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news	updated Friday March 12, 2010

	BREAKING NEWS (LIFE SCIENCES) »			BREAKING NEWS (CLINICAL) »
•	Researchers characterize stem cell function		•	Home Specimen Collection Boosts Cervical Cancer Screening (CME/CE)
•	Tropical Storm Tomas calls for alerts in south Pacific		•	No Increased Risk of Death with 'The Pill' (CME/CE)
•	Yellow fever strikes monkey populations in South America		•	BP Variation Predicts Stroke Better than Mean Values (CME/CE)
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	BIOLOGY »			HEALTH NEWS »
•	Researchers characterize stem cell function		•	UBC scientist honored with BMJ's Junior Doctor of the Year Award
•	Yellow fever strikes monkey populations in South America		•	Yellow fever strikes monkey populations in South America
•	Proposed mission would return sample from asteroid 'time capsule'		•	Hopkins doctor/disaster expert says resource problems in Haiti required ethical decision-making
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	CANCER RESEARCH »			CARDIOLOGY »
•	Berkeley scientists find new way to get physical in the fight against cancer		•	BP Variation Predicts Stroke Better than Mean Values (CME/CE)
•	Researchers discover brain tumor's 'grow-or-go' switch		•	Novel Thyroid Hormone Analogue Aids Lipid Lowering (CME/CE)
•	Effort aims to spike breast cancer with new approach		•	Docs Often Miss Lipid Targets, More So with Women (CME/CE)
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	INFECTIOUS DISEASES »			ENDOCRINOLOGY »
•	UBC scientist honored with BMJ's Junior Doctor of the Year Award		•	AAOS: Osteoporosis Drugs May Weaken Bones in Long Term (CME/CE)
•	Yellow fever strikes monkey populations in South America		•	Novel Thyroid Hormone Analogue Aids Lipid Lowering (CME/CE)
•	Barrier in mosquito midgut protects invading pathogens		•	FDA Reassures on Osteoporosis Drugs
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	PUBLIC HEALTH »			GASTROENTEROLOGY »
•	Use Shot that Targets 13 Strains of Pneumococci (CME/CE)		•	ACS Stats Find Gains in War on Cancer
•	AAOS: Nurse Staffing Level Matters in Hip Fracture Outcomes (CME/CE)		•	Adherence to Perinatal HBV Prevention Guidance Lacking (CME/CE)
•	Metabolic Meds Top Medicare Drug Spending		•	Liver Transplant Recommendations Revised (CME/CE)
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	IMMUNOLOGY »			NEUROLOGY »
•	FDA Panels to Advise on LABA Study Designs		•	BP Variation Predicts Stroke Better than Mean Values (CME/CE)
•	AAAAI: Study Continues of HAE Drug Reactions (CME/CE)		•	ACS Stats Find Gains in War on Cancer
•	AAAAI: Test May Identify Asthma Patients Unresponsive to Steroids (CME/CE)		•	Alzheimer's Disease More Prevalent in Blacks, Hispanics
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	ONCOLOGY »			PULMONARY / CRITICAL CARE »
•	Home Specimen Collection Boosts Cervical Cancer Screening (CME/CE)		•	FDA Okays First Platelet Storage Solution
•	AAD: Signal Inhibitor Active in Basal Cell Carcinoma (CME/CE)		•	Cardiac Benefits of Smoking Reduction Quantified (CME/CE)
•	ACS Stats Find Gains in War on Cancer		•	Pandemic Infections Hit 50 Million; Vaccine Supply Up
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	RENAL MEDICINE »			DRUG ALERTS »
•	Older Hyperkalemia Agents Don't Pass Muster (CME/CE)		•	FDA Reassures on Osteoporosis Drugs
•	Americans Have Sex into Their 60s and Beyond (CME/CE, with audio)		•	FDA Okays Botox Use in Elbow, Wrist, Muscle Spasms
•	Kidney Donors Survive Just Fine (CME/CE, with video)		•	FDA Panels to Advise on LABA Study Designs
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	ETHICS AND POLICY »			SCIENCE BUSINESS »
•	Hopkins doctor/disaster expert says resource problems in Haiti required ethical decision-making		•	Rady School Professor Terry August receives prestigious award from National Science Foundation
•	Who does what on Wikipedia?		•	Effort aims to spike breast cancer with new approach
•	Sam Houston State University crime lab to serve Southeast Texas		•	Who does what on Wikipedia?
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