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READER SUBMITTED: Quinnipiac School Of Medicine Helps Students Interested In Health Care Careers

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The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University is helping students across Connecticut determine their future career in the health care field through the development of a health career pipeline initiative, one component of which is establishing Health Professions Clubs for high school students.

The first Health Professions Club meeting was held on Oct. 29 at Hamden High School. Gabbriel Simone, program coordinator of health career pathways at the School of Medicine, led a group of 16 students through a series of tests and exercises that emphasized the different types of health professions and helped students identify their goals for the future.

After Simone distributed a health career pre-test around the classroom, Hamden High junior EJ Neri raised his hand. "What's a DO doctor of osteopathic medicine?" he said.

To join the club, high school students currently enrolled in targeted schools must write an essay demonstrating an interest in becoming a member. In return, club members receive career development support, invitations to information sessions on the college application process and visits to the University's Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. A maximum of 20 students are accepted from each school.

Each club member will also be assigned a Quinnipiac pre-medical studies undergraduate student to act as a mentor as they complete high school.

Charles Collier, assistant dean of health career pathways at the School of Medicine, said he hopes to reach a total of 150 high school students in the New Haven, Bridgeport and Hartford areas through the club initiative. "The Health Professions Club is a vehicle through which we can mentor, guide and direct students to a health profession," he said.

Besides Hamden High School, other schools currently participating in the program include: New Haven Academy and Hill Regional Career High School in New Haven, Hyde Leadership School in Hamden and Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport. The Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT), a New Haven-based post-secondary career training facility, is also a participant.

"The more exposure my students get, the more information and tools they have to choose their health career," said Elaine Edwards, a Hamden High School teacher. "This program is a great bridge between high school and post-secondary education."

Monsurat Mimiko, a junior at Hamden High School, said she wants to find the right field in pediatrics that emphasizes interaction with patients. "I want to be more certain of what I want to do," she said. "And I have a ton of questions for my mentor already."

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Research and Markets: Global General Medicine Education Publishing Market Report 2013-2018

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/th6tv2/general_medicine) has announced the addition of the "Global General Medicine Education Publishing Market Report 2013-2018" report to their offering.

The specialists who deal with this branch of medicine are called internists and ones who work with children are called pediatricians. General Medicine is further specialized depending on the organ or organ systems, such as cardiology, anesthesiology, endocrinology, nephrology etc. On an average 75,000 medical students choose internal medicine as a career option annually around the world.

The global publishing market for general medicine education is highly dynamic in nature since there is a strong disparity in the availability and adoption of modern technology along with its cost. It is estimated that in the Asian and developing European regions along with RoW, more than half of the people do not have access to internet as a source of education in their homes. This severely undermines the quality of education. Printed books and literature are thus the major tools of spreading education here.

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1 Introduction

2 Executive Summary

3 Overview Of Publishing Market For General Medicine Education

4 Global Publishing Market For General Medicine Education

5 North America Publishing Market For General Medicine Education By Segments

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Five commonly performed tests, treatments in pulmonary medicine may not be necessary

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Oct. 28, 2013 A list released today identified five commonly performed tests and procedures in pulmonary medicine that may not always be necessary. The list, part of the ABIM Foundation's Choosing Wisely campaign, was produced by a collaborative task force assembled by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP).

The Choosing Wisely campaign brings together national physician groups to identify specific tests, procedures and medications that are commonly used but may be duplicative or unnecessary. The pulmonary medicine list developed by ATS and ACCP is designed to help promote conversations between physicians and patients about which tests and treatments are most appropriate and about avoiding care whose potential harm may outweigh its benefits.

"The Choosing Wisely campaign can help physicians take the moral high ground in reining in the costs of their practices, rather than leaving such decisions to external policymakers. There are a lot of diagnostic tests and therapies for which available evidence suggests a lack of effectiveness, and physicians are in the best position to determine exactly which practices in their own specialties fit that bill," said Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE, an assistant professor of medicine, epidemiology, and medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania and co-chair of the task force that produced the list.

Dr. Halpern, who is vice chair of the ATS Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee, noted that the pulmonary medicine guidelines and the critical care guidelines which will be released in January are being produced collaboratively by more than one medical organization. Dr. Halpern also chairs the task force developing the critical care guidelines, which are being developed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, as well as by the ATS and the ACCP.

"The collaboration between ATS and ACCP has been very important," he said. "It should lend considerable strength to the agreed-upon recommendations of these diverse stakeholders."

The five recommendations in pulmonary medicine are:

1. Do not perform CT surveillance for evaluation of indeterminate pulmonary nodules at more frequent intervals or for a longer period of time than recommended by established guidelines.

2. Do not routinely offer pharmacologic treatment with advanced vasoactive agents approved only for the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension to patients with pulmonary hypertension resulting from left-sided heart disease or hypoxemic lung diseases (groups II or III pulmonary hypertension).

