Study: Many docs don’t blow whistle on colleagues – The Associated Press


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Study: Many docs don't blow whistle on colleagues
The Associated Press
For Gaither, the first confrontation with concerned colleagues was in medical school. He reassured his fellow students he was fine. ...
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Artificial lungs offer hope to transplant patients – Times of India


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Artificial lungs offer hope to transplant patients
Times of India
Teams from Harvard Medical School in Boston and Yale University first removed lungs from donor rats. They then repopulated the remaining 'scaffold' of ...
MGH, Harvard researchers develop 'artificial lung'Mass High Tech
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City reverses medical marijuana ban near schools – Missoula Independent (blog)


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City reverses medical marijuana ban near schools
Missoula Independent (blog)
"I had misinterpreted [Missoula City Attorney Jim Nugent's] indication that the Medical Marijuana Act did not exempt caregivers from the safe schools ...
1000-foot school zone buffer yet another gray area in rules for medical ...The Missoulian
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Study: Low Vitamin D Levels Associated With Cognitive Decline – Voice of America


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Study: Low Vitamin D Levels Associated With Cognitive Decline
Voice of America
In tests conducted on more than 850 Italian adults ages 65 and older, scientists at Peninsula Medical School in England found that those with the lowest ...
Vitamin D Supplements May Protect BrainMental Health News (blog)
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Lungs grown from cells in lab sucessfully working on animals – Mirror.co.uk


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Lungs grown from cells in lab sucessfully working on animals
Mirror.co.uk
Harvard Medical School's Dr Harald Ott wrote: "The successful transplantation of a bioengineered lung in an air-breathing mammal implies our approach may ...
Artificial Lung "Breathes" in Rats: StudyABC News
Stem cell scientists unveil lab-grown lungABC Online
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Weight loss food supplements are waste of money and don’t help you lose weight – Metro


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Weight loss food supplements are waste of money and don't help you lose weight
Metro
... sufficient evidence that any food supplement can be recommended for reducing body weight,' said experts from the Peninsula Medical School in Devon. ...
Weight loss pills do not work, say expertsTherapy Lounge News
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Study shows doctors often eschew watchdog role – Los Angeles Times


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Study shows doctors often eschew watchdog role
Los Angeles Times
It's a topic that might not have been addressed back when they were in medical school, so they do not know how to handle it," said DesRoches, an assistant ...
Study: Many docs don't blow whistle on colleaguesThe Associated Press
Many doctors don't report on troubled colleaguesThe Associated Press
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What’s happening with accreditation of foreign health professional schools? – VIN News Service

What's happening with accreditation of foreign health professional schools?
VIN News Service
Dr. Dan Hunt, senior director of accreditation services for the undergraduate medical school accrediting body, the LCME, said ACGME's foray into the ...
Veterinarians question AVMA's role in international accreditationVIN News Service

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HPV and Skin Cancer: Facts and Figures – Food Consumer


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HPV and Skin Cancer: Facts and Figures
Food Consumer
Dr. Margaret Karagas of Dartmouth Medical School and lead author of the study emphasizes, however, that the relationship may not be causal. ...
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State legislators made Tech medical school a separate entity – LubbockOnline.com

State legislators made Tech medical school a separate entity
LubbockOnline.com
State legislators in the late 1960s threw Texas Tech a slider pitch when they drew up a bill for a medical school for Lubbock. ...
Times Q&A: Texas Tech medical school admission process required tough decisionsEl Paso Times
Health sciences center a priority, officials sayEl Paso Times
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Weight loss pills and supplements are fake, says a study – Celebrities With Diseases


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Weight loss pills and supplements are fake, says a study
Celebrities With Diseases
The study to find out this fact has been done by experts from Peninsula Medical School at the University of Plymouth. The researchers came out with the ...
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