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Saint Barnabas Medical Center Pioneers New Program Bringing Humanities and Humanism to Medicine (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

What do poetry, art, literature, film and history have to do with medical practice? "Everything," according to Richard S. Panush, M.D., Chair of Medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, who has pioneered an innovative program bringing humanities to the bedside for residents in internal medicine.

Novel Basis Identified For Tamoxifen Failure (Medical News Today)

Tamoxifen may worsen breast cancer in a small subset of patients. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research suggests that in patients who show reduced or absent expression of the protein E-cadherin, commonly used anti-oestrogen drugs such as tamoxifen may promote more harmful cancer cell behaviour. A team of researchers co-ordinated by Dr.

Couples Face Tough Choices on Unused Embryos (Newsweek)

A psychologist on the complicated reasons couples are reluctant to donate or destroy stored embryos after their fertility treatments end.

Business Bulletin Board for Nov. 30-Dec. 6 (Contra Costa Times)

Bulletin board listings are free but limited to nonprofit organizations announcing events costing less than $200 to attend. An expanded version of the bulletin board can be found on-line at www.

Calendar (Skokie Review)

Based upon space availability, The Review prints calendar announcements and items for columns, including campus news, newsmakers and others for local organizations and individuals. The deadline is 10 days before the desired publication date, however there is no guarantee for publication. Send releases and items of local interest to: Skokie Review or Lincolnwood Review, 3701 W. Lake Ave., ...