News tagged with medical student


Business booms at world's biggest sperm bank

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Business is booming for the world's biggest sperm bank, Denmark's Cryos, which is struggling to meet demand despite a soaring number of donors and new offices opening around the world.





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Study: Medical school students post unprofessional content online

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A majority of medical schools surveyed report they have experienced incidents of students posting unprofessional content online, including incidents involving violation of patient confidentiality, with few schools having ...


Medical students regularly stuck by needles, often fail to report injuries

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical students are commonly stuck by needles -- putting them at risk of contracting potentially dangerous blood-borne diseases -- and many of them fail to report the injuries to hospital authorities, according to a Johns ...


'Mixed reality' human helps medical students learn to do intimate exams

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

"What brings you in to see me today?"


Researchers study how children view and treat their peers with undesirable characteristics

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study by Kansas State University researchers is looking at how children perceive and interact with peers who have various undesirable characteristics, such as being overweight or aggressive.


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Preventing Spread of HIV in Jails: Best Window of Opportunity Early in Incarceration

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With World AIDS Day less than a week away, two new studies from Yale School of Medicine show that jail inmates, one of the highest risk groups for AIDS, are far more likely to be tested for ...


Simulating medical situations helps students learn, retain basic science concepts

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created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Simulating medical scenarios helps medical students learn and retain vital information, according to a new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.


Simulation helps students learn dental implant procedures

Simulation helps students learn dental implant procedures

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created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A realistic computer game will soon be used to help dental students worldwide learn and reinforce dental implant procedures.


Treatment for epilepsy is a possible culprit for development of schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers say antiepilectic drug treatments administered when the brain is developing appear to trigger schizophrenia-like behavior in animal models. In humans, having a history of seizures in infancy is a significant risk ...


Fine-tuning treatments for depression

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research clarifies how neurotransmitters like norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine, are regulated - a finding that may help fine-tune therapies for depression.


Do drug therapies raise risk of bladder cancer?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In her most recent study of possible triggers of cancer among northern New England residents, Dartmouth epidemiologist Margaret R. Karagas, Ph.D., and her team identified an enhanced risk to the bladders of patients taking ...



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