Emory Doctors Discuss "Killing Heat" In This Week's NEJM
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...y a panel ofsenior managers from top U.S. chemical companies and investment firms who willdiscuss trends and how they will affect chemical industry careers. The IndustryPavilion also will feature literature, networking and computer resources. Brochures on the Industry Pavilion's programs and displays ......ore intense painconditions. Pharmaceutical companies have been developing prototype painkillers toblock the action of substance P and neurokinin A on receptors located on thesurfaces of pain-transmitting nerve cells. The recent rodent studies by Basbaumand others are defining and refining scientific u...... the outcomes of these trials are important to the companies whosedrugs are being tested, they have no influence once the trial begins. "The companies, of course, have input in the overall design of theactual trial, but once it begins, CECs are completely independent. As a matterof policy, CEC membe...Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Insurance companies that limit payment for theacne drug tretinoin to t...t least 40. "We found that many insurance companies refuse to pay for tretinoin forpatients older than 25," said Feldman, associate professor of dermato...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
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...unts. Green Chemistry methods allow pharmaceutical companies toprepare the drugs in a laboratory as well as preserve the environment, hesaid. In most cases, synthetic drugs are preferable to natural drugsbecause quality control is better and they have a more predictable responseamong patients, said Randy Hatto...Infants With Eye Problem Sought For NIH-Sponsored Study Of Congenital Esotropia
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