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Drug companies oppose bill to make them take back medicine
More than 200 organizations across the state -- law enforcement agencies, health departments, health care professionals, substance abuse prevention coalitions and environmental groups -- are joining forces to fight prescription drug abuse.
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Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) Announces Adolescent Vaccine Project Grant Recipients
The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) will award grants to fund ten innovative public health demonstration projects addressing barriers to vaccination among adolescents. The funding for the projects is supported by a grant to SAHM from Merck & Co. Inc.
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The best medicine for productivity
( University of Haifa ) A worker experiencing the stress of intense workdays might develop somatic symptoms, such as stomachache or headache, which will eventually lead to taking leave of absence. But when the individual's supervisor offers emotional and instrumental support, the employee is more likely to recover without needing to take that extra afternoon or day off. This has been shown in a ...
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Unused medicine a toxic dilemma
A bill to create a disposal program for prescription drugs could help prevent abuse and accidental poisoning.
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Offering a Stressed Employee Support Is the Best Medicine for Productivity
A new study shows that with support from the supervisor, the employee is more likely to stay at work.
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InVivoLink and American Joint Replacement Registry Collaborate for Patient Safety
InVivoLink and the American Joint Replacement Registry have announced the two organizations will collaborate on technology that automates the feed of orthopedic implant data to the AJRR’s registry platform.
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Molecules to Medicine: Plan B: The Tradition of Politics at the FDA
Molecules to Medicine: Plan B: The Tradition of Politics at the FDA
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National League for Nursing Signs on as Founding Member-Sponsor of IOM Global Forum on Innovation in Health ...
The NLN has joined with other professional organizations partnering to advance health education worldwide. The IOM’s Global Forum brings together leaders at the highest levels of public service, academia, industry, and the non-profit world to facilitate discussion about and foster ideas for evolution in the education of health professionals to meet the demands of the dynamic, interdisciplinary ...
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A Molecular Checkup: The Nano Future of Medicine
Not long ago cancer medicine in the U.S. passed a hopeful milestone: for the first time, the incidence rates for both new cases and deaths in men and women declined, according to an annual report issued in late November from the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society and other leading organizations. Between 1999 and 2005 diagnosis rates dropped annually by about 0.8 percent ...
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Opinionator: The End of Health Insurance Companies
Accountable care organizations will shift the focus of medicine away from treating sickness and toward keeping patients healthy.
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