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Inspiring "Last Lecture" Professor Dies

Author thanks Randy Pausch for “raising the consciousness of mankind.”
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Are birds coming home to roost for top torture advocate?

The former DoD legal head and torture advocate once defended the bombing of rare birds in the Marianas Islands. Now an executive at Chevron, William Haynes was called to testify about interrogation techniques but apparently succumbed to selective amnesia. Not so those on the receiving end of his bad policies....
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S. Koreans are right to protest U.S. beef imports

An examination of chemical additives in American beef and other food products, and corporate lobbyist response to consumer protection legislation....
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Biopiracy: The practice of pirating molecules from nature

Adams relates that drug companies are researching herbs in China, the Amazon, and Australian outback to discover and 'pirate' molecules from nature that can be modified, patented and manufactured as prescription drugs. ...
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The Uses of Empathy: A Medical Student's Perspective

Discussion of empathy in medical practice....
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Why Not Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants?

Evidence-based medicine has the potential to enlarge the army of health-care givers. The author believes physicians, patients and others should have an open dialogue about the future of medical practice....
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Ladies, never put yourself in an "Age Box."

Getting old is no treat; neither is the treatment the elderly get from our society. ...
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U.S. deaths from tainted heparin climbs to 81

FDA budget too small to inspect and protect...
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Push for health care privatization terrorizes some Swedes

Swedish journalist says there is renewed pressure to change the Swedish health care model. ...
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Topics that make teens cringe

How much of your life should you share with your teen? A professional counselor and family therapist has some words of wisdom about maintaining healthy boundaries with your teenage children....
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