Medicine Hats Cole Sanford gets 6 points to force Game 6: weekend 3 Stars

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Medicine Hat's Cole Sanford (Marissa Baecker, Getty Images)No. 1 star: Cole Sanford, Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

Now that's a reversal of future: Sanford (4G-2A, +4) pulled a Sam Reinhart, or a Jaedon Deschaneau if you need your reference to be obscure, by scoring six points during Medicine Hat's series-extending 9-2 win over the Kootenay Ice on Saturday. The 18-year-old Vernon, B.C., native who had 33 goals in the regular season had been flummoxed by Ice goalies during the Tigers' two losses in Kootenay that put it one loss from elimination. But everything Sanford and Trevor Cox (1G-3A, +4) sent toward the goal "just seemed to be going into the net" as the Tigers went from trailing 2-1 at the game's midpoint to winning by a touchdown.

Sanford redirected a shot into the net for his second of the night to level 2-2 with 6:31 left in the second period. That caused the Ice to sag and Medicine Hat scored just 97 seconds later to take lead. In the third period, Sanford threw the floodgate open with a power-play goal 5:43 into the frame. The rest was cake.

Game 6 of the series is on Monday, back in Cranbrook, B.C.

No. 2 star: Nicolas Aub-Kubel, Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)

Aub-Kubel (2A, +2) made special plays on a special day, assisting on the icebreaker tally and series-winner as Val-d'Or eliminated Drummondville with a 3-2 Game 6 road win on Sunday. The Sorel, Que., native got the Foreurs, who will face defending champion Halifax inthe semifinal, off to a good start by setting up the 18-year-old Anthony Beauregard (2G, +2) just 1:50 into the contest. In the third, the 17-year-old Aub-Kubel did some more inspired work to create a chance and earned the second assist on a Beauregard marker that opened a 3-1 lead and also stood up as the margin of victory.

With the win, it will be Anthony Mantha's team against Joanthan Drouin's team in the Quebec League semifinal. Baie-Comeau awaits the Blainville-Boisbriand-Rimouski victory.

No. 3 star: Ben Thomson, North Bay Battalion (OHL)

Thomson (2G, +1) did what an overage forward is supposed to do in a closeout game by getting two decisive markers of the 3-2 Game 6 win at Barrie that sets up a North Bay-Oshawa Eastern Conference final.

Jake Smith made 13 of his 29 saves in the opening 20 minutes to allow the Battalion, which came in just 1-4 on the road in the playoffs, to regroup in the room while tied 1-1. On the first shift of the second, the Colts had a defensive breakdown, with Nick Paul (1G-1A, +1) cutting off the puck at the half-wall and whipping a pass by Aaron Ekblad to an unmarked Thomson. That 2-1 lead began to look larger and larger with each passing minute, especially after Colts defenceman Jake Dotchin hit the side of the goal on a wide-open chance in the second.

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Matthew D. Bull and Heather Wilson: Confusing marijuana with medicine

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By Matthew D. Bull and Heather Wilson Special to The Sun

Florida has recently joined the discussion already started in 34 other states, What is marijuana?

Currently there are 20 states that have legalized medicinal marijuana, and 14, including Florida, that have pending legislation.

Most of the arguments are directed at the cultural ramifications of letting the drug get a foothold in the state. The alarming thing is no one seems to be asking the question, What makes marijuana a medicine, anyway?

In general terms, a medicine is any substance that someone takes to treat an illness, but this isn't the definition that exists in the cultural consciousness, nor the one intended when invoking the term medicinal marijuana. The more common expectation is that something referred to as a medicine has a degree of official status and more importantly accountability for the consequences of the agent.

The most obvious example is that one wouldn't refer to medicinal alcohol, even though there are certainly some people who may use it to self-medicate. This is largely due to the fact that the general public puts a lot of trust in the opinion of medical professionals, and it might be difficult to find one who would recommend alcohol for a medical condition.

In fact, the term medicine is ubiquitously used as a synonym for the word drug as defined by the FDA. The biggest difference for our purposes is that a drug is officially recognized for its safety and efficacy, and in this regard, medicinal marijuana simply doesn't stack up.

