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...Recently, America's premier orthopedic publication, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, published a scholarly research paper that compared patients who have had their fresh clavicle fractures repaired surgically with patients who were treated the old way. The researchers (who seem to do a lot of operating on clavicles) found that people who had the surgery actually had less pain and less bump than those treated only with the support. So surgery as the best initial treatment is the researchers' suggestion. That's a conclusion which every orthopedist who has treated these fractures - as well as every patient, understandably...
...became a little silly because after the first week there is very little, if any, difference in how the patients feel, no matter what size cut you use. But it introduced a bit of technical challenge into the field of joint replacement - which, especially when done well, can be quite routine. And it was good for marketing...
...executive program’s increased focus on the intersection between business and science comes a year and a half after the Medical and Business Schools began a joint master’s degree program...
...find out what happened in the firings, four of the dismissed U.S. attorneys will appear before the Senate, and six before the House, along with a senior DOJ official who will most likely defend his department's actions. Carol Lam, a prosecutor from California, will read a joint statement on behalf of her fellow witnesses, thanking President Bush and defending the integrity and competence of the dismissed officials. Then the witnesses will answer questions...
...Harvard, but to me that contrast is one of Oxford’s key selling points. I loved my time at Harvard, and I also had a wonderful time at Oxford, but the two experiences could not have been more different. At Harvard, I was an over-scheduled joint concentrator, varsity athlete and extracurricular participant. My days would start with a 9 a.m. class and end with an 11 p.m. club meeting, with classes, sports practice, and a lunch meeting in between. At Oxford, I played a few intramural sports, and I didn’t join any clubs. Instead...