Sunday, December 29, 2013

In 1973 this story was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the finest science fiction novellas ever written

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According to Wikipedia , in 1973 this story was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the finest science fiction novella...

From the Lancet: Bryan Liang, Tim Mackey, and colleagues on the priviatization of future uses of .health domains

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Lancet. 2013 Oct 26;382(9902):1404. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62215-1. Epub 2013 Oct 25. Ensuring the future of health information onl...

From Tehran U: Perspectives of Iranian medical students about do-not-resuscitate orders

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Maedica (Buchar). 2013 Sep;8(3):261-4. Perspectives of Iranian medical students about do-not-resuscitate orders. Ghajarzadeh M 1 , Hab...

Patterns of funding allocation for tuberculosis control in fragile states

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Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Jan;18(1):61-6. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0324. Patterns of funding allocation for tuberculosis control in fragi...

"Occasional dullness, in other words, is to be not only expected, but celebrated."

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Saving the Lost Art of Conversation In a fast-paced digital age, an MIT psychologist tries to slow us down. Megan Gar...

mHealth in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Int J Telemed Appl. 2013;2013:482324. Epub 2013 Dec 4. mHealth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Betjeman TJ 1 , Soghoian SE 2 , Foran MP 2 . ...

Nutritional Value of Meals at Full-service Restaurant Chains

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J Nutr Educ Behav. 2014 Jan;46(1):75-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.10.008. Nutritional Value of Meals at Full-service Restaurant Chains. ...

Understanding the role of welfare state characteristics for health and inequalities

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BMC Public Health. 2013 Dec 27;13(1):1234. [Epub ahead of print] Understanding the role of welfare state characteristics for health and ...

From George Washington U: Reducing hospital readmissions among medicaid patients: a review of the literature

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Qual Manag Health Care. 2014 Jan-Mar;23(1):20-42. doi: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000016. Reducing hospital readmissions among medicaid patie...

New guidelines relax blood pressure goals

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BMJ. 2013 Dec 24;347:f7621. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7621. New guidelines relax blood pressure goals. McCarthy M . Author information ...

"If addictions, on one hand, are sometimes considered 'bad habits,' then ethics/morality, on the other, can also be understood as virtues or 'good habits.'"

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J Forensic Odontostomatol. 2013 Oct 1;31 Suppl 1:13. An ethical view of addiction and restorative justice. Patthoff D . Author info...

Do Curbstone Consultations Create a Doctor-Patient Relationship?

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Medicolegal—Malpractice and Ethical Issues in Radiology Do Curbstone Consultations Create a Doctor-Patient Relationship? Leonard Berli...

From the NIH: The Misguided Ethics of Crossover Trials

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Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Dec 20. pii: S1551-7144(13)00200-0. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.12.003. [Epub ahead of print] The Misguided Ethics...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

"Expert witnesses often are the most important aspect of a trial."

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J Forensic Odontostomatol. 2013 Oct 1;31 Suppl 1:8. Are you ready to be an expert witness? Pitluck HM . Author information Amer...

Australia: "Tax junk food, enforce exercise..."

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Tax junk food, enforce exercise to fight obesity   By Jane Dyson 27th Dec 2013

Physician Nonadherence With a Hepatitis C Screening Program ("wide variation in overall adherence")

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Qual Manag Health Care. 2014 January/March;23(1):1-9. Physician Nonadherence With a Hepatitis C Screening Program. Southern WN , Drain...

From U Utah: Totipotency: What it is and what it isn't

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Stem Cells Dev. 2013 Dec 24. [Epub ahead of print] Totipotency: What it is and what it isn't. Condic ML . Author information ...

Women and hysteria in the history of mental health

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Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2012;8:110-9. doi: 10.2174/1745017901208010110. Epub 2012 Oct 19. Women and hysteria in the history o...

"almost speechless": Rampant Canadian pharmacy fraud sign of a broken system ("...dispensed an alternative in exchange for rebates and other discounts from the manufacturer.")

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Rampant Canadian pharmacy fraud sign of a broken system, expert says KAREN HOWLETT AND DAVID ANDREATTA The Globe and Mail Published M...

"Deviations for the active ingredients may go unnoticed by a new user of the generic product, but may entail clinical consequences..."

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BMC Pharmacol Toxicol. 2013 Apr 23;14(1):24. [Epub ahead of print] Pharmaceutical quality of seven generic Levodopa/Benserazide products...

"The reduced acquisition costs of generic products may not necessarily translate into lower overall healthcare costs."

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Eur J Hosp Pharm Sci Pract. 2013 Oct;20(5):302-307. Epub 2013 Aug 29. Equivalence and interchangeability of narrow therapeutic index dr...

Safety and efficacy of generic drugs with respect to brand formulation

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J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2013 Dec;4(Suppl 1):S110-4. doi: 10.4103/0976-500X.120972. Safety and efficacy of generic drugs with respect...

"the position of patient advocate," "voluntary patient representatives," and the "unbiased contact person" Where are the doctors?

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HEC Forum. 2013 Dec 25. [Epub ahead of print] Clinical Ethics and Patient Advocacy : The Power of Communication in Health Care. Emrich...

Zombie allusions: They just keep on coming: violating city ordinances

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'Zombie Tag' in White Park Leads to Summons Concord Police allege Milford teen violated city ordinance after previous warning. ...

Twitter and Public Health

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J Public Health Manag Pract. 2013 Dec 18. [Epub ahead of print] Twitter and Public Health. Bartlett C , Wurtz R . Author informati...

Physician? This

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Physician?   This

From Johns Hopkins: National and Local Influenza Surveillance through Twitter: An Analysis of the 2012-2013 Influenza Epidemic

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PLoS One.  2013 Dec 9;8(12):e83672. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083672. National and Local Influenza Surveillance through Twitter: An Ana...

Harnessing pluralism for better health in Bangladesh

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Lancet.  2013 Nov 23;382(9906):1746-55. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62147-9. Epub 2013 Nov 21. Harnessing pluralism for better health in ...

From U London: Substandard drugs: a potential crisis for public health

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Br J Clin Pharmacol.  2013 Nov 29. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12298. [Epub ahead of print] Substandard drugs: a potential crisis for public health...

What is the difference between a generic and a biosimilar?

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BioSimilars vs. Generic Drugs: What’s In a Word? " How do biosimilars differ from so-called generic drugs? Generic drugs are essent...

"...generic quality uncertainty leads to competition on brand rather than price."

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Health Econ.  2013 Nov 20. doi: 10.1002/hec.3013. [Epub ahead of print] PHARMACEUTICAL PRICING IN EMERGING MARKETS: EFFECTS OF INCOME, C...

From U Zagreb-Croatia: Child protection: legal and ethical obligations in reporting child abuse

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J Forensic Odontostomatol.  2013 Oct 1;31 Suppl 1:158-9. Child protection:  legal  and ethical obligations in reporting child abuse. C...