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Research news: November 2009
Medical professionalism Students’ professionalism lapses online JAMA 2009;302:1309-15 Many US medical schools need to tighten up their policies on internet use, say researchers, after a survey found evidence of unprofessional content posted by medical students online. Forty seven of the 78 medical schools who responded reported incidents ranging from profanities about the course and its staff to frank breaches of patient confidentiality on social netwo… Read this article >>
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Research news: October 2009
Cardiology Assays diagnose myocardial infarction early N Engl J Med 2009;361:858-67 N Engl J Med 2009;361:868-77 Two prospective multic… Read this article >>
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Research news: September 2009
Malaria Plasmodium falciparum resistance N Engl J Med 2009;361:455-67 Artemisinin is the first line treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in areas where malaria is endemic, but evidence is emerging that the p… Read this article >>
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Research news: July 2009
Cognitive behaviour therapy Helps prevent depression in teens JAMA 2009;301:2215-24 Teenagers with depressed parents are more likely to become depressed themselves; however, emerging evidence indicates that cognitive behaviour therapy can reduce the r… Read this article >>
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Research news: June 2009
Pandemic influenza Governments need two drugs, not one PLoS Medicine 2009, doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000085 Most countries are currently stockpiling a single antiviral, oseltamivir, to use against potentially pandemic influenza viruses includin… Read this article >>
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