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• The "cold heart" of rationed health care and what we can expect from Obamacare.

  
  Minnesota Family Council — Authority: 120
  Heres a description of what the health care bill in Congress would do to real life health care decisions, resulting in bureaucrats coming between doctors and their patients and resulting in the "premature ending of many Americans lives for being too costly." Nat Hentoff of the Cato Institute points out that: ...
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• MAGP2 Gene Expression Signature: A Potential Ovarian Cancer Personalized Treatment Target

  
  Libby's H*O*P*E* — Authority: 112
  A multi-institutional study has identified a potential personalized treatment target for the most common form of ovarian cancer. In the December 8 issue of Cancer Cell, the research team describes finding that a gene called MAGP2 – not previously associated with any type of cancer – was overexpressed in papillary ...
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• Holidays At Work: Reduce Stress, Increase Joy

  
  Work Fanatic — Authority: 144
  If you are experiencing stress at the very time you are expecting joy, you arent alone. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that: 40% of workers report their job is "very or extremely stressful". 26% of workers report they are "often or very often burned out or stressed" by their ...
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• Drug-Delivery Breakthrough Relies on Nanoparticles to Starve Pancreatic Cancer Cells (Medical Device Link)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 151
  Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dangerous and intractable of all cancers. But now, a team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston) under Tayyaba Hasan , a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School, has developed two nanoparticles that can deliver two or more drugs simultaneously, ...
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• How exercise helps patients with peripheral artery disease

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): Exercise has long been considered to be the single best therapy for peripheral artery disease but how did it work was a mystery - until now.Israeli researchers have found a protein that accelerates the creation of new blood vessels in response to exercise.PAD is a common circulatory problem in ...
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• PEI’s clinical information system cost $75,000,000 with no end in sight

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 147
  $75 Cadillac system Harvard study says patient information systems don’t save money PRLog – A new study from the Harvard Medical School concludes that the billions of dollars spent on patient information and other hospital computer systems are a waste of money. Hospital Computing and the Costs and Quality ...
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• Statement on Proposed NASA Study at Brookhaven National Laborato...

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 155
  People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has raised concerns about a proposed NASA study that would use squirrel monkeys. The study would be conducted by researchers at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric facility of Harvard Medical School, and is proposed to take place at a NASA facility on the Brookhaven Lab ...
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• Harvard Says Computers Dont Save Hospitals Money

  
  IT Professionals Database (ITPD) - The European IT Professionals Database Networking Platform — Authority: 141
  Lucas123 writes "Researchers at Harvard Medical School pored over survey data from more than 4,000 wired hospitals and determined that computerization of those facilities not only didnt save them a dime, but the technology didnt improve administrative efficiency either. The study also showed most of the IT systems ...
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• Harvard study: Computers Dont Save Hospitals Money

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 167
  A Harvard Medical School study that looked at some of the nations "most wired" hospital facilities found that computerization of those facilities hasnt saved them any money or improved administrative efficiency.
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• Ironwood Pharma Eyes $172.5M IPO, Biogen CEO Pay Under Fire, & More Boston Life Sciences News

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 662
  Life Sciences , deals , Multiple Sclerosis Ryan McBride wrote: Xconomy’s life sciences coverage this past week featured a mix of exclusive feature stories—such as Luke’s analysis of the PML side effect from Biogen Idec’s natalizumab (Tysabri)—and breaking news stories like Ironwood ...
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• Healthcare Technology News - Now on Medpedia

  
  Healthcare Technology News — Authority: 535
  Healthcare Technology News has been selected by Medpedia to provide content to its newly launched News & Analysis site. Medpedia, in association with Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, UC Berkeley School of Public Health and University of Michigan Medical School, announced the launch of its ...
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• How Millennium Is Tapping A Harvard Lab to Help Discover New Cancer Drugs

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 662
  Life Sciences , cancer , Collaboration Ryan McBride wrote: When Deborah Dunsire, CEO of Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, talked about what makes the Boston area an attractive place to do business at a recent Xconomy Forum , she singled out the work of J. Wade Harper at Harvard Medical School. ...
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• Moderates Criticize Health Care Bill As It Advances in Senate; Experts Gave Bill A “Failing Grade”

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 570
  On Saturday, the Senate voted 60-to-39 , along party lines, to press towards passage of a massive health care bill, by blocking a Republican filibuster.  Senators ignored the fact that the bill received a failing grade from health care experts like the Dean of Harvard Medical School , since it will ...
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• Surgical Scar Reducer Help New Moms Reclaim Body Post-delivery

  
  HairBoutique.com Blog — Authority: 139
  Nowadays, it is more common than ever for women to give birth via a Cesarean section. Whether attributed to a women’s individual health or because many women are giving birth later in life, this delivery method is steadily growing in popularity.According to recent studies conducted at Harvard Medical School, “one ...
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• Harvard Medical School Dean Flunks Democrat Health Bill

  
  Start Thinking Right — Authority: 498
  Newsflash: An ‘F’ is really, really bad. But that’s exactly the grade that the dean of one of our nation’s premier medical schools just assigned to ObamaCare. Dr. Flier points out that the 2,074 page bill isn’t just bad; it is fundamentally dishonest. Only a true fool and ideologue would support the ...
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• Government run health is a stupid IDEA..Yes I repeat STUPID IDEA….

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 541
  Here are my reasons With government run health care, it becomes necessary for the government to provide health care for all. which means everyone have to get health care insurance otherwise they will face some kind of fine(People who cant afford health insurance cant afford fail either) or jail or both. ...
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• Reid Health Care Bill Adds New Tax Increases, Costs Twice As Much As Promised

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 570
  The health care “reform” bill drafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid adds new tax increases , and costs twice as much as its promised $849 billion price tag. The tax increases (in billions) include : 1. 40% excise tax on health coverage in excess of $8,500 (individuals) / $23,000 (families). . . 2. ...
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• Tysabri, the MS Drug Haunted by Deadly Side Effect, Doesn’t Look So Deadly Anymore

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 662
  Biotech , Multiple Sclerosis , Drugs Luke Timmerman wrote: Few doctors knew much about a rare brain infection called PML back in 2005, when two patients on a hot new multiple sclerosis drug from Biogen Idec and Elan died from the side effect. The infection, at the time, was generally considered a ...
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• Smokers ‘more likely to suffer seizures’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): People who smoke are more likely to have seizures than those who don’t, says a new study by Boston-based researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.Barbara A. Dworetzky, M.D., and colleagues used data obtained from the Nurses’ Health Study II, a group of ...
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• Firestorm follows US panel’s ruling on mammograms

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 19 (DPA) The US government moved Wednesday to quell a rising fury over the findings of an official panel that mammograms were no longer necessary for women in their 40s and that older women should have fewer tests for breast cancer.US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius indicated ...
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