03/01/04: Cleaning Med Cab.
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Allergy & Immunology

03/26/04: Smart Drugs for Punching Out Disease
Outlet: United Press International
Contributing Faculty: James Baker  

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Cardiac Surgery

03/01/04: Screening "crucial" to surviving AAA - researcher claims
Outlet: Espicom Business Intelligence
Contributing Faculty: Gil Upchurch
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Cardiovascular Medicine/Hypertension

03/29/04: U-M Cardiology Surgery Teams Trade Scrubs for Skates
Outlet: Health Care Weekly Review
Contributing Faculty: Frank Pagani
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03/10/04: HHeart attack patients are discharged without evidenced-based, ...
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Contributing Faculty: Kim Eagle & Cecelia Montoye
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03/09/04: Irregular heartbeat cure
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Contributing Faculty: Hakan Oral
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03/03/04: Study finds Lipitor has more merit than others
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Contributing Faculty: Debabrata Mukherjee  

03/01/04: Cocktail good for the heart
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Contributing Faculty: Debabrata Mukherjee
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Children's Hospital

03/21/04: The Smallest Miracle
Outlet: The Jackson Citizen Patriot
Contributing Faculty: Steven Donn  

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Emergency Medicine

03/02/04: Summer camp health
Outlet: WWJ - Southfield
Contributing Faculty: Edward Walton  

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Endocrinology and Metabolism

03/17/04: ABC News Osteoporosis
Outlet: ABC
Contributing Faculty: Bob Lash  

03/02/04: U-M gets CDC grant for diabetes research
Outlet: Ann Arbor News  

03/01/04: CDC funds diabetes research
Outlet: United Press International  

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Family Medicine

03/01/04: State Congress Campaign
Outlet: Ann Arbor Observer
Contributing Faculty: Philip Zazove  

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General Medicine

03/15/04: Noncompliance With RX Regimens Costly in Long Run
Outlet: Chain Drug Review
Contributing Faculty: John Piette
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03/12/04: County health care changing, growing
Outlet: The Livingston Community News
Contributing Faculty: John Piette
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03/10/04: Heart Transplant Centers "Gamed" Waiting System
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Contributing Faculty: Peter Ubel
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03/09/04: Heart transplant 'gaming' alleged
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Contributing Faculty: Peter Ubel
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03/09/04: Study Shows 'Gaming' In Heart Transplant System
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03/09/04: Study Shows 'Gaming' In Heart Transplant System
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03/09/04: Transplant organ 'gaming' alleged
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03/08/04: Heart transplant gaming
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03/08/04: Study Shows 'Gaming' In Heart Transplant System
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General Surgery

03/03/04: Race may be a factor in treatment of cancer patients
Outlet: Biotech Weekly
Contributing Faculty: Arden Morris
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Hematology-Oncology

03/20/04: The Bad Seed - Rare stem cells appear to drive cancers
Outlet: Science News
Contributing Faculty: Michael Clarke
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03/10/04: Gene Expression Tests Foretell Breast Cancer's Future
Outlet: Science
Contributing Faculty: Daniel Hayes  

03/03/04: New Drug Fights Graft vs. Host Disease
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03/02/04: Drugs limit deadly side effects of stem cell transplant
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03/01/04: Drugs Block Transplant Complication
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03/01/04: Drugs Block Transplant Complication
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03/01/04: Drugs block transplant complications
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03/01/04: Drugs limit deadly side effects of graft-versus-host disease
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Human Genetics

03/05/04: Tacket had role in national progeria research
Outlet: Bay City Times
Contributing Faculty: Thomas Glover  

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Internal Medicine

03/10/04: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma activation inhibits NSCLC
Outlet: Biotech Week
Contributing Faculty: Venkateshwar Keshamouni  

03/10/04: Scientist tackle human blood plasma proteome
Outlet: Biotech Week
Contributing Faculty: Gilbert Omenn
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Medical Education

03/09/04: UCLA sued over sale of donated bodies: Hundreds of cadavers cut up and sold, allegedly with university's approval
Outlet: National Post
Contributing Faculty: William Burkel  

03/08/04: Profits drive illegal trade in human body parts
Outlet: Ann Arbor News
Contributing Faculty: Mary Beth Reilly  

03/01/04: Chest Compressions, Without Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation, Advised for Most Assisting Bystanders
Outlet: WebMD
Contributing Faculty: John Billi  

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M-Fit

03/29/04: Shops dread tobacco tax hike
Outlet: Ann Arbor News
Contributing Faculty: Linda Thomas  

03/17/04: Don't remove carbs from your children's diet
Outlet: Detroit News
Contributing Faculty: Cathy Fitzgerald  

03/17/04: For heavy drinkers on St. Patrick's Day, green haze will linger
Outlet: Detroit Free Press
Contributing Faculty: Teresa Herzog-Mourad
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Microbiology and Immunology

03/14/04: The genetics of 'super-bacteria'
Outlet: Ann Arbor News
Contributing Faculty: Don Clewell  

03/14/04: The genetics of 'super-bacteria'
Outlet: Ann Arbor News
Contributing Faculty: Don Clewell  

03/10/04: B. anthracisspores can germinate, grow and reproduce in soil
Outlet: Biotech Week
Contributing Faculty: Philip Hanna
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03/08/04: B. anthracisspores can germinate, grow and reproduce in soil
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Nephrology

