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DeAngelis will return to Johns Hopkins University when she leaves JAMA next June.

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More answers to your sunscreen questions from Richard Glogau, a clinical professor of dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Excerpt from: Sunscreen Questions, Part III: Expiration Dates, Melanoma, Vitamin D

Answers to this first batch of questions are from Darrell Rigel, clinical professor of dermatology at New York University Langone Medical Center.

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Having a grocery store nearby doesn’t guarantee purchases of fresh produce or other more healthful foods, a University of Washington report found — those decisions are often driven by economics.

See the rest here:  It’s the (Food) Economy, Stupid

A study out today reports what happened to 18 pregnant women with H1N1 who ended up in two New York hospitals – and it shows things can get pretty bad.

Continued here:  What Happens When Pregnant Women Get Severe Swine Flu

A handful of doctors and a Panera Bread restaurant both tried out a pay-what-you-want pricing model — but only one is keeping it.

View original post here: How Much Would You Pay for a Primary-Care Visit?

The controversy over gene patents is not going away anytime soon. As the WSJ reports, a Duke University study concludes that exclusive licensing of gene-based diagnostic tests can keep patients from benefiting from genetic discoveries and often leads to legal wrangling.

A program at the University of California San Diego known as PACE –- for Physician Assessment and Clinical Education — is being used by a growing number of hospitals and state medical boards to assess the competency of troubled doctors, according to an article in today’s WSJ special report on Innovations in Health Care.

You wouldn’t think that getting world-wide figures on the number of mothers who die in pregnancy, childbirth or afterward would be particularly tricky for the experts. But there’s more evidence that such is the case.

It’s not every season that a long-shot team like the Butler University Bulldogs makes it to the championship round of the NCAA basketball tournament. And it’s certainly not every year that the coach of a Final Four team used to sell prescription drugs.