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TODAY'S NEWS   More news... U.S. health care waits to ignite as campaign issue (Reuters)  ·  Younger Women Often Miss Signs of Heart Attack (Washington Post)  ·  Millions of Americans in Chronic Pain (Time Magazine)  ·  Study: Anti-psychotic drug use soars among U.S. and U.K. kids (CNN)  · 


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AMSA Selects Psychologist as New Executive Director (02/19/2008)


AMSA IN THE NEWS   More AMSA in the News...

Unleash the energy
(Modern Healthcare - 04/28/08, Subscription Required.)

Betting on Grad School
(Wall Street Journal - 04/27/08)

Advocates Deliver the Keys to PEPFAR Success
(RH Reality Check - 04/01/08)

State proposal for medical marijuana
(MLive.com (Michigan News) - 03/23/08)

Group fights drug promos
(The Daily Tar Heel (UNC) - 03/20/08)

Reps. DeFazio, Stark Introduce Bill To Require Pharmaceutical, Medical Device Companies To Disclose Physician Gifts
(Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report - 03/17/08)

Students hope to kick drug makers off campuses
(Houston Chronicle - 03/14/08)

Some Doctors Say No To Gifts
(Hartford Courant - 03/10/08, Letter to the Editor Written by Nitin Roper )

House passes partial forgiveness for medical student loans
(American Medical News - 03/10/08)

Medical students lobby
(The Birmingham News - 02/25/08, (4th paragraph))

Des Moines University students object to drug industry lobbyist's campus visit
(Des Moines Register - 02/20/08)

‘Crisis in Health Care’ Talk at First Unitarian Church
(Brooklyn Eagle - 02/01/08)

Care for an Éclair?
(North Coast Journal - 01/31/08)

USF doc's ties to pharma: Bad karma?
(St. Petersburg Times - 01/27/08)

Future M.D. says no to handouts of drugmakers
(News & Observer - 01/27/08)

Edison woman takes a global view
(Home News Tribune - 01/17/08)

Moving toward the day when justice just is
(Carrboro Citizen - 01/16/08)

The relationship between doctors, drug companies
(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 01/11/08)

Doctor combats pull of drug reps
(St. Petersburg Times - 12/27/07)

Profits and prescriptions
(Chicago Daily Herald - 12/26/07)

Cover Story: The Age of the Loan Drones
(ArtVoice - 12/19/07)

Inked Out
(Los Angeles Business Journal - 12/17/07)

Medical students rally for World AIDS Day
(People's Weekly World - 12/06/07)

Med Students Rally for World AIDS Day
(Windy City Times - 12/05/07)

AIDS Week Events Raise Awareness
(The Trinity Tripod - 12/04/07)

Medical students march in S.F. to call for more AIDS funding
(San Francisco Chronicle - 12/02/07)

New Perspective
(The Hospitalist - 12/01/07, (begins on page 20))

Group Rallies to Fight Aids, Bush Defends U.S. Programs
(Scripps Howard - 12/01/07)

UNC med students say drug firms have too much sway
(Triangle Business Journal - 11/30/07)

Premeds Work Together to Throw Off Image of Cutthroat Competition
(Columbia Spectator - 11/27/07)

House to offer bill for registry of drug firm gifts to doctors
(American Medical News - 11/26/07)

Unhealthy Freedoms
(Accuracy in Media - 11/21/07)

Texas Med Center Bans Industry Gifts
(Pharmalot - 11/13/07)

Anthony Fleg on PharmFree
(Independent Weekly - 11/07/07)

Letter to the Editor: "Say yes to national health care"
(Baltimore Sun - 11/04/07, Written by Jay Bhatt, AMSA Immediate Past President)

Gifts are exception, but more rules likely
(The Tennessean - 11/01/07)

Thanks, But No Thanks
(Newsweek - 10/29/07)

Prescription Drugs | Medical Organizations Pledge Support for Gift Disclosure Bill
(Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report - 10/25/07)

UConn Prescription: No Freebies
(Hartford Courant - 10/25/07)

UConn Health Center debating ban on gifts from industry reps
(Associated Press - 10/24/07)

UConn Med School Considers Gift Ban
(National Public Radio - 10/24/07, Listen Online!)

Groups Back Physician Gift Disclosure Measure
(Congressional Quarterly - 10/23/07)

S-CHIP Veto Met With Protests At Syracuse
(CBS News - 10/17/07)

Gay? Fine By Me T-shirt project returns to WesternU
(People/Places at Western U - 10/11/07)

Medical Schools Stop Using Dogs and Pigs in Teaching
(The Chronicle of Higher Education - 10/11/07)

Drug makers face scrutiny over physician payouts
(The Politico - 10/10/07)

An ounce of prevention...
(The Clarion-Ledger - 10/09/07)

Bush agrees to student aid increase
(The Arbiter - 10/08/07)

Firing patients unusual, but legal
(Columbus Dispatch - 10/07/07)

U.S. students find ways to broaden their horizons
(ACP Observer - 10/01/07, Monthly news magazine of the American College of Physicians)

Rx data mining: Improving health care or invading privacy?
(Laconia Citizen - 09/30/07)


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