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  Westminster University’s crackpot ’science’ degrees Veteran quack-basher Prof. David Colquhoun reports on Westminster University’s crackerjack science degrees in er… pseudoscience. Yes, for just £3,145 (or £9,450 for you internationals), students can earn a Bachelor of Science in Complementary... Posted Apr 23 2008, 01:33 PM by SciencePunk Feeds Filed under: homeopathy, david colquhoun, pseudoscience, complementary therapies, prof david, medicine, bachelor of science, herbal medicine, crackerjack, westminster, quack, science degrees

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  Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 4/9/2008 Nesse and Stearns on how evolution is used in medicine Hint: liberally. Run noisy, run deep What does a fish say? Is yoga better than other exercise for boosting self-esteem? Yoga, schmoga. Study: Apple logo stimulates the brain Research not funded by... Posted Apr 08 2008, 07:26 PM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: awwww, brain research, stearns, yoga, lion, boosting self esteem, apple logo, steve jobs, medicine, zeitgeist, nesse, fish, evolution, exercise

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  Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests - Good or Evil? Direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies will have a lot to mull over this weekend after the publication of a Genetics and Public Policy Center case study of personalized medicine in Science. The authors examined the use of CYP450 testing in the selection... Posted Apr 04 2008, 08:30 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: genetic testing, medicine, depression, science, public policy center, ssri drugs, genetics, case study

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  Ethics of Whole Genome Research Yesterday, I touched on how consumers can prepare to use their genetic information to gain access to personalized medicine. On a related note, consumers should also be prepared to consider options for contributing their genetic information to research... Posted Mar 25 2008, 04:36 PM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: genetic information, consumers, desire, medicine, research efforts

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  Consumer Genomics and Personalized Medicine Pharmaceutical companies are searching through their dusty shelves and archives to find drugs in abandoned pipelines that may be potentially effective in groups of people defined by their genetic make-up. The Wall Street Journal reports that personalized... Posted Mar 24 2008, 03:04 PM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: pipelines, drugs, medicine, pharmaceutical companies, dusty shelves, gathering speed, wall street, wall street journal

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  Troubled Water This is a revised version of an article that appeared in the March 2006 issue of Seed . Click here to read the original. Credit: Jimmy Turrell The Associated Press recently announced , after a five-month inquiry, that researchers have found trace amounts... Posted Mar 10 2008, 03:09 PM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: bloodstream, prescription drugs, medicine, medicine cabinets, pharmaceuticals, solid waste, trillion, long periods of time, environmental problem, scientists, drinking water supplies, 1970s, trace amounts, waste treatment plants, wastewater, water supply, methods of administering drugs, pills, open question

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  Eye on DNA Headlines for 28 February 2008 Thanks to Berci at ScienceRoll for hosting Grand Rounds 4.22: The Future of Medicine. Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Eisen at The Tree of Life! He’s the new Academic Editor in Chief of PLoS Biology. Congratulations also to my employer, DNA Direct... Posted Feb 28 2008, 04:06 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: future of medicine, biology, tree of life, medicine, dr jonathan, grand rounds, dna, jonathan, jonathan eisen

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  A quick fix would stop drug firms bending the truth It’s not just about Prozac. Our failure to properly regulate testing in the pharmaceutical industry has devastating costs Ben Goldacre The Guardian, Wednesday February 27 2008 Yesterday the journal PLoS Medicine published a study which combined... Posted Feb 26 2008, 02:56 PM by Bad Science Feeds Filed under: guardian, antidepressant drugs, prozac, medicine, pharmaceutical industry, plos medicine, failure, placebo

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  New technique may prevent organ rejection following kidney transplant, studies suggests This is one of the most exciting developments in transplant medicine and surgery in some time. In fact, if this concept can prove successful across the transplant spectrum as well as have a high rate of efficacy, then the face of many chronic illnesses... Posted Feb 03 2008, 05:53 PM by Center for Internet and Digital Medicine Feeds Filed under: renal failure, efficacy, medicine, spectrum, transplant medicine, chronic illnesses

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  The New England Journal of Medicine Gives Direct-to-Consumer Genome Scans Thumbs Down The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is telling doctors what they should advise their patients when it comes to genome scans. And the advice is basically - Don’t Do It! Here are the concerns about genome scans as raised by the NEJM article... Posted Jan 10 2008, 11:09 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: new england, new england journal, new england journal of medicine, doctors, journal of medicine, medicine, england journal of medicine, nejm article

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  New Forum for Health Informatics Professionals and Students We’ve set up a new Health Informatics Discussion Forum . Sections include Evidence Based Medicine , Electronic Health Records , Decision Support Sytems , Standards , Careers , Education and more. Posted Dec 28 2007, 02:23 PM by Doctors' Gadgets Feeds Filed under: forum sections, electronic health records, decision support, health informatics, medicine, discussion forum, evidence based medicine, new health, careers education

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  DNA Job: Cardiovascular Genetic Epidemiologist I’m not in the market for a new job but I still like looking through the jobs section at New Scientist. Here’s one that caught my eye from this week’s issue. Cardiovascular/Genetic Epidemiologist University of Oxford, Nuffield Department... Posted Dec 06 2007, 10:59 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: new scientist, jobs, genetic epidemiologist, nuffield department, medicine, clinical medicine, new job, university of oxford, cancer epidemiology unit