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Drugmaker set to profit from an opioid it said was unsafe

Drugmaker set to profit from an opioid it said was unsafe

As the opioid epidemic grew, Endo Pharmaceuticals took the extraordinary step in 2012 of pulling a version of…

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Meet the 'rented white coats' who defend toxic chemicals

Meet the 'rented white coats' who defend toxic chemicals

Litigation and regulation in the U.S. increasingly are being influenced by corporate-funded research

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The Lie of Low-Tar Cigarettes

The Lie of Low-Tar Cigarettes

A decade after a judge ordered tobacco companies to acknowledge the dangers of low-tar cigarettes, they conti…

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Dollars and Dentists

Dollars and Dentists

Watch full-length episodes of PBS documentary series FRONTLINE for free. Dollars and Dentists - Millions of A…

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How politics derailed EPA science on arsenic, endangering public health

How politics derailed EPA science on arsenic, endangering public health

MOUNT VERNON, Maine - Living in the lush, wooded countryside with fresh New England air, Wendy Brennan never …

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Experimental characterisation of coefficient of friction at bone-implant interface

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By David Heath Verified, Laurence Marks, David Murray, Stephen J. Mellon, Xiaoyi Min
| Frontiers
Abstract Primary fixation of cementless implants is achieved through an interference fit. Successful primary fixation of press-fit components, a prerequisite for their long-term stability, is achieved through periprosthetic stress and friction at the bone-implant interface. In computational studies of interference fits, the input value of the coefficient of friction (COF) significantly influences the assessment of the primary fixation of implants.
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By David Heath Verified
| psychiatrymargins.com
David Heath is a psychiatrist in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, retired from clinical practice but active in promoting psychiatric hospitalization at home. He founded Canada’s first psychiatric hospitalization at home program in 1989 in Kitchener and a second program in Cambridge in 1998. His book “Home Treatment for Acute Mental Disorders: An Alternative to Hospitalization” was published in 2004 to excellent reviews in US psychiatric journals.
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A Rare Presentation of Small Bowel Volvulus Secondary to Meckel’s Diverticulum-Induced Intussusception in an Adolescent Female

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By David Heath Verified, Christine Li, Fiona Lee Verified, Natasha Patrick
| The Cureus Journal of Medical Science
Specialty Please choose I'm not a medical professional. Allergy and Immunology Anatomy Anesthesiology Biostatistics Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Cardiology Critical Care Dentistry Dermatology Diabetes and Endocrinology Emergency Medicine Epidemiology and Public Health Family Medicine Forensic Medicine Gastroenterology General Practice Genetics Geriatrics Health Policy Hematology HIV/AIDS Hospital-based Medicine I'm not a medical professional.
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