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200 Years for NEJM

August 23, 2012 • Posted by:

The New England Journal of Medicine is celebrating 200 years of publishing! Here as a great historical account of how medicine has changed since the beginning of the NEJM. Getting Better

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Following Mobile Health

July 29, 2011 • Posted by:

Storify allows users to curate stories with online resources. meMedicine is now tracking mobile health @ Medicine 2.0. Is it safe? Who is using it? What should we know? Save our link so you can follow along as medicine evolves.  

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JournaLeaks

July 25, 2011 • Posted by:

  Forget +1. +18,000 journal were leaked on Pirate Bay this week. Pirate Bay is a torrent site that allows free downloads of all files uploaded to the site. Twitter celebrated the liberation of information.   [blackbirdpie id="94042476595249153"]   Greg Maxwell, if that is even his real name, uploaded the articles in protest against the academic [...]

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Avastin

July 6, 2011 • Posted by:

  Avastin is a anti-angiogenic colorectal cancer drug. This means that it prevents blood vessels from growing to tumors in the colon. If tumor is not supplied oxygen from blood vessels the tumor cells will die. Avastin works specifically by inhibiting vascular endothelial factors (VEGFs) that normally initiate blood vessel formation. In clinical trials, Avastin in combination [...]

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Last week the FDA announced that a new set of images would be found on cigarette packaging. A representative from the FDA admitted the images were embellished, which confused many, since the FDA claims to be after the truths of smoking. Regardless of the image sources, the hope is that these new images will detract from the allure of cigarettes.

June 27, 2011 • Posted by:

FDA Cigarette Warning

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Last week the FDA announced that a new set of images would be found on cigarette packaging. A representative from the FDA admitted the images were embellished, which confused many, since the FDA claims to be after the truths of smoking. Regardless of the image sources, the hope is that these new images will detract from the allure of cigarettes.

June 27, 2011 • Posted by:

FDA Cigarette Warning

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Last week the FDA announced that a new set of images would be found on cigarette packaging. A representative from the FDA admitted the images were embellished, which confused many, since the FDA claims to be after the truths of smoking. Regardless of the image sources, the hope is that these new images will detract from the allure of cigarettes.

June 27, 2011 • Posted by:

FDA Cigarette Warning

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