Fri 3 Apr 2009
President Obama's budget proposal anticipates that an approval pathway for these drugs would save $9.2 billion over a decade.
Fri 3 Apr 2009
A miscarriage of medicine (book excerpt: Three Generations, No Imbeciles)
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Buck v. Bell, the 1927 Supreme Court decision approving eugenic sterilization, had its roots in a fraud, writes Georgia lawyer and historian Paul A. Lombardo.
Fri 3 Apr 2009
Surgeon tells how his team removed 6 organs during cancer operation
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A 7-year-old New York girl is the first child to undergo the unique procedure that reimplanted some of her organs after a malignant tumor was removed.
Fri 3 Apr 2009
Med school seniors headed for primary care see a challenging future
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After Match Day, they say being more involved in patients' lives and health overshadow issues that drive some graduates to other specialties.
Fri 3 Apr 2009
Discussing death with patients can cut costs, ease abandonment fears
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New research shows communication's value. But dying patients who rely on religion to cope tend to opt for more aggressive care.