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Most residents dissatisfied with quality of substance-abuse training, survey finds

A 2012 survey of internal medicine residents at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) - one of the nation's leading teaching hospitals - found that more than half rated the training they had received in addiction and other substance use disorders as f...

A "Genetic Thermometer" May In The Future Reveal How Healthy You Are You For Your Age

JoVE has published details of a technique to measure the health of human genetic material in relation to a patient's age. The method is demonstrated by the laboratory of Dr. Gil Atzmon at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Atzmon hop...

The AAPS Journal: Utilization of Gene Expression Signature for Quality Control of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula Si-Wu-Tang

Type: Original PaperThe current study utilized a combined pharmacokinetic and genomic approach to demonstrate the feasibility of a new quality control method by using a panel of special differentially expressed genes (DEGs) as unique fingerprint to s...

Macrocyclics, Roche in Nuclear Medicine Pact

Aims to speed up the clinical development process

40% Of Medical Students Unconsciously Biased Against Obese People

According to new research carried out by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, forty percent of medical students are unconsciously biased against obese people. The study, published in the Journal of Academic Medicine, revealed that doctor...

Drug-Resistant TB Destroyed By Vitamin C

In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C ad...

Genetic Risk Factor Discovered For Pulmonary Fibrosis

A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify...

Socioeconomic Factors Affect Satisfaction Following Knee Replacement Surgery

Knee replacement surgery is a very common procedure. However, it does not always resolve function or pain in all the recipients of new knees. A study by Robert Barrack, MD and his colleagues from the Washington University School of Medicine wanted t...

Proteins in migration

(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Scientists at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Bonn have developed a new animal model that provides important clues on the mechanisms of Parkinson's disease. The research team head...

Researchers identify first drug targets in childhood genetic tumor disorder

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Two mutations central to the development of infantile myofibromatosis -- a disorder characterized by multiple tumors involving the skin, bone, and soft tissue -- may provide new therapeutic...

The FDA Responds To Steve Nissen’s Criticism Of Upcoming Avandia Meeting

This morning, I published a guest post from Steven Nissen, Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, alleging that the most likely rationale for an upcoming panel meeting being held by the Food and Drug Administra...

Digitalization in medicine changes doctor-patient relationship and opens up new business opportunities

ICT applied to medicine, like computational chemistry and ‘apps’, is key to ensuring the future sustainability of healthcare systems.

Future doctors unaware of their obesity bias

Two out of five medical students have an unconscious bias against obese people, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The study is published online ahead of print in the Journal of Academic Medicine.

Amgen to Present at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Healthcare Conference

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) will present at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual  Healthcare Conference on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston, beginning at 9:20 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Arvind Sood, vice president of Investor Relations at Amgen, will present at the conference. Live audio of the presentation can be acce...

CIRM awards $42.4M to Sangamo, stem cell scientists

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded a total of $42.4 million on Tuesday to Sangamo BioSciences Inc. (NASDAQ:SGMO) and six stem cell scientists. Sangamo received $6.4 million under the second round of CIRM's Strategic Partnershi...

Macrocyclics to Collaborate with Roche on Molecular Innovation for Nuclear Medicine

DALLAS, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After the successful completion of their first 2012 collaboration, Macrocyclics (an AREVA Med company) announced today a new collaborative research agreement with Roche for the continued development of novel chelating agents designed specifically by Macrocyclics for Roche's applications. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130523/DA20136...

Dr. Martin S. Tesher, M.D. is recognized by Continental Who's Who among Medical Professionals

NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Tesher is an internationally accredited physician with over 25 years of experience as a family physician. He is dedicated to his patients and provides the most comprehensive range of services offered by a physician. He is an excellent diagnostician who provides family care with compassion. In addition, Dr. Tesher is the owner of his own full-range f...

Personal Injury Law Firm Releases Graphic with the Latest Information on Antidepressants and a Possible Risk of Birth Defects

New information from d’Oliveira & Associates helps you evaluate the risks of taking antidepressants during pregnancy. (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 During pregnancy both the health of the mother and the growing fetus are affected by medical treatments, especially medication. In July 2006, a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine prompted the FDA to warn about a potential link betwee...

J&J expects 10-plus new drug applications by 2017

(AP)—Johnson & Johnson is developing what could eventually be game-changing treatments for depression and pain, and it's aiming to apply for approval of more than 10 new medicines by 2017, executives said Thursday during a review of the health care...

TeamHealth Medical Call Center Forms Clinical Advisory Committee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamHealth Medical Call Center (THMCC), a premier provider of 24-hour nurse triage and nurse advice lines, announces its newly formed Clinical Advisory Committee. The 10-person committee, comprising physician, nursing and administrative leaders, provides clinical expertise to advance THMCC's purpose of providing safe, quality and cost-effective s...

Veterinary medicine European Public Assessment Report (EPAR): Equilis Prequenza Te, vaccine against equine influenza and tetanus in horses, Revision: 7, Authorised

BTG Makes Two Buys To Build Interventional Medicine Business

BTG of Britain plans two new acquisitions, including a therapy for liver cancer that uses radioactive glass beads and a treatment for dissolving severe blood clots. The deals create an interventional medicine business with potential sales of $1 billi...

Diabetes' genetic underpinnings can vary based on ethnic background, studies say

Ethnic background plays a surprisingly large role in how diabetes develops on a cellular level, according to two new studies led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

A medical first: Doctors save Ohio boy by ‘laser-printing’ an airway tube so he can breathe

In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It’s the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative med...

Comment on Could Pharma Do Tumblr? by Debbie Irwin

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