3. For patients recently discharged on supplemental home oxygen following hospitalization for an acute illness, do not renew the prescription without assessing the patient for ongoing hypoxemia.

4. Do not perform chest computed tomography (CT angiography) to evaluate for possible pulmonary embolism in patients with a low clinical probability and negative results of a highly sensitive D-dimer assay.

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BG Medicine to Announce Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results and Host Conference Call on Wednesday, November 6, 2013

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WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BG Medicine, Inc. (BGMD) today announced that the company will host a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, November 6 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its third quarter 2013 financial results. The call and webcast will follow the release of third quarter financial results before the market opens.

Conference Call Details

To access the live conference call on November 6 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time via phone, please dial (877) 845-1016 from the U.S. and Canada, or (708) 290-1155 internationally. Please dial in approximately ten minutes prior to the start of the call.

To access the live and subsequently archived webcast of the conference call, go to the Investor Relations section of the company's website at http://www.bg-medicine.com. Please connect to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to allow for any software download that may be necessary.

About BG Medicine

BG Medicine, Inc. (BGMD) is a commercial stage company focused on the development and delivery of diagnostic solutions to aid in the clinical management of heart failure and related disorders. For additional information about BG Medicine, heart failure and galectin-3 testing, please visit http://www.bg-medicine.com. The BG Medicine Inc. logo is available for download here

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BG Medicine to Announce Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results and Host Conference Call on Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Foundation Medicine Announces Timing for Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results and Conference Call

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Foundation Medicine, Inc. (FMI) today announced that financial results for the companys third quarter ended September 30, 2013 will be released on Wednesday, November 6, 2013. The management team will host a conference call discussing the companys financial results and recent developments on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. (ET). The call can be accessed by dialing 1-877-941-2069 (domestic) or 1-480-629-9713 (international) five minutes prior to the start of the call and providing the passcode 4647488.

The live, listen-only webcast of the conference call can be accessed by visiting the investors section of the Foundation Medicine website at investors.foundationmedicine.com. A replay of the webcast will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call and archived on the companys website for two weeks following the call.

About Foundation Medicine

Foundation Medicine (FMI) is a molecular information company dedicated to a transformation in cancer care in which treatment is informed by a deep understanding of the genomic changes that contribute to each patient's unique cancer. The company's initial clinical assay, FoundationOne, is a fully informative genomic profile to identify a patient's individual molecular alterations and match them with relevant targeted therapies and clinical trials. Foundation Medicine's molecular information platform aims to improve day-to-day care for patients by serving the needs of clinicians, academic researchers and drug developers to help advance the science of molecular medicine in cancer. For more information, please visit http://www.FoundationMedicine.com or follow Foundation Medicine on Twitter (@FoundationATCG).

Foundation Medicineis a registered trademark, and FoundationOneis a trademark, of Foundation Medicine, Inc.

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Seeing medicine through fluorescent eyes: Mitchell Fourman at TEDxSBU – Video

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Seeing medicine through fluorescent eyes: Mitchell Fourman at TEDxSBU
Non-invasive diagnostics is the new holy grail of medicine. And it #39;s proper that it should be. We boast about the power of our mobile phones, of the resolution of mini-cameras, and yet all...

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Jackson Doctor Released, Wants Return to Medicine

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Michael Jackson's doctor was quietly freed from jail on Monday, two years after he was convicted of killing the pop superstar with an overdose of a powerful anesthetic and he would like to practice medicine again.

Conrad Murray was released at 12:01 a.m. from a jail in downtown Los Angeles after serving about half of his maximum sentence for involuntary manslaughter. A change in California law allowed his incarceration time to be significantly reduced.

Murray was taken from the jail a back way, eluding a cluster of TV crews and a few Jackson fans. Sheriff's officials arranged the quiet exit and drove him away for safety reasons, spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

"He was elated to be out of there" and planned to spend time with his girlfriend and children, said Valerie Wass, Murray's attorney.

Murray's prospects are uncertain: At age 60 his license to practice medicine has been suspended or revoked in three states, and his face and name are well known due to his association with Jackson and his highly publicized trial.

Wass said Murray wants to be a doctor again.

"I believe that he will practice medicine again someday, somewhere," Wass said.

Brian Panish, an attorney for the Jackson family, said Murray should not have "a chance to hurt anyone else" by practicing medicine.

"He has shown no remorse and the consequences of his actions will last forever," the lawyer said.

The former cardiologist was convicted in 2011 of causing Jackson's death in June 2009 by providing him with the powerful anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid. Jackson was in the midst of preparations for a series of comeback concerts and Murray was serving as his physician.

