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Biomedicine, complementary, alternative…

Posted on 2010/08/26 by content

In Western culture and over recent centuries, common Western medicine has become increasingly based on scientific reductionism and materialism. This style of medicine is now dominant throughout the industrialized world, and is often termed Biomedicine by medical anthropologists. Biomedicine “formulates … Continue reading →

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Nurse and Doctor.

Posted on 2010/08/26 by content

Doctors called osteopaths are recognized as physicians in 48 countries, particularly in the United States, where they are no longer called osteopaths, but osteopathic physicians or just physicians, and where they have unlimited practicing rights in all specialties and subspecialties … Continue reading →

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Who is physician?

Posted on 2010/08/26 by content

The term physician comes from the Ancient Greek word φύσις (physis) and its derived adjective physikos, meaning “nature” and “natural”. From this, amongst other derivatives came the Vulgar Latin physicus, meaning a medical practitioner. After the Norman Conquest, the term … Continue reading →

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New MedWorm Category: Procedures

Posted on 2010/07/06 by MedWorm News

MedWorm has a new category of RSS news feeds dedicated to medical procedures. Continue reading →

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Doctor is…

Posted on 2010/07/06 by content

Doctor (title) Doctor (gen.: doctoris) means teacher in Latin. The word is originally an agentive noun of the verb docēre (‘to teach’).[1] It has been used continuously as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it … Continue reading →

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MedWorm sponsored by blue sky scrubs

Posted on 2010/06/27 by MedWorm News

MedWorm is pleased to announce that it is now being supported by blue sky scrubs, makers of some of the most stylish medical scrubs and scrub hats available for those hospital doctors that care about their appearance. blue sky scrubs are currently spon… Continue reading →

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MedMatcha – Medworm’s ad matching network coming soon

Posted on 2010/05/09 by MedWorm News

MedWorm is proud to reveal details of its soon to be launched ad matching network. Register a quality profile now and get $5 free advertising when it launches. Continue reading →

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MedWorm Presents at Health 2.0 Paris

Posted on 2010/04/05 by MedWorm News

Frankie Dolan is presenting MedWorm at the Health 2.0 conference in Paris on Tuesday 6th April. Continue reading →

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RSS Rivers of News By Medical Specialty

Posted on 2009/09/21 by MedWorm News

The MedWorm Rivers of News by specialty have just been improved. You can now view up to the last 2250 items indexed on MedWorm by medical specialty. Click on any specialty in the Publications Directory, then click on the River of News tab and you can s… Continue reading →

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New MedWorm Tagging Functionality

Posted on 2009/09/11 by MedWorm News

It is now possible to add tags (labels) to your favourite MedWorm searches and news feeds, which enables you to create multiple personalised ‘Rivers of News’. Check out the new functionality by signing in or registering for a free My MedWorm account, t… Continue reading →

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