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...n Ness Avenue, San Francisco Some of the scheduled speakers and titles of their presentations include: -John Benson, MD, Dean Emeritus, Oregon Health Sciences University --"On Being Physician in the Hospitalist Era" -Thomas DelBanco, MD, professor, Harvard Medical School; Chief, General Medicine and Primary ...Healtheon founder among featured speakers at disease management leadership conference
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Professor among 25 speakers at Society of Actuaries' "Retirement 2000" Conference SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Jan. 27, 2000 A study to be released at an upcoming conference says that even as the baby boomers retire, a larger-than-projected labor force can be maintained and productiv...Health phone lines hampered by public's poor understanding of the term 'unconscious'
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...Ida Friday Continuing Education Center and include speakers in demand throughout the United States. "This evidence-based conference will look at how various diseases and conditions prevalent in our society are treated with herbs and supplements," said Dr. Susan Gaylord, assistant professor of physical medici...7,500 pharmaceutical scientists to explore therapies for new millennium
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