NPG, French foundation hold meeting of Emergence & Convergence mini-symposia - December 31, 2008
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the La Fondation Ipsen recently conducted the sixth meeting of the Emergence & Convergence mini-symposia. The event comprised one-day meetings highlighting various dynamic sectors in biological and medical research. The meeting discussed a particularly… Read More
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New edition of psychiatric handbook comes under criticism for confidentiality mandate - December 30, 2008
The American Psychiatric Association is reportedly updating the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as the DSM. The manual, being revised under a cloak of confidentiality, has come under criticism for not allowing outside observers to review the scientific debate… Read More
AstraZeneca ties with the Nobel Prize Foundation comes under scrutiny - December 30, 2008
Swedish anti-corruption agents are reportedly investigating pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca's financial ties with the Nobel Prize Foundation. According to reports from Pharmalot and Discover Magazine, the drug maker financially sponsored two of the Nobel Foundation subsidiaries and maintains strong financial ties to decision makers who actually award the Nobel Prize. Prosecutors… Read More
Evidence-based approach to theories of medical decision making published in current special section of Medical Decision Making - December 30, 2008
Medical Decision Making (MDM), published by academic publisher SAGE, has included a special section in the November/December 2008 issue of the journal as a way to help both the sick and their medical care providers to make the best healthcare decisions. The section examines three current… Read More
RCOG launches new prostate-cancer specific website, expands online presence for cancer information - December 30, 2008
The Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG) has announced the online expansion of available cancer information for their primary website, RCOG.com. The organisation has also launched its new prostate-cancer specific website, ProstRcision.com. Founded in 1979, RCOG claims to be the only source for ProstRcision, a prostate cancer… Read More