03/01/04: Rebounding From Kidney Disease
Outlet: Health and You
Contributing Faculty: Lawrence Holzman  

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Neurology

03/26/04: Placebo effect
Outlet: WOOD - Grand Rapids
Contributing Faculty: Kenneth Casey
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03/19/04: Pain Medicine: Placebo effect found in brain scans
Outlet: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
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03/01/04: People
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03/01/04: Picturing The Placebo Effect
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Obstetrics/Gynecology

03/01/04: Expanded reproduction perinatal centers to improve patient service
Outlet: University Record
Contributing Faculty: John Randolph & Kathleen Hanton-Lundberg
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03/01/04: U-M to Expand Reproduction, Perinatal Centers
Outlet: Health Care Weekly Review
Contributing Faculty: John Randolph & Kathleen Hanton-Lundberg
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Orthopedic Surgery

03/02/04: Teens' use of steroids and supplements alarms experts
Outlet: Detroit Free Press
Contributing Faculty: Edward Wojtys  

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Otolaryngology

03/22/04: UMHS earns child hearing award
Outlet: University Record
Contributing Faculty: Breena Scharrer  

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Pathology

03/01/04: Why are blood transfusions not rejected, as can happen with organ?
Outlet: Scientific American
Contributing Faculty: Robertson Davenport  

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Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases

03/23/04: ADHD
Outlet: WUOM
Contributing Faculty: Rick Solomon  

03/08/04: Raising Awareness: Grant to fight alcohol syndrome
Outlet: Detroit Free Press
Contributing Faculty: Sheila Gahagan  

03/07/04: Universal shots one way to combat annual killer
Outlet: Toledo Blade
Contributing Faculty: Janet Gilsdorf  

03/03/04: Could your child have Fragile X?
Outlet: WDIV-Channel 4
Contributing Faculty: Katy Keegan  

03/03/04: Little-known Fragile X syndrome plays a major role in mental impairments
Outlet: Detroit News
Contributing Faculty: Katy Keegan  

03/01/04: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Outlet: shelbystar.com
Contributing Faculty: Edward Bove  

03/01/04: Robot-Assisted Surgery
Outlet: Physicians Weekly
Contributing Faculty: Richard Ohye  

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Psychiatry

03/21/04: New Clues To Women Veiled In Black
Outlet: Miami Herald
Contributing Faculty: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema  

03/20/04: They take on stress to relieve others of it
Outlet: Ann Arbor News
Contributing Faculty: Janet Allen & Ellen Hadaway  

03/16/04: New Clues To Women Veiled In Black
Outlet: The New York Times-National Edition
Contributing Faculty: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema  

03/01/04: Reminyl for Alzheimer's
Outlet: El Tejano Hispanic Community Monthly Magazine
Contributing Faculty: Stephen Aronson  

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Radiology

03/07/04: Mammography: Stereomammography may be able to distinguish overlapping tissue from masses
Outlet: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
Contributing Faculty: H. P. Chan  

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Survival Flight

03/25/04: University of Michigan Health System Survival Flight: Air Medical Transport Nursing
Outlet: HealthCareersUSA.com
Contributing Faculty: Kris Nelson  

03/19/04: Survival Flight Team
Outlet: Michigan Radio
Contributing Faculty: Denise Landis
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03/10/04: Copter boosts U-M's presense
Outlet: Ann Arbor News
Contributing Faculty: Mark Lowell
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Trauma Burn

03/02/04: Iraqi burn patient
Outlet: PBS-TV national  

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U-M Health System Administration

03/29/04: Four UMHS sites honored with Governor's Award of Excellence
Outlet: University Record  

03/29/04: Minority All-Stars
Outlet: Crain's Detroit
Contributing Faculty: Larry Warren  

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U-M Hospital Administration

03/31/04: Denton appointed new COO for UMHHC
Outlet: Detroit News
Contributing Faculty: Anthony Denton  

03/31/04: U-M hospitals names new COO
Outlet: Ann Arbor News
Contributing Faculty: Anthony Denton  

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Urology

03/31/04: Cancer Treatment Racially Disparate
Outlet: United Press International
Contributing Faculty: Willie Underwood & John Wei
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03/30/04: Prostate cancer and race
Outlet: KCSN
Contributing Faculty: Willie Underwood & John Wei
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03/30/04: Racial disparity found in prostate treatment
Outlet: Ann Arbor News
Contributing Faculty: Willie Underwood & John Wei
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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Contributing Faculty: Willie Underwood & John Wei
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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Contributing Faculty: Willie Underwood & John Wei
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/29/04: Black Prostate Patients Get Less Treatment
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03/16/04: Be wary of Web advice
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03/16/04: Be wary of Web advice
Outlet: The Tennessean
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03/10/04: Should men get yearly physicals or not and why
Outlet: Cosmopolitan
Contributing Faculty: David Wood  

03/02/04: Wise patients - savvy surfers
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Contributing Faculty: Cheryl Lee
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03/01/04: Online health sites offer pros, pitfalls
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Vascular Surgery

03/15/04: Teaching Hospitals & GI Surgeries
Outlet: Physicians Weekly
Contributing Faculty: Gilbert Upchurch
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03/08/04: Surgery safer at teaching hospitals
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03/07/04: Quality Assurance: Death rates for certain complex surgeries lower at teaching hospitals
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