwe (CNN) Almost 12,000 people have contracted cholera since August in Zimbabwe, and the outbreak threatens to grow more dire -- and deadly -- because the nation can't pay for chemicals to treat water or for doctors to treat victims. us.rd.yahoo.com
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