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Oct 1st 2008Drug InformationIT / Internet / E-mail
A pair of recent studies suggest that e-mail is the most deceptive form of communications in the workplace - even more so than more traditional kinds of written communications, like pen-and-paper. More surprising is that people actually feel justified when lying using e-mail, the studies show.
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Two widely used prediction models for identifying a woman’s risk for breast and ovarian cancer appear to be less reliable for Asian-American women compared with white women, according to a study in the October issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Reuters Health reports. For the study, lead researcher Allison Kurian of
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Oct 1st 2008Drug InformationIT / Internet / E-mail
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health has established a new Gillings Innovation Lab to track and map tropical infectious diseases such as malaria, using state-of-the-art molecular and demographic methods. Better information about the prevalence and location of diseases will help national and international health organizations around the world treat and control these diseases. Steven R. Meshnick, M.D., Ph.D.
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A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will receive $1 million in federal and state grants to advance the critical development of neuroprosthetics - next-generation artificial limbs that could one day be permanently implanted and perform most of the movements and functions of natural limbs. The majority of the funding comes through a two-year $860,000 grant awarded to WPI’s Bioengineering Institute (BEI) by the U.S.
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Sep 30th 2008Drug InformationIT / Internet / E-mail
Protecting patient privacy has been recognized as the duty of health-care providers for about as long as doctors have seen patients. In 1996 that duty became a legal obligation when Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA regulations safeguard patient’s personal health information but can also complicate the process of safeguarding public health.
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Sep 30th 2008Drug InformationIT / Internet / E-mail
Despite the weak dollar, a growing number of Americans are traveling overseas for less expensive medical care. But there’s another way to become a so-called medical tourist, without a passport, luggage, or even leaving your house, notes the October 2008 issue of the Harvard Health Letter. All you need for this version of medical globe-trotting is a computer, an Internet connection, and some curiosity.
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Sep 30th 2008Drug InformationIT / Internet / E-mail
Second Life, a virtual world created in 2003, currently boasts more than 12 million users worldwide who go there for everything from college recruiting to shopping. Now, Penn State researchers are investigating how virtual teams can better solve real world problems by collaborating in Second Life.
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Sep 30th 2008Drug InformationIT / Internet / E-mail
Springer editor Geoffrey R. Norman is this year’s winner of the Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education. He has been singled out for his highly original and innovative research in the field of medical education.
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Sep 30th 2008Drug InformationIT / Internet / E-mail
Nearly 200 million people now live outside their country of birth. But the patterns of migration that got them there have proven difficult to project. Now scientists at Rockefeller University, with assistance from the United Nations, have developed a predictive model of worldwide population shifts that they say will provide better estimates of migration across international boundaries.
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Sep 30th 2008Drug InformationIT / Internet / E-mail
From today, people can access a new authoritative source of information on the Internet about medicines. This new resource is a guide to the life-cycle of new medicines, from their first scientific discovery through to licensing and on-going monitoring. It is available at http://www.mhra.gov.
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