There is an in-depth process by which a substance can become a drug (or medicine), and it has been refined over many years.

This process ensures that anything offered up to citizens as medicine has been proven through clinical trials to consistently provide the purported effect without causing harmful side effects.

Anything that succeeds is medicine, and anything that doesn't is not. Medicinal marijuana has no such evidence behind it.

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Interview Prof. Hallett, Neuroscientist, DGKN-Kongress/ICCN, Berlin, 21.03.2014 (engl.) – Video

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WSU considers medical school for its Spokane campus

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SPOKANE Medical officials predict an aging population and expanded health coverage under the Affordable Care Act will contribute to doctor shortages across the nation. In response to the projected need, Washington State University has begun exploring the feasibility of opening a medical school on its Spokane campus.

Its clear we need more primary-care physicians, WSU President Elson Floyd said. The University of Washington has done a great job of putting doctors in the region, he said, but increasing demand in rural Washington state is so great it may require two medical schools.

The UW has operated a program for four decades, training doctors for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WWAMI).

WSU has been affiliated with the program for years, but school officials say they may have outgrown it and cite doctor shortages in Eastern Washington that the program hasnt addressed.

WSUs feasibility study is due at the end of June, and Floyd thinks there is room for such expansion. For states with our population, it is not unusual to have two medical schools, he said.

Floyd is the former president of the University of Missouri system, which operates two medical schools.

The state of Missouri, similar in population to Washington, has a total of five medical schools admitting 500 total medical students per year, according to a WSU statement. UW admits 120 medical students from Washington per year, the statement read.

Doctor shortages are expected across the country as baby boomers age, physicians retire, and more people gain insurance through federal health-care overhaul, said Christiane Mitchell of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C.

The association projects a shortfall of 91,500 doctors across the nation by 2020. The organization does not break down the expected shortages by state.

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Reddy donates $40 million to open nonprofit medical school

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COLTON A local group of doctors and community officials announced plans Monday to develop a privately-funded, non-profit medical school in Colton.

The allopathic medical school, known as California University of Science and Medicine (Cal Med), College of Medicine, will seek accreditation from the Licensing Committee on Medical Education in time to open in 2016, according to a news release issued by the colleges officials.

This is an exciting and much-needed opportunity for medical students in the Inland Empire and California, said Dr. GnanaDev, Cal Meds founder, president and chief executive officer. Because of many factors, including the extremely limited medical school spots in our state and severe shortage of doctors, we believe this project will have a significant positive impact on the economy, education and health for many decades.

The university and the medical school are being financed primarily through a $40 million donation from Prime Healthcare Foundation, a nonprofit, public charity founded by Dr. Prem Reddy, a longtime Victor Valley resident, cardiologist and philanthropist.

Reddy will serve as the chairman of the board for Cal Med and is also the founder, chairman, president and CEO of Prime Healthcare Services. Through their subsidiaries, Prime Healthcare Services and the Foundation own and operate 25 hospitals in six states across the country, including six non-profit hospitals.

This is a landmark day for our communities in medical education and health care, said Dr. Reddy in a statement. I am extremely proud as a physician, as a local resident and longtime proponent of health education to contribute to this project. Through Dr. GnanaDevs vision and participation of many who will be positively affected by the school, the medical school will become a pillar of health education in our area.

Cal Med will be housed initially at a temporary site until a permanent facility, potentially located near Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) in Colton, is built. The school expects to welcome 50 students in its inaugural class and include a maximum of approximately 150 within a decade, officials said.

Cal Med will be a great addition to the universities, colleges and trade schools providing career training and educational opportunities to our residents," San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Chair Janice Rutherford said in a written statement. "In addition, the new medical school will help us overcome our region's doctor shortage by allowing more students to pursue careers in the medical profession."

Cal Med hopes to cultivate an environment that facilitates advances in education, research and health care delivery, the news release states. The school will partner with Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, and other hospitals in the county and throughout Southern California to train the next generation of innovative and diverse health care professionals.

