Category Archives: Medicine

Medicine Hat couple wins $25 million lottery jackpot

CALGARY — For four days, Tim Elliott of Medicine Hat, Alta., had almost $25 million hidden in the corner of his wallet and he didn't even know it. Continue reading →

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Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Specialists Named Among 2011-2012 Texas Super Doctors — Featured in Texas …

HOUSTON, TX– – The distinguished group of orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians of Methodist Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine are featured in the much anticipated Texas Super Doctors 2011-2012 … Continue reading →

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Medicine shops raided

“Apparel Training and Design Centre is the biggest vocational training school in the country with 85 branches in various states, including one in Hazaribagh now. The training will be provided to the candidates free of cost Continue reading →

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Companion Diagnostics Market to Explode as Personalized Medicine Market Catapults to $42 Billion by 2015

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire -02/02/12)- TriMarkPublications.com cites in its newly published “Companion Diagnostics in Personalized Medicine and Cancer” report that the companion diagnostics market will explode as the personalized medicine market catapults to $42 billion by 2015. For more information, visit: http://www.trimarkpublications.com/products/Companion-Diagnostics-in-Personalized-Medicine-and-Cancer-Therapy.html. Continue reading →

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NYU School of Medicine Launches New Department of Population Health

NYU School of Medicine announced the creation of a new Department of Population Health focused on research to improve human health at the population level. Marc Gourevitch, MD, MPH, professor of population health and medicine at NYU School of Medicine was appointed inaugural chair. Continue reading →

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Federal government funds research into 'personalized medicine'

Personalized medicine — a genetics-based, patient-focused treatment method — received a major boost from the federal government Tuesday, which announced $67.5 million in joint funding. Continue reading →

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Foundation Medicine Receives CLIA Certification for Its Genomic Sequencing Laboratory

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Foundation Medicine, Inc., a molecular information company that brings comprehensive cancer genome analysis to routine clinical care, today announced certification from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 for its genomic sequencing laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Continue reading →

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Complementary medicine courses in universities: how I beat the varsity quacks

The sad fact is that none of these regulators did anything to stop the infiltration of the mainstream. The Quality Assurance Agency has ticked its boxes and rubber-stamped these dubious courses Continue reading →

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Bionest and PMC Address Optimization of Personalized Medicine Strategies

Bionest Partners, a premier strategy and management consulting firm for life science industries, and a recognized leader in personalized medicine strategy consulting, announces the publication of an article in a supplement to the Dec. Continue reading →

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Tackling infertility with Chinese herbal medicine

A Federal Government-funded study at Adelaide University has found traditional Chinese herbal medicine to be more effective in the treatment of female infertility achieving, on average, a 60 per cent pregnancy rate over four months compared with 30 per cent achieved with standard Western drug treatment or IVF over 12 months. The study, called the Efficacy of Traditional CHM in the Management of Female Infertility: A Systematic Review, also found that Chinese herbal treatment tailored to the individual's Chinese medicine diagnosis was a key to successful treatment. Continue reading →

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Four Top Functional Medicine Doctors Appear on “Dr. Oz’s Disease Detectives”

Dr. Mehmet Oz hand-picked four top doctors from the world of functional medicine to appear on the Dr Continue reading →

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Beaumont Hospital nuclear medicine chief Dr. Howard Dworkin dies from pneumonia

By CHRIS LAINE claine@journalregister.com; Twitter: @topherlaine Dr. Howard Dworkin, chief of Nuclear Medicine at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak for more than 30 years, passed away Friday, Jan. 27, of complications from pneumonia. Continue reading →

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HealthHelp Launches Emergency Medicine Program

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Approximately one-third of all high-tech imaging performed in the United States proves medically unnecessary. Specialty benefits management provider HealthHelp announced today the launch of a new program designed to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure and to promote cost-effective treatment planning for the best possible outcome. Continue reading →

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New medicine: Electronic tattoos

Futuristic device could help monitor heart and brain Continue reading →

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Society of Hospital Medicine Anniversary Meeting Focused on Collaboration and Improving Patient Care

PHILADELPHIA — The 15th Society of Hospital Medicine Anniversary Annual Meeting is expected to draw record attendees in San Diego, CA, April 1-4 as more than 2,700 hospitalists and healthcare professionals … Continue reading →

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Glover with 28 saves to lead the Hitmen over the Tigers 5-2

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – Brandon Glover made 28 saves as the Calgary Hitmen defeated the host Medicine Hat Tigers 5-2 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt