What medical and pharmaceutical/bioscience/medical device meeting planners and continuing medical education professionals need to know to plan meetings and CME activities for healthcare professionals.
The recent growth in popularity of adventure racing and exotic tourism has increased the number of people exposed to unusual infections, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) update published in the July 2001 Annals of...
The American Heart Association presented William B. Blanchard, M.D., with the esteemed Physician of the Year Award during the association's annual Delegate Assembly in June...
A new organization of endocrinologists, focused on reducing complications from diabetes, has been formed. The Council for the Advancement of Diabetes Research and Education (CADRE) is underwritten by joint unrestricted educational grants from...
The U.S. Pharmacopeia Public Policy Center (USP PPC) has been awarded a grant from The Commonwealth Fund to support a Fall 2001 conference that will examine how appropriate prescription drug use affects health care costs and quality of care and...
The Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (SCVIR)offers the following comments on a new study in the July, 2001 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology reporting on injuries during x-ray guided interventional procedures...
The first edition of Best Practices in CME Accreditation, a 550-page reference guide of examples of best practices demonstrated by CME providers, is now available from the Alliance For Continuing Medical Education. The handbook features examples...
The American Heart Association announces its new leadership for the 2001-2002 fiscal year beginning July 1. The new officers will take office during the association's annual delegate assembly on June 22 and 23...
A study of terminally ill cancer patients and their physicians found that in only 37 percent of cases was the doctor willing to give the patient his or her best estimate of how long the patient could expect to live. Without such knowledge...
In a statement released Tuesday, the Board of the American Medical Association announced that its executive vice president and CEO had filed a lawsuit against the organization, claiming the board exceeded its authority when it prevented him from...
