MDFT – Juvenile Justice

MDFT – Juvenile Justice – Dr. Howard Liddle discusses the current state of the juvenile justice system, how to involve MDFT, and how to best navigate the system to help teens. To see …

Duke Study Finds Diabetes Research Concentrates on Treatment, Not Prevention

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Duke scientists examined nearly 2,500 diabetes-related trials from 2007 to 2010, of which almost 75 percent emphasized diabetes treatment and only 10 percent observed preventative measures. The majority of trials, more than 63 percent, involved a drug, …
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Minimizing Risk When Investing In Biopharmas

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The medical field is filled with the monumental opportunities such as potential cancer treatments, HIV cures, DNA vaccines, improved insulin delivery systems, and a plethora of novel cures and therapeutic treatments. But how do you reduce the …
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Flashbacks plague former ICU patients

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James Jackson, a Vanderbilt University psychologist and assistant professor of medicine who specializes in survivors of critical illness, recalls interviewing critical care survivors for the group's studies of long-term outcomes. He had previously …
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