American Medical Student Association

Type: Organization
Name: American Medical Student Association
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

From Concert Halls to Operating Rooms, UCF Medical School Graduate Leaves Mark

William Kang’s journey into medicine began with a shoulder injury.A concert violinist, he played with the Louisiana Philharmonic and the Florida Orchestra when the injury that sidelined him for a few months made him wonder what he would ever do if he ... [Published UCF - May 17 2013]
First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Business Buzz, May 12, 2013

Property acquiredAn affiliate of Equilibrium Equities Inc. of Blue Bell has acquired the former Ocean Logistics property in Keystone Industrial Park from an affiliate of C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The property is a highly functional ... [Published Scranton Times-Tribune - May 12 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

In Brief

MOUNTAIN TOP: A car wash to benefit the Crestwood High School Class of 2013 Senior Lock-In will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the high school. The price of the car wash is $5 per car and the proceeds will help provide a night of fun for ... [Published Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - May 09 2013]
First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Free health prevention, diagnosis available to D.C. residents

Howard University News ServiceUpdated: Monday, April 29, 2013 13:04WASHINGTON- Washington residents are invited to a free annual health fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 4, outside the Howard University College of Medicine Numa P. G. Adams Building, ... [Published District Chronicles - Apr 30 2013]
First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Helping in Brooklyn

St. George’s University Clinical Students Impact Health Care in BrooklynSt. George’s University students are well known for their philanthropic efforts in Grenada — and this doesn’t stop once they leave campus. Two School of Medicine students — Mila D’Cunha ... [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - Apr 30 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Sat 4/27: Family Fun Day and Health Fair

Special EventsCity Heights Family Fun Day and Health Fair Health services, activities, food, entertainment, and prizes for community members of all ages. Hosted by UCSD American Medical Student Association in collaboration with the San Diego Disability ... [Published San Diego Reader - Apr 27 2013]
First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Luther College

DECORAH — junior Alexander Greiner of Fairfield has been granted a $7,500 Goldwater Scholarship based on academic merit.Greiner is one of 271 students to receive the scholarship out of a pool of 1,107 candidates.The Goldwater Scholars were selected from ... [Published Fairfield Daily Ledger - Apr 17 2013]
First reported Apr 11 2013 - Updated Apr 11 2013 - 1 reports

Some Drug Makers Cut Payments, Meals Provided to Doctors | Fox Business

via foxbusiness.com wo pharmaceutical companies that are among the biggest payers of fees to doctors reduced such spending last year by double-digit percentages, as greater transparency sheds light on the hundreds of millions of dollars the industry ... [Published PharmaGossip - Apr 11 2013]
First reported Apr 09 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 1 reports

More Med Schools Pass The Conflict-Of-Interest Test

Those crazy kids are at it again. Once more, the American Medical Student Association has released its annual ratings of how medical schools interact with the pharmaceutical industry. The latest showing finds that 115 or 158 schools, or 73 percent, earned ... [Published Pharmalot - Apr 09 2013]
First reported Mar 18 2013 - Updated Mar 18 2013 - 1 reports

Amirsys Unveils AnatomyOne 2.0 for Medical Students at AMSA

Medical students at the annual American Medical Student Association meeting get a preview of AnatomyOne's new Learning Paths through gross and clinical anatomy. AnatomyOne Learning Plans Lead Students to the Information They Need Most Amirsys today unveiled ... [Published PRWeb - Mar 18 2013]
First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Feb 28 2013 - 1 reports

The Pharma Influence On Budding Medical Trainees

Despite various campaigns to strengthen conflict-of-interest policies at medical schools and academic medical centers, a new survey finds that medical students and residents continue to receive meals, various gifts and educational materials from pharmaceutical ... [Published Pharmalot - Feb 28 2013]
First reported Feb 19 2013 - Updated Feb 19 2013 - 1 reports

Op-ed: Is Big Pharma paying your doctor?

