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...happened. Dancing with the Stars judge Len Goodman commented that the dancer's foot was moving so fast it looked like he had restless leg syndrome. My ears perked up. Having seen advertisements for pharmaceuticals to treat this condition, and not knowing what it was, I searched the Web for "restless leg syndrome" in an act of self diagnosis and began to wonder: What influences our searches for medical conditions...
...Medical Students Association (AMSA) last week for its efforts to limit pharmaceutical company access to students. The organization’s first annual PharmFree Scorecard evaluated policies on pharmaceutical access at 116 American medical schools. The ranking is part of AMSA’s efforts to combat what its Web site calls the “insidious influence of the pharmaceutical industry in medicine.” Outgoing AMSA President Jay Bhatt, who helped lead the Scorecard project, said interactions with drug company representatives can prejudice medical judgment. “The marketing practices of the industry are dirty...
Gross promised to create a Web site this summer that would explain “what constitutes improper behavior...
...online. Over the past year or so, Internet forums connecting veterans to jobs have multiplied. Job boards including TheLadders and CareerBuilder have introduced channels dedicated to veterans. Monster acquired Military.com, which sponsored the Chicago event and will do 22 more fairs this year. Even the government launched a web campaign last fall called HireVetsFirst.gov. It's hard to say what effect these online job finders have had so far. But one statistic is encouraging: unemployment among veterans ages 20 to 24 is down from a recent high...
...hospital in Hines, Ill., and treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. A psychiatrist there introduced him to David Hansberger, who was hired by the VA to procure, among other things, jobs for area veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Hansberger showed Hughes how to use the Web to apply for jobs. He helped Hughes post a résumé online and set up an e-mail address. He called Hughes three times a week for updates. He drove Hughes to the Military.com job fair, the first Hughes ever attended...