May 2011
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Baby carried outside uterus is healthy *video
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Do you think Medical School Should be Free?
Article from the New York Times…Why Medical School Should Be Free? DOCTORS are among the most richly rewarded professionals in the country. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that of the 15 highest-paid professions in the United States, all but two are in medicine or dentistry. Why, then, are we proposing to make medical school free? Do you agree? ...
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Fewer Emergency Rooms Available...
Fewer Emergency Rooms Available as Need Rises …according to the study, in The Journal of the American Medical Association. In 1990, there were 2,446 hospitalswith emergency departments in nonrural areas. That number dropped to 1,779 in 2009, even as the total number of emergency room visits nationwide increased by roughly 35 percent. Emergency departments were most likely to have closed...
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Now Open: Cellular Journey Exhibit in San Diego's...
Cellular Journey Exhibit: Now Open! Explore Cells of the Human Body and Stem Cells “Cellular Journey” is a Fleet-created exhibition that features a series of interactive exhibits designed to introduce you to human cell biology, the importance of stem cells and the potential impact of stem cells on medical research in the fields of regenerative and personalized medicine. ...
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Diagnosis as disease: Truth or not?
Physicians are now making diagnoses in individuals who wouldn’t have been considered sick in the past, and it’s raising healthcare costs. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/06/opinion/la-oe-welch-diagnosis-20110506 The threshold for diagnosis has fallen too low. Physicians are now making diagnoses in individuals who wouldn’t have been considered sick in the past. An...
