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President Skorton: Medical School Is Worth the Cost
Although soaring tuition rates are saddling aspiring doctors with what Bloomberg News called a “burgeoning debt burden,” President David Skorton said to the news outlet this month that he thinks medical school is still worth the cost. Continue reading
New Medical School Programs Help Students Battle Burnout
About half of medical school students show the classic signs: emotional exhaustion, detachment and a feeling that one’s efforts “don’t make a difference,” says Liselotte Dyrbye, associate professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic. That’s not good, as burnout, in turn, is linked to reduced altruism and unprofessional behavior, such as reporting a physical exam result as normal without actually doing it. [Discover how to fast track med school.] “We’re Type A personalities,” says LaShon Sturgis, a fourth-year student at the Medical College of Georgia. Continue reading
Q&A with Central Michigan College of Medicine Dean Ernest Yoder
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Seniors’ hard work leads to medical school acceptance
By Jocelyn Nederhoff Posted on February 28, 2013 | News | No comment This semester 25 talented seniors will graduate and continue their education at medical schools across the state. The time at ACU has been busy and challenging for these future physicians years full of job shadowing, rigorous class work, community involvement, passing the Medical College Admissions Test, medical school applications and interviewing at multiple institutions. Continue reading
Reaching out; local doctors fund medical schooling for three Afghan women
Several local doctors have decided to pay for medical school for three women in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, a war-torn region in the south of the country known to be a Taliban stronghold. Allison Burton, a hospitalist doctor at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, said the idea came about when hospital staff learned three of their colleagues from Afghanistan were planning to leave the area Continue reading
Damaged Heart Strengthened Using New Gene Therapy Method
January 5, 2013 redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports Your Universe Online A team of US researchers has reportedly developed a way to reprogram scar tissue from damaged hearts into healthy muscle through gene therapy a discovery which could help strengthen hearts harmed as a result of cardiovascular events. According to a recent statement, scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College, along with colleagues from the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Stony Brook University Medical Center have discovered a combination of three specific genes can turn cells in the scar tissue into fully-functioning muscle cells, and the addition of a fourth can stimulate blood vessel growth and make the process even more effective. Typically, the hearts blood supply is cut off during a heart attack, causing muscles to die off and become scarred, the researchers explained Continue reading
Rebuilding Blood Vessels Through Gene Therapy
Diagnosed with severe coronary artery disease, a group of patients too ill for or not responding to other treatment options decided to take part in a clinical trial testing angiogenic gene therapy to help rebuild their damaged blood vessels. More than 10 years later, in a follow-up review of these patients, doctors at Baylor College of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College (where the clinical … Continue reading
Biology Of Marijuana – Video
Biology Of Marijuana ll4.me Biology Of Marijuana Marijuana is one of the most widely used drugs in the world. This book provides an extensive reference on the biology of marijuana and the role of molecular techniques in elucidating neuropharmacological aspects of cannabinoid receptors and the endogenous compounds that act upon them. Contributions from experts from around the world describe the interaction of cannabinoids and endocannabinoids on a wide range of biological functions including movement, memory and learning, pain, emotions, endocrine functions and many more Continue reading
Des Moines University – Wiki Article – Video
Des Moines University – Wiki Article Des Moines University is an American osteopathic medical college and is located in Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines University is the second oldest osteopathic medical school and the fifteenth largest me… Des Moines University – Wiki Article – wikiplays.org Original @ http All Information Derived from Wikipedia using Creative Commons License: en.wikipedia.org Author: Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( Creative Commons ASA 3.0 )From:WikiPlaysViews:0 0ratingsTime:05:17More inEducation Continue reading
Nerurkar on health care worries
Jamshedpur, Nov. 3: Tata Steel managing director H.M. Nerurkar conceded that health facilities available in the steel city were not enough to meet the growing demands of its burgeoning population Continue reading
In a first, Pakistani medical school will offer sex-ed
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan In the United States, health class has introduced generations of snickering sixth-graders to the fundamentals of sex. But the terms sex and education are a mismatch in Pakistan: The subject simply is not taught in schools. Continue reading
Inherited Diseases Found Sooner in Newborns With DNA Scan
Scanning the DNA of sick infants using a new speed-reading method can diagnose rare genetic disorders in two days instead of weeks, according to research that brings gene mapping a step closer to everyday hospital use. Researchers at Childrens Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Missouri, created software that takes raw data from DNA scanning machines and combs though hundreds of genetic disorders to spot disease-causing mutations. The system provided likely diagnoses for three of four sick babies in about two days, results published in Science Translational Medicine found Continue reading
MCAT revisions bring change for medical school hopefuls
Freshmen aspiring to be doctors may now have to plan their class schedules a little differently. The Medical College Admission Test will undergo its fifth revision since it was first administered in 1928 then called the Scholastic Aptitude Test for Medical Students. In spring 2015, when the new changes will take effect, medical school hopefuls will sit for six and a half hours to take MCAT2015 almost two hours longer than the current version Continue reading
Commonwealth Medical college names new leader
The Commonwealth Medical College has named a new leader. Steven J Continue reading
Gene Discovered By Scientists Linked To Facial Abnormalities
Editor’s Choice Main Category: Genetics Article Date: 09 Jul 2012 – 12:00 PDT Current ratings for: Gene Discovered By Scientists Linked To Facial Abnormalities The finding was published in The American Journal of Human Genetics and was conducted by Dr. Hyung-Goo Kim, molecular geneticist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University and his team. The researchers discovered the PHG21A mutated gene in patients with Potocki-Shaffer syndrome, a rare disorder that can result in significant abnormalities, like a small head and chin as well as intellectual disability Continue reading
Gene therapy for smoking kills pleasure of nicotine
By Jon Bardin, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster Shots blog 7:01 p.m. EST, June 29, 2012 A new vaccine may help prevent the brain stimulation that keeps smokers from being able to quit Continue reading
Scientists invent cure to smoking… – Video
28-06-2012 04:23 I also posted a text version of my article on sacns! The Daily Telegraph is reporting on an amazing achievement… a vaccine, which causes nicotine to have no effect whatsoever… on mice Continue reading
New gene therapy for smoking kills the pleasure of nicotine
Cant kick cigarettes? A vaccine may one day help by preventing nicotine from reaching its target in the brain, according to research published this week. Most smoking therapies do a poor job of stopping the habit 70% to 80% of smokers who use an approved drug therapy to quit relapse. Continue reading
Researchers develop vaccine to treat nicotine addiction
Researchers have developed a vaccine that successfully treated nicotine addiction in mice, according to a study published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine. Continue reading