The opportunity to establish a new medical school within the county is exciting, said Josie Gonzales, 5th District Supervisor for the County of San Bernardino. The medical school will not only help meet the growing demand for new health care professionals, it would be an economic boost to Colton and the surrounding communities.

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Palestinian doctors were caught in battle over Jerusalem; court says Israel must admit them

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In this Thursday, April 10, 2014 photo, Palestinian students listen to a lesson in the Faculty of Medicine at the Al-Quds University in the West Bank village of Abu Dis, near Jerusalem. Dozens of Palestinian doctors who graduated from Al-Quds University, a school that has a foothold in east Jerusalem, are caught in the political battle between Israel and the Palestinians over the citys eastern sector. Israel has refused to recognize the universitys graduates -- a move that could amount to acknowledging the Palestinian claims to east Jerusalem as their capital. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)The Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 10, 2014 photo, Palestinian students attend a lesson in the Faculty of Medicine at the Al-Quds University in the West Bank village of Abu Dis, near Jerusalem. Dozens of Palestinian doctors who graduated from Al-Quds University, a school that has a foothold in east Jerusalem, are caught in the political battle between Israel and the Palestinians over the citys eastern sector. Israel has refused to recognize the universitys graduates -- a move that could amount to acknowledging the Palestinian claims to east Jerusalem as their capital. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)The Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 10, 2014 photo, Palestinian students attend a class in the Faculty of Medicine at the Al-Quds University in the West Bank village of Abu Dis, near Jerusalem. Dozens of Palestinian doctors who graduated from Al Quds University, a school that has a foothold in east Jerusalem, are caught in the political battle between Israel and the Palestinians over the citys eastern sector. Israel has refused to recognize the universitys graduates -- a move that could amount to acknowledging the Palestinian claims to east Jerusalem as their capital. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)The Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 10, 2014 photo, Palestinians students sit next to a picture of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Al-Quds University in the West Bank village of Abu Dis, near Jerusalem. Dozens of Palestinian doctors who graduated from Al-Quds University, a school that has a foothold in east Jerusalem, are caught in the political battle between Israel and the Palestinians over the citys eastern sector. Israel has refused to recognize the universitys graduates -- a move that could amount to acknowledging the Palestinian claims to east Jerusalem as their capital. Arabic on picture reads, "Faculty of Medicine, martyr, leader Yasser Arafat, Al-Quds University." (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)The Associated Press

ABU DIS, West Bank Since graduating from a local medical school nine years ago, Basel Nassar has been barred from serving his community in east Jerusalem, despite a shortage of doctors there.

Like dozens of other Palestinian doctors, Nassar has been caught in the political battle between Israel and the Palestinians over east Jerusalem. Israel captured and annexed the traditionally Arab sector in 1967, a step not recognized by most of the world, while the Palestinians seek it as a capital.

Palestinians long have held that Israel's attempt to impose its sovereignty over east Jerusalem the emotional core of the Mideast conflict and home to major religious shrines has violated basic rights and disrupted the lives of many of the city's Arab residents. Yet Israel's policy of banning dozens of Jerusalem residents from working in the city as doctors increasingly is being criticized by Israelis, including leading physicians who say politics must not trump the right to health care.

Earlier this month, an Israeli court overturned the Health Ministry's ban after Nassar and others sued, ostensibly clearing the way for him and 54 other doctors who are graduates of the Palestinians' Al-Quds University to apply for Israeli medical licenses. But it's not clear if the government has dropped the legal battle.

Critics say the issue is rooted in politics, not medical standards. Many of the doctors have passed medical examination tests elsewhere, including the U.S. and western Europe. But since all graduated from Al-Quds, a university with a foothold in east Jerusalem, Israeli recognition of their degrees could be seen as acknowledgment of Palestinian claims to the eastern sector of the city.

The Health Ministry applied a similar ruling several years ago to a small group of graduates on a one-time basis. It hasn't ruled out appealing the latest court decision.