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Center to Advance Palliative Care Director, Dr. Diane E. Meier, Honored with Election to Institute of Medicine

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NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is pleased to announce that its Director, Dr. Diane E. Meier, was recently elected to The Institute of Medicine (IOM), as one of 70 new members and 10 foreign associates. Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

As Director of CAPC, Dr. Meier leads a national organization devoted to increasing the number and quality of palliative care programs in the United States. Under her leadership, the number of palliative care programs in U.S. hospitals has more than tripled in the last 10 years. In addition to serving as CAPC's Director, Dr. Meier is also the Vice-chair for Public Policy and Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine; and Catherine Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. In 2009-2010, she was a Health and Aging Policy Fellow in Washington, DC. Awards include a MacArthur Foundation 'genius award' Fellowship in 2008; HealthLeaders recognition as one of 20 Americans who make health care better in 2010; the American Cancer Society's 2012 Medal of Honor for Cancer Control in recognition of her pioneering leadership of the effort to bring palliative care into mainstream medicine; and the American Geriatrics Society Edward Henderson State-of-the-Art Lecture Award in 2013.

"We congratulate Dr. Meier on receiving this prestigious honor," said Dr. R. Sean Morrison, Professor, The Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. "Her election to the IOM is a wonderful endorsement of the respect her medical peers have for her accomplishments as a leader in the field of Palliative Medicine."

New members are elected by current active members through a selective process that recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health. IOM's charter ensures diversity of talent among the Institute's membership by requiring at least one-quarter of the members to be selected from fields outside the health professions, such as engineering, social sciences, law, and the humanities. The newly elected members raise IOM's total active membership to 1,753 and the number of foreign associates to 120. With an additional 93 members holding emeritus status, IOM's total membership is 1,966.

The Institute of Medicine is unique in its structure as both an honorific membership organization and an advisory organization. Established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences, IOM has become recognized as a national resource for independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendations on health issues. With their election, members make a commitment to volunteer their service on IOM committees, boards, and other activities. Projects during the past year include reports on delivering high-quality cancer care and variation in health care spending, as well as studies of environmental factors in breast cancer, health IT and patient safety, nutrition rating systems and graphics on food packaging, the scientific necessity of chimpanzees in research, establishing crisis standards of care during catastrophic disasters, improving care for epilepsy, and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

About the Center to Advance Palliative Care

The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) provides healthcare professionals with the tools, training, and technical assistance necessary to start and sustain successful palliative care programs in hospitals and other health care settings. Located at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, CAPC is a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality palliative care services for people facing serious illness. http://www.capc.org and http://www.getpalliativecare.org

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HK, WHO advance traditional medicine

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Dual health system: Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man (left) meets WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan (second right) and others at a traditional medicine strategy meeting.

October 28, 2013

Hong Kongs policies for traditional medicine regulation and development are in line with World Health Organisation strategies, says Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man. Speaking at the "High Level Meeting on the Implementation of WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy: 2014-2023" in Macau today, he said the Government will formulate long-term strategies including harmonising Chinese medicine standards, carrying out knowledge exchange with other countries and enhancing co-operation with the Mainland. The meeting launched the organisations latest traditional medicine strategy, to which Hong Kong has actively contributed, providing a clear direction for member states' work in traditional medicine. Dr Ko said the strategy is a valuable tool for healthcare providers, health service planners and policy makers worldwide to better address issues of regulation, integration and evaluation to harness the potential of traditional and complementary medicine. With further studies and discussions, he said, Hong Kong can come up with a collaborative model where the two medical streams can work together to provide quality, individualised medical treatment for patients. The Chinese Medicine Development Committee, which was established in February, will deliberate on matters including a Chinese medicine hospital, specialties in Chinese medicine practice, and promoting collaboration between Western and Chinese medicine, he said.

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3 traditional medicine, one slimming product banned by Health Ministry – Bernama

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October 28, 2013

The Health Ministry today advised consumers to stop buying three unregistered traditional medicine and a slimming product as they were found to contain scheduled poisons.

The three traditional medicine named by the Health Ministry were Majun Dua Istimewa, Makjun Taufiq Dua Istimewa and Madu Adunan Herba plus the slimming product known as Figure-Up.

The Health Ministry's Pharmaceutical services senior director Datuk Eisah Abdul Rahman said tests carried out by the ministry on the three traditional medicine found dexamethasone among its contents, a product that can cause liver and kidney problems if consumed without advise from doctors.

"A patient has died due to kidney complications after consuming Majun Dua Istimewa products for two months, purportedly as a pain relief," she said in a statement today.

Other symptoms include obesity, "Cushing's Syndrome", allergy, increase in cholesterol, headache, stomach ulcer, osteoporosis, breathing difficulty, virus attack and disruption in blood flow.

Esah said dexamethasone which is controlled under the Sale of Drugs Act 1952, is a potent anti-inflammatory drug often used to treat allergy and must only be consumed upon a doctor's prescription.

She said the named traditional medicines were still being sold despite raids carried out by the Health Ministry's enforcement division.

"A total of 401 bottles of Majun Dua Istimewa worth RM146,779 and 96 bottles of Makjun Taufiq Dua Istimewa worth RM32,593 were seized since June," she said," he said.

Meanwhile, Figure-Up contains sibutramine which is used to reduce weight, especially by obesity patients.

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