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Education :: Achieving Excellence in Medical Education

A new book by Richard Gunderman, M.D., Ph.D, associate professor of radiology, pediatrics, and medical education at the Indiana University School of Medicine and of philosophy, liberal arts, and philanthropy at the IU School of Liberal Arts, both on the Indiana University Purdue University and Indianapolis campus, explores the vision of excellence that shapes the education of 70,000 medical students and over 100,000 physicians in training in the United States.

Addiction :: National addiction treatment leaders to meet at first NIATx Summit

Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) will host the first NIATx Summit in San Antonio. Addiction treatment providers, payers, policymakers and clinicians will come together to celebrate recent successes in treatment access and retention, unveil a national campaign and learn cutting-edge practices to improve the quality of treatment service.

Breast Cancer :: Common cold virus may kill breast cancer cells

Australian scientists believe they may be able to use a common cold-producingvirus to successfully treat breast cancer patients, in a way that is much lessdebilitating than chemotherapy.

Oncology :: Bristol-Myers Squibb and Adnexus in oncology collaboration

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Adnexus(TM) Therapeutics today announced a worldwide strategic alliance to discover, develop and commercialize Adnectin-based therapeutics for important oncology-related targets.

Eye :: 2007 ARVO annual meeting draws spotlight on aging eye

Age-related eye diseases, their treatment, and the latest research to find cures will take center stage at the 2007 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting to be held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 6-10, 2007.

Influenza :: Pandemic influenza vaccine Focetria approved

Approval of Focetria, an immune enhancing pandemic influenza vaccine, would allow for more rapid response in the event of influenza pandemic.

Drugs :: Provinces to review and evaluate cancer drugs

In a move to build more consistent cancer care across the country, a collaboration of provinces and territories is introducing a national, interim process for the review of cancer drugs.

Eye :: 2007 ARVO Annual Meeting draws spotlight on aging eye

HIV :: Canada joins Gates foundation in HIV AIDS vaccine initiative

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) issued this statement today following an announcement made by the Canadian government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to pledge up to CAD$139 million for the creation of a Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI).

Peanut Butter :: ConAgra Foods provides estimate of costs for peanut butter recall

ConAgra Foods Inc. said its nationwide recall of peanut butter will cost between $50 million and $60 million, hurting its third-quarter earnings.