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Washington — Wounds may result from a gunshot, diabetes, a burn or a bedsore, but they all signal the body’s healing mechanism to proceed through a series of complex steps. Four new centers have been funded to develop innovative therapies to both ease and speed this process.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, recently awarded $13 million over four years to an interdisciplinary group of 36 investigators at eight universities and medical centers who are studying diverse approaches to wound healing.

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Honolulu — The American Medical Association House of Delegates adopted 12 detailed principles aimed at easing strained physician-hospital relationships, protecting medical staff self-governance and improving health care quality and patient safety.

Until last month’s Interim Meeting, the AMA had no house policy outlining the organization’s stand on physician-hospital relations.

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The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is working with a task force of high-school students and parents to place stickers on packages of beer, wine coolers and other alcoholic beverages warning against buying alcohol for minors, the Washington Post reported Sept. 13.

Stop-sign shaped stickers will be placed on products at 50 participating retailers in the Alexandria area. The “sticker shock” campaign is intended to prevent underage drinking.

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