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The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has now topped 900, according to the World Health Organization. It's the deadliest outbreak ever recorded. …

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The data in the Physician Compensation Report come from more than 24,000 doctors in 25 specialties, who responded to Medscape’s annual survey with information on their compensation for 2013.

The graph below shows the average earnings for each surveyed specialty. Orthopedists were the highest earners:

In …

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The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA) is now officially investigating the potential that FDA-approved testosterone products increase the risk of serious adverse cardiovascular outcomes ^[1] .

The agency cites two studies, one of which was published just two days ago, both reported by heart wire , that suggests men taking the testosterone supplements have an increased risk…

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Let’s face it, physicians have a challenging job and face a lot of obstacles throughout their careers. It is therefore reasonable to wonder how satisfied they are with their job, how fatigued they are (both physically and mentally), and other challenges they experience during their career. Through a recent study some interesting information was gained as it explored the work lives, professional satisfaction, and burnout of US physicians by career stage and differences across…

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Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. He had a surgeon explore the area, and the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer. This surgeon was one of the best in the country. He had even invented a new procedure for this exact cancer that could triple a patient’s five-year-survival odds—from 5 percent to 15 percent—albeit with a poor quality of life.…

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Medicalia.org wishes to provide its active member a range of benefits and advantages.

We define an "active member" as the one who publishes in Medicalia.org 10 posts/discussions/photos/videos, etc...  or invite 50 contacts to join during a month.

Become an active member and get 50% discount…

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About Internet Medical Society

Medicalia.org is the home site of the "Internet Medical Society" (IMS, http://ims.org.es), …

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There is increasing concern that most current published research findings are false. The probability that a research claim is true may depend on study power and bias, the number of other studies on the same question, and, importantly, the ratio of true to no relationships among the relationships probed in each scientific field. In this framework, a research finding is less likely to be true when the studies conducted in a field are smaller; when effect sizes are smaller; when there is a greater… Continue

iMedPub Journals launches new scientific journals during 2009. Investigators interested in joining their Editorial Boards are invited to send a mail with the investigator's curriculum to info@imedpub.com



METHASTASIS RESEARCH

Journal on molecular mechanisms of methastasis



ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL GENETICS

Publication covering molecular basis of human disease, human cancer genetics, the clinical manifestations of genetic disorders, applications of molecular genetics to… Continue