Fukushima Radiation Levels Explained
Geoff Brumfiel of Nature‘s The Great Beyond blog provides a series of useful primer posts on radiation numbers (see here and here, for example). The convention is...
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AAN Panel Reaffirms Brain-Death Criteria
An expert panel of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the flagship organization of US neurologists, confirms the 1995 criteria for establishing brain death and...
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Botulinum Toxin: The Name Game
Your government at work. Yesterday the FDA announced generic (or nonproprietary) name changes for 2 approved versions of injectable botulinum toxin.* Botox (Allergan),...
Read MoreAMWA Chimes in on Medical Ghostwriting
The president of the American Medical Writers Association (to which I belong) has written to its members (below) regarding the practice of medical ghostwriting,...
Read MoreEponym Use Promotes Misguided Praise
A recent New York Times article draws attention to an ill-considered problem of using medical eponyms. Beside the fact that these names—like Parkinson of...
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