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U.K. woman conceives breast cancer gene-free baby The word guarantee is used a little bit loose here, as the baby is not immune to breast disease but the embryos did not contain the cancero...
New electrostatic-based DNA microarray technique could revolutionize medical diagnostics – personalized medicine The “Gene Chips”, aka DNA microarray asssays and RNA counterparts are the tools for the process. What is surprising is that the technique ...
Generic Risperdal Hits the Market No time wasted here, patent expired yesterday, orders shipping today. Also J and J will release their own generic as well, (can’t beat them...
Watermelon may have Viagra-effect It relaxes blood vessels without any drug side effects! BD A cold slice of watermelon has long been a Fourth of July holiday staple. ...
Flaws in medical coding can kill – Medical Devices This article specifically relates to the “code” that is used by devices. As a coder myself I can tell you this is an area that is worked, ...
Kmart expands generic drug program The news here is more generic drug availability, and $1.00 more than competitors but what’s a dollar these days as there’s still a tremendo...
Bill Gates – “I’m still pretty hardcore” Nice interview from the Nightly News with Bill Gates, reflecting on where he’s going, how Microsoft was started, and how inn...
Electronic citations speed up ticketing process for police Take a look at this photo, what makes this possible, using a Tablet PC in the car. Now if we could just get health care to embrace the use...
Harvard Medical School Deploys Third Brigade For PCI Security Hard Hat Area: Health IT – One of the best benefits, protection from SQL Injection attacks from web applications and of course explici...
Diagnosis Without Physician Input.. Not recommended… Good article about how the human touch cannot be removed! Myself as a tech person I probably research more information than most, but agai...
Serious patient errors at California hospitals disclosed in state filings California may be the next state to join the ranks, but again as many have questioned, what are the “never” events and how will this be inte...
Placebo Television #13: Reader's Digest Response This has to be one of the best Dr. Doug has put out. This is good watching for both health care staff and patients, with a delicious bit ...
Merck, Schering-Plough end respiratory collaboration Joint drug therapies, are they worth the research funding? In this case it appears not to be the case. With more stringent policies coming...
eCardio Diagnostics Introduces Exclusive Extended Monitoring Device The device has real time continuous monitoring and could be useful after surgery procedures for follow up reports. More information can be...
Choices for Migraines – Medical Device, Drug or both? Last week I posted about a new potential migraine zapper , a medical device in research that could use electronic shocks to kill a migraine...
Follow-On Biologics Legislation Could Save Billions Of Dollars Personalized Medicine and Genomics are getting some serious attention, why, because it will save money and hopefully better healthcare in...
Device proves blessing to chronic pain sufferers Implantables helping with pain. This one focuses on the spinal cord and the therapy and surgery was able to get one man up and around ou...
Cancer 'Cure' In Mice To Be Tested In Humans – from Mice to Men or Women The study was announced on June 28th in Los Angeles. The FDA has approved the study. 500 local potential donors who are 50 years old or ...
The deals to entice medical students Want to go to medical school on the government, well a military scholarship could be the answer, but you need to serve 4 years as an army ph...
Retail Clinics were first, now we have Retail labs… First we had retail clinics, now retail labs and no prescription required , so pop in for a quick LDL or glucose test before you start your...
Medicare audit overreach? There have been issues with how the auditing contractors have handled the scenario and Florida and California were able to make some change...
How Do You Outsource Health Care – You Don’t Every industry has what is called a “business model’ and different industries can all learn from each other on marketing techniques, p...
Medi-Cal providers bracing for pay cut - California There’s a lot of focus this week on the Medicare reductions, but in California there’s also the Medi-Cal cuts. Already it is very difficult...
Where the money isn't – The Family Practice From Maryland, the physician states 15 years ago he was a wealthy doctor and today he is struggling and now thinking about quitting. Hopef...
Dangerous drug, do-nothing FDA Propoxyphene is the active ingredient found in Darvocet and also in Darvon. Experts suggest that ibuprofen is far more effective for treati...
Senate Democrats Attack Republicans on Medicare - “There will be blood” (HR3661) One senator wonders at this point why he is a Republican…and the Democrats were quick to have the names of those who voted against t...
Robert Scoble Visits Washington – How and Who is Using Technology… Anyone who has been on the Internet for any amount of time knows who he is. Recently I have talked about how far behind health care is in t...
Analyst Says Bristol-Myers A Buyout Target Is the big pharma business the next industry to face the melt down and consolidation process? BioTech investments are growing, and persona...
Medicare to Test PHRs in S. Carolina If this project proves to be successful, then watch out for Google Health and the Microsoft Vault who will want to integrate , which wo...
Training The Next Generation – EHR Training at the University Level What a novel idea! I say this tongue and cheek as it has been something needed for a long time. After having been in this industry for a ...
Temporary Halt To Medicare Reimbursement Cuts – HR 6331 Update stalled until July 15th – The shot heard round the country…Loud and Clear in Texas… Somebody had to step up the plate here, so the deadline is extended to July 15th now. In a related story: from the Center for Medicare A...
GlaxoSmithKline Donates Cancer Genomics Data set to Public If others follow in the same path this stands to set some new priorities on how studies are conducted and the development of personalized m...
Battered Woman Imagery in Pfizer's New Fibromyalgia Ad John Mack makes some good points about advertising here…how low do we have to go in essence to drive attention to the ads to sell Lyica, th...
Are Medical Meetings Environmentally Unfriendly As in most industries, virtual meetings and web meetings are starting to make a large showing on the Internet. When you stop and think abo...
Training Surgeons From The Video Game Generation New concept in training younger medical students with video simulation. When you stop and think about it, this generation has grown with v...
Progressive MyRate drive-monitoring device goes national The insurance business is getting more creative all the time. This story has to do with car insurance and having a monitor study your driv...
10,000$ worth of free care Nice story from the ER doctor and nice to know charity and human soles are still alive and well out there. We hear so much negativity today...
