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Topic: Institute of Medicine

  

What is design’s role in the future of healthcare?

BY Ross Teague
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While we are talking about healthcare, lets not forget the role design plays in the development of medical devicesREAD MORE›

Monitor Meds Given in Hospital for Errors

BY Bradley Hofland
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Frighteningly, the longer a patient stays in a hospital, the higher the risk that they will be victims of a preventable medical error. READ MORE›

Top Scalpel

BY Michael A. Prospero
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Too many medical errors happen because of lousy communications. To help fix that, health care is looking to the skies.READ MORE›

Surgical Malpractice

BY Stephen Ozcomert
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Having an operation ranks as number one on a list of things people would rather not do.READ MORE›

Are Silicone Breast Implants Safe?

BY Anthony Lombardi
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Are silicone breast implants safe? NJ plastic surgeon, Dr. Anthony Lombardi, answers.READ MORE›

When Things Go Wrong Medically

BY Bradley Hofland
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When something goes wrong medically, it will often go wrong at just about any point in the process of being diagnosed to being treated.READ MORE›

Nabil Moukheibir - Fast 50 2002

BY Fast Company Staff
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26. Diagnose the FutureREAD MORE›

Patient Be Thine Own Doctor

BY Robert Webb
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The Institute of Medicine in the U.S. estimates that close to 100,000 die in hospitals every year thanks to medical errors.READ MORE›

Common Med Mal Lawsuit Areas

BY Robert Webb
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In actuality, there is nothing “common” about medical malpractice lawsuits, as they come in a variety of disparate areas.READ MORE›

NJ Plastic Surgeon | Silicone Breast Implants | Jersey Shore

BY Anthony Lombardi
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Are silicone breast implants safe? NJ best plastic surgeon, Dr. Anthony Lombardi, answers.READ MORE›

The Body: Bulletproof

BY Ramez Naam
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If you want to live forever, change your skin color, or just firm up those abs from the comfort of your own couch, you might be in luck: Gene therapy is on its way--and it's coming fast.READ MORE›

Pipe Dream?

BY Bill Breen
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Rick Doblin has a prescription for fixing NIDA's ailing medical-marijuana program: establish an alternative.READ MORE›

The Cannabis Conundrum

BY Bill Breen
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As the founder of a British pharmaceutical company puts it, if it weren't called marijuana there would be an entire biotech business built around this plant. And that's just what's starting to happen (but not for the U.S. drug industry or the American patients these medicines might help).READ MORE›