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Canada plans $35 million in medical isotope funding (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Canada will spend $35 million over two years to help develop new technology to produce medical isotopes after prolonged problems at the country's Chalk River nuclear plant curbed supply, the federal budget said.

Economy forces some medical schools to shrink classes (USA Today)
The economic realities of a prolonged recession are forcing medical schools across the United States to reduce the number of seats available for new students or to curtail expansion efforts initiated during better economic times, even as demand far outstrips supply in many experts' projections on the size of the future physician work force.

Egypt's Mubarak to undergo medical tests: TV (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will undergo medical tests while in Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, state television said on Thursday in a rare statement on the leader's health.

Final Glance: Medical Devices companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top medical devices companies were mixed at the close of trading: Abbott Labs unchanged at $54.08. Allergan rose $.43 or .7 percent, to $60.10. Bard fell $.18 or .2 percent, to $83.82. Baxter rose $.04 or .1 percent, to $59.04. Boston Scientific rose $.02 or .3 percent, to $7.92. Hospira rose $.15 or .3 percent, to $53.83. Johnson & Johnson rose $.17 or .3 percent ...

'Miami Medical' to debut next month (UPI)
LOS ANGELES, March 4 (UPI) -- U.S. network CBS says its new hospital drama "Miami Medical," starring Jeremy Northam and Mike Vogel, will premiere next month.