The United States Bone and Joint Initiative (USBJI) is an outgrowth of the US Bone and Joint Decade 2002 – 2011, and part of the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health, formerly called The Bone and Joint Decade (BJD). They have a global campaign to improve quality...
Who? It’s a big, important story – but it’s easy to get lost in the details. So, let me take a newspaper reporter’s approach here and address essential questions (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?) about changing relationships between the biopharmaceuticals industry...
Each year, I tell my second-year pharmacy students that the bacteria Haemophilus influenzae used to be the number one cause of meningitis, an infection of the brain, in children. However, since the release of the first “Hib”, which stands for Haemophilus influenzae...
Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue which results in bone breaks. Osteoporosis affects approximately 10 million Americans, with another 44 million at risk by having low bone mass, putting them at increased risk of...
Did you know it is National Kidney Month? As a three-time kidney transplant recipient, I am especially thankful this month for all the organ donors in the world who have given people like me another chance at life. When I was 12, I was diagnosed with end-stage...
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