HOW much did your doctor get paid by the drug companies last year? Did he or she have a $20 lunch or receive tens of thousands of dollars in consulting fees? Hopefully your doctor received no payments from Big Pharma but soon there will be a way to k ... [Published Seattle Times - Feb 19 2013]

Quotes

One of the most contentious paragraphs in the open-ended meeting report is Paragraph 6, which states: "the open ended meeting of Member States strongly recommends that the Executive Board considers this report and its attached draft resolution with a view to recommending the adoption of the resolution by the World Health Assembly without reopening it" . (One delegate wondered how one-tenth of WHO Member States could make such strong recommendations to the other 173-odd Member States to surrender their...
..." Many of these organizations were listed as "Campaign Partners," for having pledged to fight any efforts to repeal the Brady Act and the Clinton "assault weapons ban. All have officially endorsed anti-gun positions. "
■ Dr Jaan Sidorov offers both an interesting blog post and " aliquots of Aquavit " (the latter guaranteed to " knock the unwary on their behinds ").The former, though, may have a similar effect, as he reviews an evidence-based article "

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WHO: Concerns over draft text on R&D financing ... [Published Third World Network - May 22 2013]
From Concert Halls to Operating Rooms, UCF Medi... [Published UCF - May 17 2013]
Business Buzz, May 12, 2013 [Published Scranton Times-Tribune - May 12 2013]
In Brief [Published Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - May 09 2013]
Free health prevention, diagnosis available to ... [Published District Chronicles - Apr 30 2013]
Helping in Brooklyn [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - Apr 30 2013]
Sat 4/27: Family Fun Day and Health Fair [Published San Diego Reader - Apr 27 2013]
Scorecard Shows U.S. Medical Schools Continue t... [Published Postscript - Apr 24 2013]
Luther College [Published Fairfield Daily Ledger - Apr 17 2013]
Business Buzz 4/14/2013 [Published Scranton Times-Tribune - Apr 14 2013]
Some Drug Makers Cut Payments, Meals Provided t... [Published PharmaGossip - Apr 11 2013]
More Med Schools Pass The Conflict-Of-Interest ... [Published Pharmalot - Apr 09 2013]
Amirsys Unveils AnatomyOne 2.0 for Medical Stud... [Published PRWeb - Mar 18 2013]
The Pharma Influence On Budding Medical Trainees [Published Pharmalot - Feb 28 2013]
Op-ed: Is Big Pharma paying your doctor? [Published Seattle Times - Feb 19 2013]
Good Lord is This Awesome [Published Talking Points Memo - Feb 02 2013]
Conflicts Policies And Antidepressant Prescribing [Published Pharmalot - Jan 29 2013]
The NRA Publishes Its Enemies List [Published Little Green Footballs - Jan 29 2013]
Finding his voice [Published MIT News feed - Jan 17 2013]
Groups to HHS: Issue Sunshine Act Rules [Published MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for ph ... - Jan 04 2013]
Health Wonk Review: Festival of Lights edition [Published InsureBlog - Dec 06 2012]
Advocates To Drugmakers: Join Patent Pool Or Else [Published Pharmalot - Dec 04 2012]
One-Stop Shopping Proposed For Conflict Disclosure [Published Pharmalot - Nov 27 2012]
A Medical School Looks To Ban Speaking Fees [Published Pharmalot - Nov 26 2012]
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Scorecard Shows U.S. Medical Schools Continue t... [Published Postscript - Apr 24 2013]
The American Medical Student Association released its 2013 PharmFree Scorecard this month, continuing to pressure and encourage medical schools to improve their policies on conflicts of interest and interactions with industry. These policies have impacts ...
Some Drug Makers Cut Payments, Meals Provided t... [Published PharmaGossip - Apr 11 2013]
via foxbusiness.com wo pharmaceutical companies that are among the biggest payers of fees to doctors reduced such spending last year by double-digit percentages, as greater transparency sheds light on the hundreds of millions of dollars the industry ...
More Med Schools Pass The Conflict-Of-Interest ... [Published Pharmalot - Apr 09 2013]
Those crazy kids are at it again. Once more, the American Medical Student Association has released its annual ratings of how medical schools interact with the pharmaceutical industry. The latest showing finds that 115 or 158 schools, or 73 percent, earned ...
The Pharma Influence On Budding Medical Trainees [Published Pharmalot - Feb 28 2013]
Despite various campaigns to strengthen conflict-of-interest policies at medical schools and academic medical centers, a new survey finds that medical students and residents continue to receive meals, various gifts and educational materials from pharmaceutical ...
Good Lord is This Awesome [Published Talking Points Memo - Feb 02 2013]
I just found out that last September the NRA published an official list of gun enemies including the ADA, AMA, ADL, Mel Brooks, Chaka Khan and hundreds of other domestic gun enemies. More after the jump ... The official list is published here . ...
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