Pitfalls of mixing politics and medicine
Seacoastonline.com
By James Fieseher The recent controversy about the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation's decision whether or not to support funding for Planned Parenthood is the most recent example of the pitfalls of combining politics with medicine.

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Genes' role in personal medicine moves forward with new Florida venture
Orlando Sentinel
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Florida Hospital and Moffitt Cancer Center have teamed to create Personalized Medicine Partnership of Florida. The new collaboration will further explore ways to use patient DNA to personalize medical ...
Moffitt, Sanford-Burnham and Florida Hospital create Personalized Medicine ...EurekAlert (press release)
Moffitt, Sanford-Burnham, Florida Hospital partnerTampa Bay Business Journal

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Annual cost of defensive orthopaedic medicine estimated at $2 billion
EurekAlert (press release)
In a first-ever national survey of orthopaedic surgeons, 96 percent said they have practiced defensive medicine – the ordering of tests, referrals to specialists and hospital admissions primarily to avoid liability and without significant benefit to ...

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MY TURN | Medicine take-back bill deserves support
Kitsap Sun
The family medicine cabinet is increasingly becoming a deadly drug dealer, stuffed with expired / leftover prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines that can be dangerous to a family's health and to our environment.
Drug companies should step up to disposal problemsTheNewsTribune.com

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Syria: Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution
eNews Park Forest
"Medicine is being used as a weapon of persecution." Most of the wounded do not go to public hospitals for fear of being arrested or tortured. When a wounded person is admitted to a hospital, a false name is sometimes provided to hide his or her ...
Doctors Without Borders: Syria Uses Medicine As A Weapon Of PersecutionHuffington Post
SIDEBAR: MSF: Syria using medicine as "weapon of persecution"Monsters and Critics.com

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Cytomedix Expands Commitment to Regenerative Medicine With Acquisition of Aldagen
MarketWatch (press release)
"In combination, we now touch the three pillars of regenerative medicine with autologous stem cells, platelet-derived signal molecules and plasma scaffolds," he added. "We view the acquisition of Aldagen as an opportunistic transaction at an attractive ...
Stem cell therapeutics firm Aldagen acquired by Cytomedix in stock dealMedCity News

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Medicine twist to 'liquor' deaths
Times of India
BHUBANESWAR: As the death toll in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar due to alleged consumption of illicit liquor rose to 28, senior police and excise officials on Wednesday triggered a controversy by blaming overdose of medicine for the tragedy.
'Medicine' kills 30 in OdishaHindustan Times
Odisha Police sealed Pharmaceuticals firm, arrest 9 over deaths due to illicit ...Orissadiary.com

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CMU College of Medicine receives preliminary accreditation
The Saginaw News - MLive.com
By Lindsay Knake | lknake@mlive.com View full sizeLindsay Knake | The Saginaw News fileThe facility for the Central Michigan University College of Medicine's East campus in Mount Pleasant opened in January. MOUNT PLEASANT — The Central Michigan ...
CMU medical school gets preliminary accreditationThe Detroit News

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Recombinant Data Named Finalist in Personalized Medicine World Conference 2012 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
According to Tal Behar, co-founder of PMWC, the Competition showcases some of the world's most promising personalized medicine innovations. "Customization of treatment, with all decisions and practices being tailored to the individual, ...

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Telegraph.co.uk

Medicine factory collapse: Death toll rises to 20 as rescue op continues
Pakistan Daily Times
According to details, the three-storey veterinary medicine manufacturing factory collapsed after a boiler and a gas cylinder exploded in its basement. Rescue teams were working on the spot, digging through the debris with axes, hammers and other tools ...
Pakistani factory blast kills 11 workersVietNamNet Bridge

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