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Doctor's Group Pulls Paper on 'Excited Delirium,' Often Cited in Cases Involving Excessive Force by Police

Drugs.com

13, 2023 -- A paper that has been used in court cases to justify excessive police force was withdrawn Thursday by the American College of Emergency Physicians, a prominent doctor’s group. The paper, published in 2009, was on a. FRIDAY, Oct.

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David Liu receives Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Broad Institute

During his doctoral research at University of California Berkeley, Liu initiated the first general effort to expand the genetic code in living cells. Liu became an HHMI investigator in 2005 and joined the JASONs, academic science advisors to the US government, in 2009. In 2016, he became a core institute member at the Broad Institute.

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AHA News: Hospice Candidate at 2, She’s Now 13 and Thriving

The Pharma Data

” That was the term the doctors used six months after a third surgery to correct a heart defect that left her struggling to breathe while her lungs continued to fill with fluid. A doctor suggested hospice. Several doctors came in to evaluate what they were seeing. In March 2010, doctors did just that. MONDAY, Jan.

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Tips for Parents of Kids With Diabetes

The Pharma Data

children and teens with type 2 diabetes increased by 30% between 2001 and 2009, with cases growing among youth aged 10 and older. A child can see a doctor, diabetes educator, dietitian and psychologist. The number of U.S. “With type 2 diabetes, the body produces insulin but doesn’t use it properly,” Eapen said.

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Coronavirus: Health workers' army to be trained to deliver Covid vaccine

The Pharma Data

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said this could include training a wider range of existing NHS staff, as well as student doctors and nurses. A rapidly-developed vaccine for H1N1 swine flu in 2009, Pandemrix, was linked to a small number of people developing chronic sleep disorder narcolepsy. Source link.

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AHA News: Few Clinical Studies Examine High Blood Pressure Treatments for Black Americans

The Pharma Data

based clinical trials investigating interventions for high blood pressure between 2009-2018, just 52 were exclusively in Black people. While the numbers grew over that decade – from 3.9% (3 of 77 trials) in 2009 to 6.2% (9 of 146) in 2018 – the increase was not enough to be statistically significant.

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Women in STEM: An Inspiring Journey with Dr Jo Brewer

Drug Target Review

Success in the haematology space has really been driving this from the beginning, which is not surprising as haem doctors understand stem cell transplants; they’re used to working with a lot of the sort of toxicities that can come with cell therapies.

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