Disseminated Blastomycosis - Articles
Politics of health care reform distort reality
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Neurodoc ..
The October 29, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine contains four separate articles on health care issues which, if taken in their entirety, represent the absurdity to which the health care debates in the United States have gone. The first article-- the best of the four-- describes how much FDA information never reaches clinician ...
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5 Considerations for Timing Transparency
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Anticlue
At what point is it good practice to be transparent? At what point does too much transparency look like a lack of control? A part of managing a project is to disseminate information by being the spokesperson for the project, another part is to handle disturbance and mobilize the team in support of an issue. The act of balancing these two compone ...
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Lyme Disease
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robin s.
Now that I have a better handle on my feelings, I can explain better about the Lyme Disease situation. I wrote an emotional post the other day, about deciding to get re-tested for Lyme disease. Now I want to explain that I'm sharing this with you all because I want everyone to be informed of their options, and all the possible causes of their pain. ...
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"CCSVI, congenital venous malformation associated with multiple sclerosis"
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stuart
The research project is supported by Fondazione HILARESCERE, chaired by Professor Fabio Roversi-Monaco. Set up upon an initiative of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, Fondazione Hilarescere - as is stated in the deed of formation -aims to support medical and scientific research in the field of diseases of unknown or poorly known etiopathoge ...
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Genetic Testing, Public Policy and You
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Lisa E. L.
I was in DC at the NIH this week and spoke in front of the Secretary’s Advisory Counsel on Genetics, Health, and Society ( SACGHS ) about direct-to-consumer genetic testing and DNA Direct. My goal was to make three main points:There’s definitely a need for direct-to-consumer genetic testing.Direct-to-consumer genetic testing can be don ...
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Cool opportunity: TED translators needed
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Michelle Lin, MD
TED is a nonprofit group, whose sole mission is "spreading ideas". It now hosts several conferences annually to bring together leaders from the worlds of Technology, Entertainment, Design. This group features inspirational speakers who discuss a broad spectrum of topics, such as "Secrets to Success", "Global Warming", ...
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Cool opportunity: TED translators needed
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Michelle Lin, MD
TED is a nonprofit group, whose sole mission is "spreading ideas". It now hosts several conferences annually to bring together leaders from the worlds of Technology, Entertainment, Design. This group features inspirational speakers who discuss a broad spectrum of topics, such as "Secrets to Success", "Global Warming", ...
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Attitude
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Dr. Phuli Cohan
As many of you are aware, I have been recovering from disseminated Lyme. I am doing much better and hope to be regualarly blogging and speaking in the very near future. I recently found this quote and thought I would share it with you, as it has brought me inspiration.“The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Atti ...
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Friday Blog Roundup
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My Green Element
The folks at Greenbiz today released an interesting article as part of a series of interviews from the MIT Sloan Management Review in July 2009. The full interview is available here.On the policy side, WSJ’s Keith Johnson has been following the latest developments in the Senate as committee debates continue. The latest activity, reports Joh ...
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