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...Experts say that this dwindling supply of primary care doctors, largely due to the traditionally unappealing pay and work hours for those in the field, has exacerbated a crisis in the nation's health care system, which is already dealing with tens of millions of aging baby boomers and uninsured Americans. Increasing the number of primary care doctors and researchers is seen as vital to supporting a reformed national health care system, as well as improving patients' everyday health...
...Harvard, where specialty medicine and research have traditionally been heralded, some continue to feel that HMS can and needs to do more to support primary care by providing financial support and elevating the field's stature within the community. The HMS Joseph B. Martin Loan Forgiveness Initiative allows third-year students pursuing specialties in primary care, family medicine, and psychiatry to receive up to $60,000 in debt reduction, but the circulating petition states that loan forgiveness can only be "one component of a multi-pronged strategy to boost student interest" and that HMS must work to do so throughout...
Iran's ties with China, which have steadily grown over the past decade, have accelerated rapidly in the past 18 months. In December 2007, the Chinese oil giant Sinopec Group signed a $70 billion deal to begin drilling in Iran's Yadavaran field, which has estimated reserves of about 17 billion bbl. In January of this year, China's biggest energy producer, CNPC, agreed to develop a medium-size oil field called North Azadegan - a deal worth about $2 billion. And last month, while demonstrators were fighting pitched battles with paramilitaries on Tehran's streets, Iranian oil officials flew...
...Italian company ENI, have held off from signing new deals with Iranian oil officials for several months, perhaps waiting to see if President Obama's moves to open talks with Tehran will succeed in breaking the political impasse. The Chinese deal last month to develop the South Pars gas field came only after Total opted not to sign, fearing political fallout. Such fears have rarely fazed Beijing - and are unlikely...
...Baer, a former Middle East CIA field officer, is TIME.com's intelligence columnist and the author of See No Evil and, most recently, The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower...