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...problem.” According to information packets distributed to symposium attendees, breast cancer is often viewed as a disease affecting only older women from wealthier, developed countries. “Breast cancer, left untreated, is a death sentence,” said Amy C. Sievers, a Dana Farber physician...

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS Launches Breast Cancer Symposium | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...problem is already affecting teaching hospitals, where there are typically not enough residents to help on all the cases. Many programs have resorted to hiring physician assistants (PAs) - they're like surgical residents who never graduate - to provide support when no residents are available to cover the cases. PAs can be a truly great help, but they don't have the mind-set of a doctor who stands - or will soon stand - in the lead position. When there's trouble, that mind-set is invaluable. And in surgery, sometimes there is trouble. (See the most common hospital mishaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case of the Missing Assistant Surgeon | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

Police were dispatched to the hospital. When they arrived, they spoke with the attending physician who informed them the victim had seven different wounds—in the abdomen, chest, leg, and pelvis—that had been inflicted by an edged weapon, according to the report...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Seek Suspects In Saturday Stabbing | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...that has a deep roster of biologics clients. In July he wrote an Op-Ed in the Hill newspaper arguing for a "commonsense and fair approach" to give biologics companies at least 12 years of exclusivity. ("I wouldn't do this if I didn't believe it," Dean, a physician, said in an interview.) His former campaign manager Joe Trippi echoed Dean's views on a Huffington Post blog without disclosing that he had been paid by BIO to create two Web campaigns. (He also says his views predated his paycheck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Drug-Industry Lobbyists Won on Health-Care | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...late 18th century, early editions of American medical journals recommend hemp seeds and roots for the treatment of inflamed skin, incontinence and venereal disease. Irish doctor William O'Shaughnessy first popularized marijuana's medical use in England and America. As a physician with the British East India Company, he found marijuana eased the pain of rheumatism and was helpful against discomfort and nausea in cases of rabies, cholera and tetanus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medical Marijuana | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

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