Some Notes after Grand Rounds, and Questions for Medical Blogs and the Internet
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to host med-blog Grand Rounds. This honor – or assignment, depending on your perspective – came just in time for the new academic year. (That would be today,...
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NIH to Drop Requirement for Websites Disclosing Researchers’ Ties to Industry
sunshine image Today’s word comes from Nature News that the NIH is dropping a proposed requirement for universities to disclose researchers’ financial ties to industry on websites. This is a loss for...
View ArticleNews on an Unusual Cancer Treatment by Heat in Surgery (Hipec)
There’s so much weird and exciting cancer news this week, it’s hard to keep up! Double-kudos to Andrew Pollack on his front-page and careful coverage in the New York Times of the hyperthermic...
View ArticleNEJM Reports on 2 New Drugs for Hepatitis C
Last week’s NEJM delivered an intriguing, imperfect article on a new approach to treating hepatitis C (HCV). The paper’s careful title, Preliminary Study of Two Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C...
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