The Institute of Medicine (IOM) releases a landmark report on pain

Relieving Pain in America

A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education and Research.

The webcast link and report will also be posted on www.iom.edu/relievingpain .

Researching Chronically Ill Frequently Hospitalized Children

A study is being conducted by two graduate students in the DePaul University. If you have a child that is 18 years old or younger and has been hospitalized at least 3 times per year within the last three years we would like to receive your input.
Please fill out a short 5 minute anonymous survey that you can access using the link below:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7N99TMM

Chronically Ill Frequently Hospitalized Children Survey

www.surveymonkey.com



A.M. Vitals: Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal from Mayo Clinic, But Not Pfizer

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2011/06/21/a-m-vitals-supreme-court-will-hear-appeal-from-mayo-clinic-but-not-pfizer/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

Pulseless Artificial Heart

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/137029208/heart-with-no-beat-offers-hope-of-new-lease-on-life?sc=fb&cc=fp

Wallace Baine, Baine Street: The best seat to ponder the mystery

I know this, not because I knew young Kyra or her family; I did not. I know this, because all that information is engraved onto a wooden bench, right there for all to see, in a beautiful little spot near the ocean, at West Cliff Drive and Woodrow... FULL ARTICLE AT SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL