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Religion and medicine: Sometimes a healing prescription

Do pediatric oncologists feel that religion is a bridge or a barrier to their work? Or do they feel it can be either, depending on whether their patients are recovering or deteriorating? A novel Brandeis University study ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Giving doctors the complete picture

During the course of a hospitalization, patients are seen by a variety of specialists in addition to the physician who has primary responsibility for their care. However, faulty communication, inappropriate timing, inadequate ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Current focus of veterinary medical profession leaves research, food security, public health needs underserved

Without immediate action, a new National Research Council report warns, the academic veterinary community could fail to prepare the next generation of veterinarians for faculty teaching and research positions as well as for ...

Biology / Other

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trashing old, unused medications best for reducing environmental impact

Returning extra medicine to the pharmacy for disposal might not be worth the extra time, money or greenhouse gas emissions, according to a University of Michigan study that is the first to look at the net ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NY judge wants to hear victims in cyberbully case

(AP) -- A judge delayed the sentencing of an eyewear website operator who intimidated customers, saying he first wants to hear testimony from dozens of victims who reported they were threatened with violence, including murder ...

Technology / Internet

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Programs kept Wisconsin families from poverty, report finds

Temporary increases in safety net programs and tax credits for working families helped keep many in Wisconsin from poverty during the recession and its aftermath, a new report by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Investments in physics technology and education are key to the future success of medicine

Physics is fundamental to many of the technologies used across medicine today, yet it is often forgotten -- and certainly neglected -- that physics has made important contributions to health ever since the birth of medicine ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cancer therapy gets a boost from new isotope

(Phys.org) -- A new medical isotope project at Los Alamos National Laboratory shows promise for rapidly producing major quantities of a new cancer-treatment agent, actinium 225 (Ac-225).

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineers put five-story building on seismic shake table to test for earthquake, fire readiness

What happens when you put a fully equipped five-story building, which includes an intensive care unit, a surgery suite, piping and air conditioning, fire barriers and even a working elevator, through series ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FDA wants limits on antibiotics given to animals

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics given to farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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