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Free Drug Samples Prompt Skin Doctors To Prescribe Costlier Meds

Michaeleen Doucleff | Natinoal Public Radio | April 16, 2014

Dermatologists who accept free tubes and bottles of brand-name drugs are likelier to prescribe expensive medications for acne than doctors who are prohibited from taking samples, a study reports Wednesday.  The difference isn't chump change.

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IBM Research Scientists Investigate Use of Cognitive Computing-Based Visual Analytics For Skin Cancer Image Analysis

Press Release | IBM | December 17, 2014

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today a collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering to research the application of cognitive computing to analyze dermatological images of skin lesions with the goal of assisting clinicians in the identification of various cancerous disease states. The technology, which learns by identifying specific patterns in medical images, has the potential to increase the number of cases detected and help clinicians make earlier diagnoses...

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