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...want to buy a stock or mutual fund, I can call up my old friend the ob-gyn. I know three anesthesiologists who became financial analysts with investment firms. Two radiologists run imaging businesses, and a good orthopedist friend dropped out to put up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facilities. Each trained hard for at least nine years to join his field of medicine. In no case could leaving have been an easy divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctors Without Dollars | 2/2/2007 | See Source »

...after he himself was killed, apparently by friendly fire.) Before his murder by two unidentified men last year, left-wing activist Edison Lapuz told friends he was under military surveillance. And journalist George Vigo, before his death, heard from an intelligence source that his name was on an "OB" or "order of battle." OBs are widely believed by activists to be code for hit lists; the military denies such orders exist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Philippine Shame | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...Harvard students lack the rigorous ROTC training that would prepare them for emergency midwifery, FM has compiled a list of important things to keep in mind, should you, a blockmate or a passer-by go into emergency labor. The first thing to remember, according to Harriet I. Torgerson, an ob-gyn nurse at University Health Services, is a simple string of numbers. “9-1-1. Seriously, call 911,” she advises. While waiting for help to arrive, keep the mom-to-be talking. Topics to avoid include her bloated ankles, where her wedding ring...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How to Deliver an Unexpected Infant | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

...That position, responds Dr. Karen Loeb Lifford, a Boston Ob-Gyn who serves as medical director for Planned Parenthood in Massachusetts, "sounds incredibly reasonable. Who can disagree with parents making health decisions for their children? But take a closer look at that argument: it's denying the vaccine to many people who won't have access to it unless it's mandatory." Many parents might not know to ask for it, or be able to afford it. "If it's available in theory but it costs $375, its not available to everybody. If it's only effective before women have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defusing the War Over the "Promiscuity" Vaccine | 6/21/2006 | See Source »

...million specialty Escorts hospital complex near New Delhi that will feature luxury suites, a hotel and swank restaurants for patients and their families. "We will be the Mayo Clinic of the East," he says. Max Healthcare is also planning a specialty complex in New Delhi (fields: neurologic, orthopedic, ob-gyn and pediatric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outsourcing Your Heart | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

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