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Dec 15, 2010
AAP Med Student News
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The FSU College of Medicine's Pediatric Interest Group (PIG) raised $795 at their annual "Dreams Come True" wine and cheese fundraiser. The event is consistently a great success and is very popular among the students and faculty.

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Dec 15, 2010
Benzinga.com
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The majority of U.S. medical schools have implemented strong conflict-of-interest policies this year, according to the 2010 American Medical Student Association (AMSA) PharmFree Scorecard. The Scorecard finds that 79 of 152 medical schools (52%) now receive a grade of A or B for their policies governing pharmaceutical industry interaction with medical school faculty and students. Only two medical schools received a perfect score for limiting access of sales representatives – the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine and Florida State University College of Medicine.

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Dec 14, 2010
med.fsu.edu
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The Florida State University College of Medicine on Wednesday will unveil an exhibit related to the historic passage of Medicare and recognize retired Tallahassee physician Charles Mathews, who donated several items.
 
Mathews attended the first meeting on Medicare at the White House with President Lyndon Johnson in 1966 and recently donated the materials provided for that meeting. Other items on display are the pen President Johnson used to sign the Medicare bill, and historic photos and documents from the Claude Pepper Papers, housed at the Claude Pepper Library. The items will be permanently housed at the university’s Claude Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy. 
 
In addition to Mathews, others scheduled to participate in the unveiling ceremony are College of Medicine Dean John P. Fogarty; Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith, chair of the Department of Geriatrics; and representatives from the Pepper Institute. The event will take place:
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15
 
10 A.M.
 
FSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ATRIUM
 
TALLAHASSEE

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Dec 09, 2010
Computers, Networks & Communications
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The University of Florida and the Florida State University College of Medicine jointly received $600,000 from the Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida to strengthen research, education and service efforts in public health and to boost economic growth.

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Nov 25, 2010
Health News Florida
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The Department of Health faces a March 1 deadline for releasing a wide-ranging report that includes justifying its divisions and recommending ways to reduce and restructure parts of the agency. Lawmakers required the report this spring, after a tumultuous legislative session in which House leaders targeted the department for revamping --- and shrinking.

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Nov 19, 2010
Fudge
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Bethann Mohamed, president of FSUCares, also entered some of her fudge in the 2010 Fudge Cook-off. The event raised more than $1,600 for the outreach organization.

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Nov 18, 2010
Tallahassee Democrat
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Nearly 12,500 Hispanic residents live in Leon County, and on Friday community organizations are working together to hold the 2010 Hispanic Health Care Conference. It's designed to address issues facing the Hispanic community and health care. Dr. Jose Rodriguez, an associate professor at Florida State University's College of Medicine and  the conference's keynote speaker, said the event is about community education.

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Nov 18, 2010
Miamiherald.com
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Together, ProPublica and Health News Florida, identified 62 physicians in Florida who have recently received more than $1.1 million from drug companies despite having a serious blotch on their records. The discovery is troubling, said Ken Brummel-Smith, chair of the Department of Geriatrics at Florida State University College of Medicine. FSU College of Medicine has adopted a zero-tolerance policy for drug-company payments and gifts to its professors and students, he said. But outside of academia, there has been little official scrutiny. 

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Nov 17, 2010
med.fsu.edu
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  Highlights from the 2010 socio-economic impact study prepared for the Florida State University College of Medicine by MGT of America Inc.

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Nov 16, 2010
med.fsu.edu
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Press Release   The Florida State University College of Medicine and the University of Florida have jointly received $600,000 from the State University System of Florida Board of Governors to strengthen research, education and service efforts in areas of public health and to boost economic growth.

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