Saturday, September 28, 2013

Good example of the problem with healthcare apps: "Most diabetes apps do not conform to evidence-based recommendations..."

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24073179 Transl Behav Med.  2013 Sep;3(3):277-86. doi: 10.1007/s13142-013-0205-4. Adherence to evid...

"...unexpected complexity in the modern evolution of drug-resistant tuberculosis..."

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24071843 Nat Genet.  2013 Sep 26;45(10):1107-8. doi: 10.1038/ng.2769. Complex genetics of drug resi...

CPRIT: "Texas’ scandal-ridden cancer research agency has six members of its new governing board...Under a state law...the entire board had to be reappointed"

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http://www.statesman.com/news/news/new-appointees-named-to-cprit-board/nZ9Gk/ Posted: 4:21 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 CONTINUING...

Ugly: Ghost writing meets research integrity

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=mystery-over-obesity-fraud Mystery over Obesity "Fraud" A researcher is b...

Zombie allusions: They just keep on coming-Just say no

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http://consumerist.com/2013/09/27/great-now-theres-an-actual-zombie-drug-eating-its-way-through-human-flesh/ Great, Now There’s An Actua...

Knowledge and ethical perception regarding organ donation among medical students at Ziauddin University

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24070261 BMC Med  Ethics .  2013 Sep 27;14(1):38. [Epub ahead of print] Knowledge and ethical perce...

Global medicine. Would "intermediary, third-party organization" help, or merely distance MDs from their patients by taking over the MD's responsibility of understanding and honoring the patient?

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24072106 Acad Med.  2013 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print] Global Health Educational Engagement-A Tale ...

Medical humanities and promoting professionalism (vitally important; challenge is succeeding with continuously decreasing funding)

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24072126 Acad Med.  2013 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print] The Challenge of Promoting Professionalism T...

From MD Anderson: "...some hereditary cancer patients may find preimplantation genetic diagnosis more acceptable than others."

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24072553 Fam Cancer.  2013 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print] Comparison of attitudes regarding preimpla...

Authenticity: "highly problematic to use as a criterion for autonomous decision-making in healthcare"

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24072638 Med Health Care Philos.  2013 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print] Authenticity and psychiatric d...

Standardizing biospecimen collection

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24067073 Arch Pathol Lab Med.  2013 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print] The Devil's in the Bioreposit...
Friday, September 27, 2013

"Brazilian science is steadily improving in quality and quantity..."

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24067701 Nature.  2013 Sep 26;501(7468):492. doi: 10.1038/501492b. Citations:  Ethical  ways to gro...

Social-democratic government and health policy in Europe: a quantitative analysis

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24066412 Int J Health Serv.  2013;43(3):389-413. Social-democratic government and health policy in ...

"Turkish cancer patients are coping with cancer in different means and ways than we expected of them"

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24065496 J BUON.  2013 Jul-Sep;18(3):760-6. An evaluation of lifestyle changes in cancer patients a...

Bryan Liang: An addiction to unsafe injection medication practices?

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24008195 J Clin Anesth.  2013 Sep 2. pii: S0952-8180(13)00210-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2013.05.00...

Congratulations to Jeff Brown, Governor Perry's excellent choice to serve on the Texas Supreme Court

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http://blog.chron.com/bigjolly/2013/09/justice-jeff-brown-appointed-to-texas-supreme-court/ Justice Jeff Brown appointed to Texas Suprem...

The Devil's in the Biorepository Details

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http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.5858/arpa.2013-0459-ED Timothy Craig Allen (2013) The Devil's in the Biorepository Deta...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

"...the crisis of the West ‘is internally generated’: ‘it lies in Western heads’."

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http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/frank_on_the_clash_of_civilisations/14059#.UkQlqyqF971 THE REAL CLASH IS WITHIN  CIVILISAT...