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Citing need for more doctors, WSU considers med school

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SPOKANE - Medical officials predict an aging population and expanded health coverage under the Affordable Care Act will contribute to doctor shortages across the nation. In response to the projected need, Washington State University has begun exploring the feasibility of opening a medical school on its Spokane campus.

"It's clear we need more primary care physicians," WSU president Elson Floyd said. The University of Washington has done a great job of putting doctors in the region, he said, but increasing demand in rural Washington state "is so great it may require two medical schools."

UW has operated the WWAMI program for four decades, training doctors for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho.

WSU has been affiliated with the program for years, but school officials say they may have outgrown it and cite doctor shortages in eastern Washington that the program hasn't addressed.

WSU's feasibility study is due at the end of June, and Floyd thinks there is room for such expansion. "For states with our population, it is not unusual to have two medical schools," he said.

Floyd is the former president of the University of Missouri system, which operates two medical schools.

The state of Missouri, similar in population to Washington, has a total of five medical schools admitting 500 total medical students per year, according to a WSU statement. UW admits 120 medical students from Washington per year, the statement read.

Doctor shortages are expected across the country as baby boomers age, physicians retire, and more people gain insurance through federal health care overhaul, said Christiane Mitchell of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C.

The association projects a shortfall of 91,500 doctors across the nation by 2020. The organization does not break down the expected shortages by state.

"Every baby boomer who became a doctor is about to retire," Mitchell said.

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WSU considers opening medical school in Spokane (AP): A projected need for more doctors has prompted Washington State University to consider opening a new medical school at its Spokane campus. Washington currently has one medical school at the main UW campus in Seattle and WSU officials say doctor shortages in Eastern Washington are creating an additional need.

Denver schools hire undocumented immigrants as teachers (AP):Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg says his district has hired two teachers who qualified to stay in the U.S. under President ObamasDeferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.Anything that touches on immigration generates a level of attention and controversy, he told the AP. But for us, this is about finding the very best teachers for our kids.

Researchers: Children learn second language better from native speakers (The New York Times): Young children whose native Spanish-speaking parents talk to them in English earn little benefit from the exposure, according to research from a psychology professor at Florida Atlantic University.

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Palestinian doctors barred from working in Jerusalem

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ABU DIS, West Bank: Since graduating from a local medical school nine years ago, Basel Nassar has been barred from serving his community in East Jerusalem, despite a shortage of doctors there.

Like dozens of other Palestinian doctors, Nassar has been caught in the political battle between Israel and the Palestinians over East Jerusalem. Israel captured and annexed the traditionally Arab sector in 1967, a step not recognized by most of the world, while the Palestinians seek it as a capital.

Palestinians long have held that Israels attempt to impose its sovereignty over East Jerusalem, which is the emotional core of the Middle East conflict and home to major religious shrines, has violated basic rights and disrupted the lives of many of the citys Arab residents.

Yet Israels policy of banning dozens of Jerusalem residents from working as doctors in the city is increasingly being criticized by Israelis, including leading physicians who say politics must not trump the right to health care.

Earlier this month, an Israeli court overturned the Health Ministrys ban after Nassar and others sued, ostensibly clearing the way for him and 54 other doctors to apply for Israeli medical licenses. But it is unclear if the government has dropped the legal battle.

Critics say the issue is rooted in politics, not medical standards.

Many of the doctors have passed medical examination tests elsewhere, including the U.S. and Western Europe. But since all graduated from Al-Quds, a university with a foothold in East Jerusalem, Israeli recognition of their degrees could be seen as acknowledgment of Palestinian claims to the territory.

The Health Ministry applied a similar ruling several years ago to a small group of graduates on a one-off basis. It has not ruled out appealing the latest court decision.

Nassar, 34, had planned to emigrate to the U.S. because he could no longer support his family on a monthly salary of $1,300 at a West Bank clinic. He could earn about triple at Israeli hospitals. Following the court decision, he says he will stay to train as a cardiologist in Israel and then work in East Jerusalem, where heart specialists are scarce.

Eventually its a simple equation, he said. People in need. Good physicians and qualified physicians. These shall serve these.

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