Sound Medicine: December 30, 2007

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Published December 30, 2007 at 11:35 AM EST

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/123007_full.mp3

Topics this week include: Adopting Frozen Embryos; New Kidney Donation Guidelines; Experimental Drugs for the Dying; Guilt; Phase IV Clinical Trials

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