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newscientist.com Reto Schneider has collected some of the most bizarre experiments conducted in the name of science for his book The Mad Science Book (reviewed here). Here he selects nine of his favourites. The lecture that Myron L Fox delivered in 1970 to a crowd of assembled experts had an impressive enough title: “Mathematical game theory as applied to physician education”.

I awoke today at 4 AM to catch an Amtrak train to Washington, DC so that I could attend a meeting hosted by the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI) on industry support of continuing medical education (CME). The organizers of this meeting were Peter Pitts and Robert Goldberg, both of whom contribute to the DrugWonks blog.

Guideline for drug treatment of osteoporosis September 15th, 2008 | Category: Health News The American College of Physicians (ACP) today released a new clinical practice guideline on drug therapy of osteoporosis or low bone density to prevent fracture in men and women.

Do you know anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer?  Did you know that 1 out of 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime…1 out of 2 men.  So unless you are a family of one, with no friends and you are the luckiest person in the whole wide world…cancer is going to touch someone you

My cohort on all things multimedia and Interactive Learning is Paul Gratton whom some of you know. Paul's wife Laura was in a feature story on Broadlawns addressing the need for family practice physicians. Nice work Laura. Keep rotating! Article from the DSM Register.

Congratulations to the successful examinees of the August 2008 Physician Licensure Examination who garnered the 10 highest places: 1. Marlon Diaz Garcia, FEU-NRMF — 88.75% 2. Dave Anthony Pasetes Diomampo, SLU-Baguio City — 88.17% 3. Gentry George Teng King, UST — 87.42% Janice Jill Keng Lao, UP-Manila — 87.42% 4.

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New York Calorie Count Begins July 24th, 2008 | Category: Health News The new law in New York is in full effect now, with restaurants not obeying the new rule that the calories of any given product that is on a menu must be in the same size and font as the name of the dish being subject to a

Colorado Health Foundation Launches $2 Million Physician Loan Re... PND - Philanthropy News Digest Tue, 07/15/2008 - 00:00 Eighteen physicians will be awarded up to $150,000 each over three years to help them pay off education loans and make it possible for them to practice in underserved urban and rural communities across the state....

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