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American Medical News - May 12, 2008 (vol. 51 no. 18)

GOVERNMENT & MEDICINE  Go to section
  Rulings limit patients' ability to sue device firms, drugmakers
  CMS seeks to add 9 hospital-acquired conditions to no-pay list

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES  Go to section
  Oregon still stands alone: Ten years of physician-assisted suicide
  Harvard offers discount on med school tuition
  In the Courts - Transplant surgeon faces criminal charge for donor's quick death

BUSINESS  Go to section
  Calculate your ideal patient load: How to strike the correct balance
  Kentucky measure calls for clearer contracts for doctors, plans
  Smokers' suspensions spotlight incentive plans

OPINION  Go to section
  Readying for the senior surge
  Letters - 5 things needed to make EMRs practical

HEALTH & SCIENCE  Go to section
  Studies suggest drugmaker skewed clinical trial reports
  Author equates alternative treatments with placebo effect

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