Massachusetts Medical Society

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Name: Massachusetts Medical Society
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

The Cake War Has Begun and More School Budget Talks

Today is Monday, May 20. Here are five things to know today in Peabody.Peabody Veterans Memorial High School senior Kimberly Sousa  is one of five students in the first-ever Cake War at  Cakes for Occasions  in Danvers. At stake in the contest, is a college ... [Published Peabody Patch - May 20 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

‘Correcting’ pot law

PrintEmail Comments (0)There was a moment of truth following the recent adoption of new medical marijuana regulations when Heidi Heilman of the Massachusetts Prevention Alliance said, “The Department of Public Health tried their best, but they can’t rewrite ... [Published Boston Herald - May 19 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Doctors group: Ban sale of tobacco in hospitals

A statewide association of doctors and medical students is backing a proposed ban on the sale of tobacco products by health care institutions.The Massachusetts Medical Society offered testimony Tuesday at a Beacon Hill hearing by the Legislature's Joint ... [Published Lexington Dispatch - May 15 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Group: Doctors have right to discuss gun safety

The Massachusetts Medical Society is reaffirming the right of doctors in the state to discuss gun safety with their patients.During its annual meeting on Saturday, the statewide association for physicians and medical students adopted a policy on gun ... [Published Lexington Dispatch - May 14 2013]
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Massachusetts Medical Society Approves Policy On Gun Violence

The Massachusetts Medical Society has approved a policy on gun violence it says was spurred by last December’s mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. According to Doctor David Norton, the policy adopted at the Medical Society's annual meeting in Boston ... [Published New England Public Radio - May 13 2013]
First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

THCB Marketplace: 2013 Tufts Health Communication Summer Institute

This summer, Tufts University School of Medicine’s Health Communication Program will be offering the 2013 Health Communication Summer Institute . The Institute will feature three professional development courses, described below. Mobile Health Design ... [Published The Health Care Blog - May 12 2013]
First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Hallmark Health Dr. Edward P. Butler honored for service to Massac...

Hallmark Health physician Edward P. Butler, M.D. has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its Committee Chair Service Award, an honor recognizing exceptional leadership and service to the society, the statewide professional association ... [Published Wicked Local Melrose - May 12 2013]
First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Hallmark Health Physician Honored by Massachusetts Medical Society

Hallmark Health physician Edward Butler, M.D. has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its Committee Chair Service Award, an honor recognizing exceptional leadership and service to the Society, the statewide professional association ... [Published Melrose Patch - May 12 2013]
First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Cambridge resident Ricker named Clinician of the Year

Cambridge resident Deanna P. Ricker has been recognized by her physician peers as the 2013 Community Clinician of the Year for the Middlesex District Medical Society.The Community Clinician of the Year Award was established in 1998 by the Massachusetts ... [Published Wicked Local Cambridge - May 11 2013]
First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 3 reports

Medical pot foes, opponents agree: New rules flawed

PrintEmail Comments (0)Rules governing the sale of medical marijuana in the Bay State adopted yesterday by the state’s Public Health Council left proponents wishing for more flexibility and opponents worried that the new regulations, effective May 24, ... [Published Boston Herald - May 09 2013]
First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Emergency funds for medical students

WORCESTER — The Middlesex District Medical Society has established endowed funds at each of the state's four medical schools to help medical students in the event of an "unanticipated financial emergency."The endowed funds at each school will be called ... [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 05 2013]
First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 2 reports

Massachusetts' four medical schools get $100,000 from medical society

Middlesex District gives money for students in unanticipated financial emergency.The Middlesex District Medical Society has announced the contribution of $100,000 to each of the four Massachusetts medical schools, in order to establish endowed funds for ... [Published MassLive - Apr 26 2013]

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...Cheryl Oglesby from Massachusetts Medical Society states, "Plus One knows the wellness business and will show you how to get your employees interested in and excited about improving their health and overall wellbeing."
The group said doctors, nurses and other health care professionals "should not be permitted by their very presence to legitimize the sale of tobacco products."
"Marijuana is a lot of things, but it is not medical in its nature, to my knowledge" said Dr JohnJohn Cunningham of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, who proposed the change in wording
"I don't think we have the correct controls set inin place yet. I think it should be controlled like all of our medical drugs are. They should be approved by our FDA. I think there should be a lot of testing that goes with it" said Jadwiga Burke of West Springfield

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Group: Doctors have right to discuss gun safety [Published Lexington Dispatch - May 14 2013]
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Massachusetts Medical Society Approves Policy O... [Published New England Public Radio - May 13 2013]
Madineedi named ‘Community Clinician of the Year’ [Published India New England - May 13 2013]
Alternative cancer “cures”: Nothing’s changed i... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - May 13 2013]
THCB Marketplace: 2013 Tufts Health Communicati... [Published The Health Care Blog - May 12 2013]
Important presentation in Wayland on medical ma... [Published Wicked Local Wayland - May 12 2013]
Hallmark Health Dr. Edward P. Butler honored fo... [Published Wicked Local Melrose - May 12 2013]
Hallmark Health Physician Honored by Massachuse... [Published Melrose Patch - May 12 2013]
Cambridge resident Ricker named Clinician of th... [Published Wicked Local Cambridge - May 11 2013]
Mass. panel approves rules for medical marijuana [Published Battleboro Reformer - May 10 2013]
Dr. Ronald Dunlap to be president of the Mass. ... [Published Boston Globe - May 09 2013]
Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release o... [Published PRWeb - May 09 2013]
Mass. panel OKs rules for medical marijuana [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 09 2013]
What tests do you need? [Published North Adams Transcript - May 09 2013]
Medical pot foes, opponents agree: New rules fl... [Published Boston Herald - May 09 2013]
Final regulations on medical marijuana [Published WWLP.com - May 09 2013]
Massachusetts Medical Society: State regulation... [Published MassLive - May 08 2013]
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Emergency funds for medical students [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 05 2013]
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Alternative cancer “cures”: Nothing’s changed i... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - May 13 2013]
Sometimes blogging topics arise from the strangest places. It’s true. For instance, although references to how tobacco causes cancer and the decades long denialist campaign by tobacco companies are not infrequently referenced in my blogging (particularly ...
THCB Marketplace: 2013 Tufts Health Communicati... [Published The Health Care Blog - May 12 2013]
This summer, Tufts University School of Medicine’s Health Communication Program will be offering the 2013 Health Communication Summer Institute . The Institute will feature three professional development courses, described below. Mobile Health Design ...
“Alternative” cancer cures in 1979: How little ... [Published Science-Based Medicine - Apr 29 2013]
Sometimes blogging topics arise from the strangest places. It’s true. For instance, although references to how tobacco causes cancer and the decades long denialist campaign by tobacco companies are not infrequently referenced in my blogging (particularly ...
Two intriguing summer courses at Tufts Medical ... [Published Not Running a Hospital - Apr 01 2013]
Lisa Gualtieri, @LisaGualtieri, with the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts Medical School, is again running two great summer courses.  One is online and the other is on campus.  I had a chance to sit it on one of Lisa's classes ...
Did Massachusetts Health Care Reform Hurt Acces... [Published The Health Care Blog - Mar 05 2013]
By Ashish Jha, MD In 2006, Governor Mitt Romney signed Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006 entitled “An Act Providing Access to Affordable, Quality, Accountable Health Care.” It has been described by many names, including Massachusetts Healthcare Reform ...
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