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Strep Throat and Beer
No matter if they have a cough or sprain, students are being quizzed by colleges about their alcohol consumption. Health officials say it's a way to target risky behavior, but some students are peeved.
The New MCAT
New social sciences test will broaden base of knowledge measured. Educators hope to change the way pre-meds think about undergraduate education.
Vet School Surge
Professional schools that have been nearly impossible to get into are adding slots.
Church, State and a University Hospital
Critics question plan to merge Catholic health group with teaching facility for University of Louisville medical school.
New Breed of Vet School?
Lincoln Memorial plans to enter field with very few institutions, and to offer six-year bachelor's/D.V.M. option.
Education for the Emergency Room
Medical education associations and foundations and push common skills that will allow doctors, nurses and other health care professionals to work better together.
Flexible Policies, Unchanged Practice
More medical schools offer better-balanced work-life policies to faculty, new study finds, but few actually use them.
Medical Residents Ruled Employees
Supreme Court ruling backs Treasury Department against hospital and U. of Minnesota, saying doctors-in-training are subject to payroll taxes.