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Photo by Graham Ramsay From Focus:
Sense
of Security May Be False with Tried and True Anti-inflammatories
For all the pain they relieve, the older nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) raise another serious health risk. The highly publicized danger of heart
attacks discovered in trials of newer, selective NSAIDs is being found in the
older agents too. Research from the Nurses’ Health Study found elevated
cardiovascular risk for daily and high doses of ibuprofen and naproxen, as well
as acetaminophen, but not aspirin. Occasional use of the drugs, however, did
not seem to pose any extra risk, said Andrew Chan (left), Charles Fuchs, and
their co-authors.
Upcoming
2006 Minority Health Policy Annual Meeting
May 4
7:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., RSVP by April 28
Speakers Include:
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Anthony Robbins
Tufts University
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David Satcher
Morehouse School of Medicine
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Wilson Wang
Office of Senator Joseph Lieberman
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Joxel Garcia
Pan American Health Organization
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Spotlight
Photo courtesy of Graham Ramsay
Kim to Lead Social Medicine
HMS has announced that Jim Kim will be the new chair of the Department
of Social Medicine beginning July 1. “Kim brings a distinguished
record of leadership in global health policy,” said HMS dean
Joseph Martin.
Student Scene
Photo by Graham Ramsay
Entering Students Take the Plunge
HMS’s revised curriculum—developed through the Medical Education
Reform Initiative—will be launched in August with a new course for incoming
students. Katharine Treadway (above) describes the course and Jules Dienstag
gives an overview of the curriculum plan.
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outside the classroom.
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