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Leukemia: A Home Run and a Long Touchdown Drive (with audio)

(MedPage Today) -- The landscape of progress in leukemia has several prominent landmarks, but specialists in the field agree that two tower above all others: the conquests of chronic myeloid leukemia...

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Biologics Transform RA Outlook (with audio)

(MedPage Today) -- Rheumatoid arthritis patients no longer face a lifetime of crippling disability, thanks to the introduction of TNF inhibitors as well as better use of methotrexate and...

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The Taming of the Heart Attack (with audio)

(MedPage Today) -- The world of cardiology has changed radically, and myocardial infarction has gone from a sure killer to a treatable event in which the prognosis is more likely to be survival with...

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On the Stump: When Academics Are Out of the Picture (with video)

(MedPage Today) -- The practice of doing promotional speaking for drug companies is not new, but it has come under fire in recent years. In this MedPage Today/Journal Sentinel special report, we...

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Change of Address Changes Prognosis for Brain Cancer Patient

(MedPage Today) -- In this second MedPage Today/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel special report, John Fauber describes an oncologist and his patients who were successfully battling glioblastoma multiforme...

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Retail Clinics Branch into Chronic Disease Treatment (with video)

(MedPage Today) -- Retail clinics aren't just for strep throats any more; they'll also be managing diabetes and other chronic diseases.

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Medicare Reversal Ignites Hope for Glioblastoma Patient

(MedPage Today) -- Last month, John Fauber wrote about a Wisconsin woman who had been successfully treated for glioblastoma only to have the tumor return when a move to a new home triggered a Medicare...

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Oh, Those Brits: BMJ Offers Holiday Cheer

(MedPage Today) -- Oddball but genuine scientific research papers are an annual Christmas tradition at BMJ, and this year is no exception -- as the journal tackled topics ranging from medical uses of...

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Operator-Dependent Results Cloud Picture

(MedPage Today) -- One of the more controversial aspects of the FDA's 2002 approval of bone morphogenetic protein-2 or BMP-2, is the relationship between financial ties to Medtronic, the maker of...

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Academics Profit By Making the Case for Opioid Painkillers

(MedPage Today) -- The CDC says the abuse of opioid painkillers has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. Yet even as the epidemic raged, a handful of researchers at the University of Wisconsin...

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Pain Management Group Disavows Pharma Funding

(MedPage Today) -- In this follow-up to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today special report, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health organization that has been criticized...

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Croatian Guerrilla Science Pierces Orthopedic Old Guard (with video)

(MedPage Today) -- Almost 10 years ago, the FDA approved recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2, or BMP-2, a biologic agent that could grow bone where none existed -- and the product was a...

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Medtronic Hires Yale to Review Infuse Safety

(MedPage Today) -- Medtronic, whose spine surgery product called Infuse has come under attack, has agreed to spend $2.5 million for an independent review of its safety and effectiveness by Yale...

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A Love of Story, in Print and in the Clinic (with video)

(MedPage Today) -- Over the last 10 years, some hospitals and medical centers have started publishing literary journals. At the same time, there's been a growing emphasis on humanities training in some...

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Spinal Fusion Patients Immobilized by Pain

(MedPage Today) -- An ongoing Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today investigation into a bone morphogenetic protein-2 device marketed as Infuse has uncovered a number of concerns about the safety of...

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