Category Archives: Medicine

ADHD medicine shortage frustrating patients, parents

Trish Luberda makes her living as an education consultant and advocate for people with special needs. But those credentials have been of little use in a crisis closer to home, as she has tried desperately to get her hands on … Continue reading

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Medicine Hat couple wins $25 million lottery jackpot

For four days, Tim Elliott of Medicine Hat, Alta., had almost $25 million hidden in the corner of his wallet and he didn't even know it. Continue reading

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Herbal Medicine: Aloe Vera – Video


17-06-2010 06:43 “Herbal Doc” of NaturalHealthSchool.com demonstrates how to harvest and use Aloe Vera, a common house plant with some amazing health-giving properties. Continue reading

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Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Specialists Named Among 2011-2012 Texas Super Doctors — Featured in Texas …

HOUSTON, TX–(Marketwire -02/03/12)- The distinguished group of orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians of Methodist Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine are featured in the much anticipated Texas Super Doctors 2011-2012 issue of Texas Monthly magazine only recently released. Determined through peer nominations and reviews, the list of selected Texas Super Doctors is carefully guarded until the coveted Texas Monthly magazine Super Doctors issue officially hits the newsstands. Continue reading

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NYU School of Medicine Launches New Department of Population Health

Newswise — NYU School of Medicine announced the creation of a new Department of Population Health focused on research to improve human health at the population level. Marc Gourevitch, MD, MPH, professor of population health and medicine at NYU School of Medicine was appointed inaugural chair. A field of rapidly escalating importance, its focus on populations of persons rather than individuals fosters a proactive approach to disease through prevention and interventions at the level of health care systems and communities Continue reading

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Companion Diagnostics Market to Explode as Personalized Medicine Market Catapults to $42 Billion by 2015

NEW YORK, NY– – TriMarkPublications.com cites in its newly published ” Companion Diagnostics in Personalized Medicine and Cancer” report that the companion diagnostics market will explode as … Continue reading

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Changes in medicine should prompt new limits on abortion

Two abortion doctors face charges stemming from an August 2010 incident and fetuses found at an Elkton, Maryland, clinic. Continue reading

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Federal government funds research into 'personalized medicine'

Personalized medicine — a genetics-based, patient-focused treatment method — received a major boost from the federal government Tuesday, which announced $67.5 million in joint funding. Continue reading

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Foundation Medicine Receives CLIA Certification for Its Genomic Sequencing Laboratory

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Foundation Medicine, Inc., a molecular information company that brings comprehensive cancer genome analysis to routine clinical care, today announced certification from the U.S. Continue reading

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Russell Medical, UAB Medicine form partnership

The Cancer Center at Russell Medical Center announced Tuesday that its forming a partnership with UAB Medicine to enhance oncology services provided in the Lake Martin Area and surrounding area. Continue reading

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'Personalized medicine' gets $67.5M research boost

The federal government is pledging up to $67.5 million for research into “personalized medicine,” which tailors treatment to a patient's genetics and environment. The funds will flow through Genome Canada, the Cancer Stem Cell Consortium and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the federal government's health research agency. Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Minister of State for Science Gary Goodyear made the announcement at the University of Ottawa's health campus Tuesday. Continue reading

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Complementary medicine courses in universities: how I beat the varsity quacks

The teaching of complementary medicine has no place in British universities, says David Colquhoun. Continue reading

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bioTheranostics Launches Precision Medicine Biomarkers for Tumor Pathway Interrogation

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – bioTheranostics, Inc., a bioMerieux company that develops innovative oncology diagnostic tests to drive personalized treatment, has introduced a new product line of high medical value biomarkers for response, resistance and pathway interrogation called PRECIS Precision Medicine by bioTheranostics(SM). Continue reading

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Bionest and PMC Address Optimization of Personalized Medicine Strategies

NEW YORK & PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bionest Partners, a premier strategy and management consulting firm for life science industries, and a recognized leader in personalized medicine strategy consulting, announces the publication of an article in a supplement to the Dec. 23, 2011 issue of Science. The article, co-authored by Dr Continue reading

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Society of Hospital Medicine Anniversary Meeting Focused on Collaboration and Improving Patient Care

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New medicine: Electronic tattoos

(CNET)  Researchers are making progress bridging the soft, wet world of the human body and electronics. Continue reading

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We Have to Change the Medicine Given to Greece: MP

Eva Kaili, MP for the PASOK party, told CNBC, “I think that the Greek debt negotiations are going towards a conclusion so I think yes we are going to have this deal, but the thing is that it will not solve the problems.” Continue reading

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Sweeping Cultural Changes in Medicine Offer Opportunities for Disability Insurance Innovations, Says Guardian

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The economic and societal forces that have transformed the medical profession over the past decade open the door to new approaches to income protection, according to The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), a market leader in individual disability insurance, which announced a new offering today. Physicians and other medical professionals have long been aware of the need for this type of coverage – which protects one’s ability to earn an income even if a work-stopping illness or injury strikes – because they witness the lifestyle changes caused by unexpected disabilities every day in their work. Continue reading

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Four Top Functional Medicine Doctors Appear on “Dr. Oz’s Disease Detectives”

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HealthHelp Launches Emergency Medicine Program

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Approximately one-third of all high-tech imaging performed in the United States proves medically unnecessary. Specialty benefits management provider HealthHelp announced today the launch of a new program designed to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure and to promote cost-effective treatment planning for the best possible outcome. The education-based program targets emergency departments in particular, where utilization remains high because of defensive medicine practices and a lack of standardized high-tech imaging protocols. Continue reading

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