AAMC: medical education funding cuts threaten research

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Managed care and reduced revenue from funding programs have threatened the viability of medical research and the medical colleges that provide that research. Academic medical centers, such as those included in the Association of American Medical Colleges, are seen as too costly, their function as innovators and researchers overlooked. The significance of research in teaching hospitals and medical colleges must be emphasized to the federal government.

Finance, Medical education

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Harvesting research from rural roots

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The Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, WI, was founded in 1916. The clinic has always been involved in medical research which became a greater commitment in 1959 with the establishment of the Marshfield Medical Research Foundation. The foundation oversees all the research operations. A new Melvin R. Laird Center for research was opened in Sep 1997. There are almost 500 doctors employed by the clinic and an operating budget each year of $270 million.

Health aspects, Management, Marshfield, Wisconsin

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HIV patients now can be candidates for organ transplants

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AIDS patients are now more likely to become candidates for organ transplants due to new combination therapies and an expanded donor program. Protease inhibitors and antiretroviral agents allow some AIDS patients to live longer lives, increasing their opportunities to receive donor organs. AIDS patients also have access to organs from donors who do not meet transplant standards for the general population.

Political aspects, Surgery, AIDS patients, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., Organ transplantation, Tissue transplantation, Transplantation

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