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...This booklet from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences discusses the many different ways medicines work in the body and how this information guides the hunt for drugs of the future. It is available in e-pub (http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/epubs/MedicinesByDesign.epub) and PDF (http://publications.nigms.nih.gov...

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...itute of General Medical Sciences showcases the exciting ways that scientists are using the power of computers to expand our knowledge of biology and medicine. It is available in e-pub (http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/epubs/ComputingLife.epub) and PDF (http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/computinglife/computing_life.pdf) formats....

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...s surged among scholars in such different fields of study as mathematics, medicine, botany, biology, zoology, geography, history, and navigation. ... ...wish to thank Martin M. Cummings, MD, director of the National Library of Medicine (1964–83), for awakening me to the importance of citizen access to... ...especially helpful, as has Cheryl R. Dee, PhD, at the National Library of Medicine. Author Jack Weatherford was kind enough to grant me free rein ...

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...If it had nicked an intestine, peritonitis would set in, and their primitive medicines wouldn’t be able to combat it. Even if there wasn’t an infectio...

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...(e.g., to economics and psychology) and even to more robust fields like biology or medicine. Yet no one disputes the existence of economic behavior... ...miniscent of psychotic disorders. The exceptions are (arguably) the disciplines of medicine and biology. A phenomenology of ossified bodies of know... ...t ineludibly facets of the same underlying phenomenon. In other words, that a given medicine reduces or abolishes certain symptoms does not necessar... ...and chemistry - albeit more slowly and, perhaps, more profoundly and irreversibly. Medicines as David Kaiser reminds us in " Against Biologic Psyc...

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...t import some acupuncturists and some ginseng and junk this whole Western medicine model. 142 —―Are we ready for socialized medicine-- wit... ... the solutions?‖ HEALTH CARE AND AGING POPULATIONS —―Socialized medicine carries huge social costs. ―Health care costs, as a perce... ...ighest percentage of GDP in the world and they don‘t even have socialized medicine. If the pattern since 1960 is any indication, increases could be ... ... also spend more for the same drugs than do the countries with socialized medicine. ―It‘s really not fair that the individual American consu... ...id against another for 154 somewhat similar drugs. So in a socialized medicine country the consumer may not be able to get the best drug, especi... ...cal Ethics endorsed by the First I International Conference on Islamic Medicine. (93) It includes: ‗Mercy killing, like suicide, finds no sup... ...f it increases disease, the society may pay much of the costs of doctors, medicines and hospitalization. That would be a negative. Some argue that fo... ...ps the others. Homosexuality is just not normal.‖ —―But neither are medicines, air conditioning or guns. Does uncommon mean unnatural? Does h... ..., Conscience, and Controversial Clinical Practices,‖ New England J. of Medicine. Vol. 356, No. 6, Feb. 8, 2007, pp 593-600) 45. Koran 2:219 46. ...

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...rld, today the many great universities are here. Cutting edge research in medicine, genetics, engineering and even the humanities have made the uni... ...ed. So while we have nationalized health insurance we don‘t have socialized medicine in which every person is entitled to care just because he is hum... ...companies bid for a whole country, as they do in countries with socialized medicine, they come in with low prices. As a result drugs cost less in mo... ...se of robotics or the hand produced goods of cheap labor. ―In medicine we have learned to look at the bio-medical model as the ultimate ... ...as when someone is denied a license to drive a car or a license to practice medicine, the individual is saddened but the society is better off. Right...

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...ng. “And what about health care. Socialized medicine sounded like a good idea. The British National Health Service ... ...oesn’t dent the billions who roam our overcrowded home. And the advances of medicine have increased life-spans by eliminating or reducing the microb... ...are starving in the back pews and outside the holy walls. How much food and medicine would the golden domes, the art collections, the real estate ho... ... business world. So many women are excited about their careers in business, medicine, law and sales that staying home with children is generally not ...

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...incredible range of uses we have found for its oil, its rind and its pulp: in medicine, cooking, woodwork, and nutrition and wonder about it… The w... ...s also why there are twelve meridians of the human body in Chinese traditional medicine. With one buffer Meridian in-between the two halved-Totaliti... ...s also why there are twelve meridians of the human body in Chinese traditional medicine. With one buffer Meridian in-between the two halved-Totaliti... ...erve and perpetuate this amassed accumulation of given power in the form of a medicine man, a leader, a council, a ruling class, an army, a King, a s... ...y to gain power. By accumulating knowledge-experience-expertise, they became medicine men, shamans, leaders, tribal chieftains. In all human soci... ...could fool people into believing you knew something they didn’t. If a tribal medicine man claims to have accumulated special knowledge and if his k... ...m, or personality? By prowess with tools? By a built-up knowledge of herbal medicine that could appear magical… and kept secret, so that the medic... ...us realities of the old witch doctors, the superstitious realities of the old medicine men, the old prophets, the old wizards, the old gurus, the ol... ...ght has been played out over and over, for thousands of years… in politics, in medicine, in government, in business, in science… in all of society. ...

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...long history with English as a primary language has made its graduates in medicine, information technology and mathematics more valuable in our globa... ...ledge of the Indian medical community they do a great deal of research in medicine and in the pharmaceutical fields. They also manufacture a large a...

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... transplanted hearts. What would you call it Alan?” “I don’t know, modern medicine, professionalism.” Alan rubbed his hand over a weather-beaten chi...

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...rself on the receiving end of both in ample doses in July 2005. The taste of one's medicine is always bitter. In a string of uninterrupted and unpu... ...hcare and potable water schemes in Iraq as well as for micronutrients, vitamins and medicines for its malnourished and disease-stricken populace. S... ... 332-page dual use "Goods Review" list. Iraq receives over $4.5 billion of food and medicines a year through the UN-administered oil for food and m... ...ary responsibility for ensuring that the Iraqi population is provided with adequate medicine, health supplies, foodstuffs and materials and supplies... ...earmarked for equipment and infrastructure, would be diverted to purchase food and medicine "on a reimbursable basis". Who would reimburse the fund... ...ved in the Toronto Globe and Mail: "Until May of 2002, the total value of all food, medicines, education, sanitation, agricultural and infrastructur... ...al skills in administration, agriculture, oil extraction, finance, economics, law, medicine and education are preparing to return. Draft reconstruc...

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... stone hall where Jacina stood among the line of guards against the wall. “Our medicine is beyond help for Saria,” he said softly as he bowed his... ...hey went down the steps of the palace hall to the first floor. “The effects of the medicine no doubt.” “I had no idea it would act so strongly. ... ...ould be.” “As it should be a political marriage,” she responded. “Besides, the medicine advanced my aging.” “Yes, Saria. It was a marriage ...

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... and by labor-intensive imports. An ageing population and life-prolonging medicines will prop up the healthcare sector. Yet, the much touted growth...

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... improving Hawaiian well-being. The result was a powerful exchange of current findings, recent data, and new challenges from areas including health, medicine, education, social work, economics, government, law, and culture. This issue of Hulili features three essays from invited speakers, eight articles based on conference presentations, and two additional articles. We...

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...ion, but there are probably a billion people who do.‖ —―You‘re right Ray, we can never be sure. But let‘s take the position of Western medici... ...nt women have been more overtly encouraged to follow whatever needs and drives they feel. They may now enter the traditional male domains-- of medici... ...ls than the men. 66% of the women and 63% of the men planned to work for advanced degrees. And a slight majority of women plan to go into law, medici...