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Man convicted of selling UCLA cadavers
A businessman has been found guilty of grand theft, embezzlement and tax evasion charges for selling human body parts donated to UCLA's medical school. Ernest Nelson, 51, was convicted of selling... Read more...
Despite economy, medical schools expanding rapidly
Despite the sick economy, the medical school business is quite healthy, thank you very much. With doctor shortages barreling down on U.S. communities and the population graying, there's plenty of... Read more...
Study: One-fourth of new doctors graduate with $200K+ in debt
Well, we knew things were bad financially for graduating physicians, but here's some recent, and scary, statistics. Almost one-fourth of U.S. med students now graduate from medical school with... Read more...
Narrative medicine may give us better, more empathic doctors
With evidence growing that exposure to literature and writing during medical training can humanize the teaching process, medical programs are incorporating short stories, poems, and essays into their... Read more...
AAMC reports decrease in first-time med school applicants
Enrollment figures at the nation's medical schools are the highest in history, but the number of first-time applicants declined slightly this year. According to the Association of American Medical... Read more...
Study: Medical school can lead to burnout, suicidal thoughts
Everyone knowns that medical school can be a bruising ordeal, one that depletes students of time, energy, money and morale--and that in some cases, the stress is just too much to handle.... Read more...
Stanford limiting drugmaker CME financing
Today, Stanford University is expected to announce that it will set strict limits on pharmaceutical industry financing of continuing education for doctors at its medical school. This marks a major... Read more...
Cuba's doctor factory
Cuba has been producing physicians at a remarkable rate, even in contrast with the medical school-rich United States. In 2005, for example, there was one doctor for every 159 people in Cuba, versus... Read more...
