abstract background: ethics was discussed for many years in medical ethics through rules, theories, hypothesis and religious. there are some organs in iran that working on ethics. department of medical science is one of them that has his own instructions on ethics. this study aims to review some of the challengeable issues in medicine. conclusion: department of ethics in iranian academy of medi...

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Meetings on Wednesday and Thursday will be held in the Philosophy Faculty of the University of Groningen, Oude Boteringestraat 52, Groningen, room Omega. On Friday the meetings will be held at the Academy Building of the University of Groningen, Broerstraat 5, Groningen, room A3. The format of discussion sessions is 20 + 20 + 5 minutes and 30 minutes of debate. Contributed papers are 15 + 5 min...

inhibit progression of joint destruction. He said that TNF inhibitors are unique in their ability to do that but added that uste kinumab is unproven in PsA. Although one pilot study indicated a degree of response,1 “the jury is still out,” he claimed. In his own experience, he said that ustekinumab did not perform as well as the TNF blockers—or methotrexate— against PsA. Regarding cardiovascula...

Over the past two years, the United States Coast Guard Academy developed and implemented a one-day hands-on Coast Guard Academy Robotics On Water program (CGAROW). The program is gaining national attention because of its success in recruiting a diverse group of students interested in pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers in the Coast Guard. In order to meet the growi...

one whose clinical acumen, painstaking and accurate observations and valuable writings had gained for him a reputation which was world-wide and which added a lustre to British Medicine. John Thomson was born in Edinburgh in 1856, and, after receiving his education at the Academy and University, he studied in London, Berlin and Vienna. His interest was early directed towards diseases of children...