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BG Medicine's Losses Mount As It Negotiates FDA Marketing Approval
BG Medicine's Losses Mount As It Negotiates FDA Marketing Approval
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Defensive medicine costs much less than 'imagined' by malpractice reformists
The combined cost of malpractice -- and doctors' efforts to avoid it by practicing so-called defensive medicine -- costs about $55.6 billion a year, or 2.4 percent of total health spending, according to a new analysis by "Harvard University's Atul Gawande and co-authors, Bloomberg reports. "The yearly price of so-called defensive medicine -- tests, visits and procedures performed to reduce ...
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Roche Experimental Cancer Medicine Shows Promise Against Resistant Tumors
An experimental medicine being developed by Roche Holding AG ’s Genentech unit may help a common chemotherapy drug kill cancer cells that are otherwise resistant to treatment, a study found.
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First NY Professional Sleep Medicine Conference To Be Held In Albany, NY Oct. 1-2, 2010
The New York State Society of Sleep Medicine (NYSSSM) will hold its first annual meeting and sleep conference, featuring speakers who are nationally recognized experts in clinical sleep medicine, on October 1-2, 2010 in Albany, NY. Among the topics at the two-day conference for physicians, psychologists, dentists and technologists are: - "Recent Advances in the Treatment of Excessive Sleepiness ...
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Cough medicine ingredient may treat prostate cancer
Noscapine, a natural substance found in cough medicine, may prove useful in treating advanced prostate cancer, according to studies in mice.
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Edmonds Family Medicine Selects Medical Imaging Northwest for Radiology Interpretation Services
LAKEWOOD, Wash., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Imaging Northwest, LLP (MINW) is pleased to announce that Edmonds Family Medicine Clinic PS, a member of Puget Sound Family Physicians, has selected Medical Imaging Northwest to provide interpretation services for their entire diagnostic imaging services line. Edmonds Family Medicine currently provides MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Mammography ...
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First NY Professional Sleep Medicine Conference To Be Held in Albany, NY Oct. 1-2, 2010: Medical Reporters Welcome
The New York State Society of Sleep Medicine (NYSSSM) will hold its first annual meeting and sleep conference, featuring speakers who are nationally recognized experts in clinical sleep medicine, on October 1-2, 2010 in Albany, NY. Physicians, psychologists, dentists and technologists will attend. Medical reporters welcome.
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City of Henderson to Present 'Operation Medicine Cabinet' in Conjunction with National Drug Take Back Day
- Event encourages residents to clean out medicine cabinets of unnecessary drugs- HENDERSON, Nev., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration's first National Take Back Initiative, the city of Henderson Police Department has joined University of Southern Nevada and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to present Operation Medicine Cabinet ...
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Bad Medicine Begets Bad Economy
Bad medicine begets bad economy.
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Defensive Medicine: A Non-Factor in Escalating Health Care Costs?
When analysts and commentators go through their laundry list of what ails the hopelessly overpriced US health care system, one of the most commonly cited reasons is the cost of “defensive medicine” meaning both the cost of medical malpractice policies to doctors, plus the costs of extra tests and procedures to provide doctors with cover [...]
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