How to write a book review
By David Woods So the editor has asked you to write a book review. You’re flattered. After all, the editor has presumably chosen you because you are knowledgeable about the…
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Scientific conferences: time for rigorous appraisal
By Mary Gabb (mgabb@rxcomms.com) Attending national or international scientific conferences is a must for any researchers hoping to stay current in their research area and to network with colleagues. With…
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Profile: Health policy academics Jennifer Lofland and Laura Pizzi
Drs Lofland and Pizzi are members of Jefferson Medical College’s Department of Health Policy where both are associate professors.
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Ethics in publishing: Conflict of interest
By David Woods (dwoods@rxcomms.com) A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concluded that women who stopped taking their antidepressant drugs during pregnancy were at greater…
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4th Annual World Health Care Congress
HOC will be attending and reporting on the 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 22–24 April. Billed as “the must-attend event for healthcare, government and corporate leaders to formulate solutions…
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Top clichés of 2006
The Wall Street Journal has published a list of the top clichés of 2006 based upon the number press citations. The undisputed leader, with 21,430 citations, was “at the end of the day.”
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How Australia’s drug approval process works
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) – the regulatory agency for medicines, medical devices, blood, and tissues in Australia – is part of the Department of Health and Ageing. As a result of the Therapeutic Goods Act of 1989, the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) was formed; it’s a database of information about therapeutic goods for humans that are “approved for supply in, or exported from, Australia.”
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Coping with information overload
A little more than a decade ago, if you’d used words like google, blog, spam, email, internet, iPod, PDA, instant messaging, Blackberry (unless referring to the fruit) and e-zines, people wouldn’t have had a clue what you were talking about. In fact, this e-zine would have been almost impossible to produce… with its “home” in the United Kingdom and its editor in the United States.
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The rewards of research
by David Woods The chance to generate new knowledge, to resolve healthcare problems, to benefit mankind – perhaps even to acquire in the process a Nobel Prize and a measure…
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Drug approval agencies
Health Outcomes Communicator is starting a regular series describing the major drug approval agencies and healthcare systems in countries across the world. In this first article, we’ll start with two of the largest drug approval agencies – the Food and Drug Administration in the United States (US FDA) and the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA).
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