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Virtual Mentor: Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association
Articles from this American Medical Association (AMA) publication cover clinical cases, health law cases, policy, and other areas related to medical ethics "that medical students, residents and young physicians encounter during their educational training."Topics include patient safety and medical error, surgery, transplants, end-of-life care, research, and ethics in specific medical disciplines. Archives go back to 1999, and are browsable by author, clinical case theme, topics, and issue date. [Funny] Group Protest's Wrong Congressman
MoveOn.org goes to protest U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers about connections with Tom Delay, but end up protesting wron congressman. Purdue Wind Tunnel Key For 'Hypersonic Vehicles,'Future Space Planes
By using the only wind tunnel capable of running quietly at "hypersonic"speeds, Purdue University engineers have conducted experiments to yield critical data for designing an advanced aircraft called the X-51A, powered by engines called scramjets. Scientists Identify Novel Gene Driving The Growth And Survival Of Mela
A team of researchers led by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered a genetic abnormality in the cells of some advanced melanoma patients that worsens their chances of survival, but also might be a target of future drug attack against the dangerous skin cancer. Study Urges Compensation-based Approach To Drug Patent Compulsory Lice
A researcher argues that ambiguous international rules outlining when and how governments may "break"pharmaceutical patents may end up significantly reducing incentives for innovation while at the same time failing to increase access to medicines. Tapping The Power Of Lightsticks
Scientists have applied the principle behind lightsticks -- those snap-to-glow devices that light up without electricity -- to produce remote photopolymerization, a long-sought process for sealing inaccessible cracks and numerous other potential practical uses. Winter Weather
Cold weather safety tips and information about cold weather health conditions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Features checklists for preparing your home and car for winter weather, a FAQ on health conditions such as hypothermia and frostbite, indoor and outdoor safety pointers, a bibliography, and related links. Some material available in Spanish and Vietnamese. Pinpoint Sound Beams Hunt Buried Land Mines
Researchers at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory are developing a highly pinpointed sound beam that can detect buried land mines from a safe distance. The new beam will use sound to seek out land mines like a bat uses sonar to hunt its prey. Physicist Takes A Trip To Nuclear 'Island Of Inversion'
Far from the everyday world occupied by such common elements such as gold and lead lies a little-understood realm inhabited by radioactive, or unstable, elements. Recently, a nuclear physicists illustrated how the "normal"rules of physics don't apply for some of these radioactive elements. Eating Foods With 'Weak Estrogens' May Help Reduce Lung Cancer Risk
Eating vegetables and other foods that have weak estrogen-like activity appears to reduce the risk of developing lung cancer in smokers - as well as in non-smokers, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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