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Source :: BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition). 8/7/2004, Vol. 329 Issue 7461, p308-308. 1/3p.
Publication Year :: 2004
Abstract: Presents news briefs related to medical research and public health as of August 2004. Report that pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough has pleaded guilty and agreed to a settlement for overcharging Medicaid, the U.S. government health program for poor people; Comments made by Carol Black, the president of the United Kingdom's Royal College of Physicians, regarding the number of women physicians; Guidelines from the Department of Health for England regarding the provision of advice on contraception and sexual and reproductive health by health professionals to someone aged under 16; Others.