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Screening and Prevention: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
In the last month, the Obama administration announced programs to reduce racial…
It’s Official: Teens Prefer Texting to Talking.
A survey in our adolescent clinic (Nov 2010) found 80% of teens…
Jumping into Health Care Social Media
The legendary bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked, “Why do you rob…
Fitbit Profile Sexual Activity Shows up in Google Search Results, What Else Could?
This sounds a little Facebookish: the default setting for the FitBit device…
Welcome New Interns and Residents
Another July 1st arrives at the Medical Centers of America. Educated observers…
ACO’s and CMS
The Accountable Care Organization is really an accounting mechanism and may…
Pharma R & D Spending is Down
And that’s probably bad news. Here is Megan McArdle, writing in The…
#Bio2011: After the Party is Over
For the thousands of life science industry representatives who attend the Biotechnology Industry…