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Medical and other stories:The Physicians CommitteeApr 13 2016The Physicians Committee is making a new focus on health and compassion. The Physicians Committee combines the expertise of more than 12,000 physicians with the dedicated actions of 150,000 members across the United States and around the world. By signing up for free as a Medical Student, you may get access to a copy of their Good Medicine magazine and also a free book: Nutrition Guide for Clinicians. Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical ApproachMar 8 2016The New Edition of Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach Understanding Health Policy: The most comprehensive guide to healthcare available and provides everything needed to build a solid foundation on the field’s most critical issues. It helps develop a clearer, more systematic way of thinking about healthcare in the United States, its problems, and possible solutions. Expanded coverage of the impact of the Affordable Care Act, including Accountable Care Organizations and their impact, and global issues in health policy. Read this on AccessMedicine. Using evolutionary principles to prolong tumor control in models of breast cancerFeb 29 2016The standard approach to treating cancer is giving patients the maximum tolerated amount of chemotherapy with the goal of doing the maximum possible damage to the tumor without killing the patient. This study demonstrates a different approach for ensuring efficacy of chemotherapy and minimizing toxicity.
Top 100 Research papers of 2015Jan 11 2016Altmetric unveils its Top 100 list of the most shared and discussed academic research of 2015: http://www.altmetric.com/top100 The ranking is based on which research papers published in the last year have received the most attention from the sources tracked by Altmetric – including mainstream media sites, Wikipedia, blogs, social networks, and post-publication peer-review forums.
Scientists breach brain barrierNov 24 2015Scientists breach brain barrier to treat sick patient Surgery Tech – 3D Printing a rib cageSep 18 2015In a novel surgery, surgeons have transplanted the world’s first 3D printed titanium rib cage, NPR reports. See Video and read here. Using crowdfunding for clinical researchAug 3 2015As public research grants for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have diminished and become increasingly competitive, researchers have to search for alternative funding sources.
MRSA Bacteria medieval remedyJul 9 2015Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection may be treated by a remedy from the 10th century, interesting research, in the news, Social bias affected by SleepMay 29 2015Sleep may help the brain “unlearn” strongly ingrained biases (such as stereotypes), and sleep deprivation may make those biases more resistant to unlearning. A recent study reported in Science concludes that memory reactivation during sleep enhances counter stereotype training and that maintaining a bias reduction is sleep-dependent. Read article on our Science subscription, here: DynaMed AppMar 12 2015Free DynaMed app for SJSM students SJSM Students can use the clinical reference tool, DynaMed™ from EBSCO. You can now access the valuable, evidence-based content anywhere with the new DynaMed mobile app. The new app has been redesigned to make it easier and faster for physicians to find answers to clinical questions. |