*** WEB WEEKLY *** news from the
Harvard Medical Community
March 29, 1999

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Researchers Set to Join Forces
In Harvard-wide Cancer Center


The planned Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center is organizing cancer research in a two-dimensional matrix, whose current form is shown here. It will bring together research groups focusing on disease types with groups taking a thematic approach. The center is expected to facilitate bench-to-bedside investigation.

Survey Finds Negative Views of Managed Care in Medical Schools

Managed Care Competition Affects Ability of Medical Schools, Teaching Hospitals to Conduct Research


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Medicine Grand Rounds: Angiogenesis: From Bench to Bedside

Michael Simons, MD
HMS & BID

Thursday, April 1
8:00 - 9:00 am


The Feel and Unexpected Weight
Of the 'Intern Blues'

Ellen Rothman, HMS '98, is finding that being a pediatric resident is even harder than she thought. The problem is not so much the fatigue but the stress of shouldering decisions having major health consequences for her patients.


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Online Discussion Groups Assist in the Management of Diabetes

Since its founding in 1898, Joslin Diabetes Center has strived to reach as wide an audience as possible with information on diabetes and its care. Now Joslin has extended its information outreach by hosting diabetes discussion groups on its website.

 
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