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...el and Alan Mathios, both economists and associate professors in policy analysis and management in Cornell's College of Human Ecology, and Phil Decicca, a graduate student in their department. Their findings are particularly relevant in light of the bill approved by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee last wee...'Mutual Insurance Pool' Could Improve Transplant Organ Shortage
...al of HealthPolitics, Policy and Law, SFU business professors Aidan Vining and RichardSchwindt are selling the idea of a "mutual insurance pool" as an alternativeincentive program to their proposed future delivery market for organs, whichgenerated continent-wide interest and controversy more than a decade ago. ......een A. Veness-Meehan and Alan D. Stiles, associate professors ofpediatrics, nurse practitioner Elizabeth M. Holoman and Dr. Lewis H. Margolis,associate professor of maternal and child health. "There is a lot of pain involved in these extraordinarily hard decisions- personal pain for the family and staff......o, M.D., andDaniel Bednarek, Ph.D., both associate professors in the UB School of Medicineand Biomedical Sciences, and Chang-Ying J. Yang and William E. Granger, doctoralcandidates....MIT Microchip Releases Chemicals On Demand
...n 1993. "All ofus in the program went around to 16 professors in two days to hear presentationsfrom each on their research and the projects we could work on," said Mr.Santini, then a junior at the University of Michigan. "Michael's description ofthe microchip idea made an impression. I thought, "Hey. This is in...School Computer Posture Problems Found
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...Rader, M.D., and Alaa A. Elbendary, M.D, assistant professors of obstetrics andgynecology. Mutch says the results of this study and the other four provide agynecologic milestone. "This is a significant advance in the treatment of womenwith gynecologic cancers that can't be operated on," he says. "For the firstt......ith Drs. DonaldMcIntire and Brian Casey, assistant professors of obstetrics and gynecology, andDr. Kenneth Leveno, professor of obstetrics and gynecology. The study included approximately 127,000 newborns at Parkland Memorial Hospital.They were grouped according to gestational age and weight. Infants were compa...Study Suggests Inflammation Signs Can Show Who Will Develop Diabetes
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... acromegaly early next year. "Not many university professors are able to see something discovered in their laboratory be used successfully in the treatment of a human disorder. We are very proud of our discovery of this new class of drugs," said John Kopchick, Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar and professor of molecul...Lack of private health insurance increases risk of dying, study finds
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