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AMA Will Help you Choose and Learn About E-Prescribing Well if you have not located enough information yet, the AMA has a web based tool for you to compare systems and prices. I didn’t see any ...
One Woman’s Battle with Ingenix Who Has Cancer The Ingenix data base story has now graduated up to ABC News. They also provide other services to insurers and provide your prescription d...
Sensei® Robotic Catheter System Does Heart Surgery at Scripps in San Diego This is a case where you may want your interventional radiologist and/or cardiologist close at hand, literally. This robot from Hansen is a...
President Obama Gets Interrupted by a Duck – Cell Phone That Is Well obviously I don’t have the market cornered on this one, but yes I do have a cell phone that quacks, but being my last name is “Duck”, ...
Johnson and Johnson and Abbott Labs – Battle for Intellectual Property Solved – Expensive for Abbott Legal suits are still ramped with drug companies in the court rooms, this one has to be one of the largest settlements I am aware of, over ...
Courts Charge Mother With Neglect – Failing to Control Son’s Weight of 555 Pounds 5 to 10 years for obesity or child neglect is the potential sentence if convicted for the mother. She was instructed to bring her son in f...
California Insurance Commissioner Want to Know How Much Money Insurers have invested in Iran This could be interesting to see what comes to table from the inquisition as such are considered illegal, and then again what if none are r...
Support for PHRs gaining ground in the UK – Cost, Privacy and Ownership Leading Factors The government in the UK is looking at cost as well and the anticipated cost of expanding the data facilities of the NHS. This report stat...
Teva, Antares get FDA Approval for Growth Hormone Needle Free Device This has been a pain for kids with injections, so it looks like soon kids will have a choice. Antares has several devices on the site, one ...
Heart Stem Cell Trial at Cedars Sinai – Patient’s Own Cells Injected to Reverse Heart Attack Damage Finally the work and benefits of stem cells are beginning to evolve around us. The patient had a heart attack, had permanent damage and by ...
Medtronic Pacemaker that can allow an MRI Procedure approved in Europe Finally, but not here in the US yet, a pacemaker that will allow a patient to have an MRI. No word on how long before we may see FDA appro...
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy– Interview with Dr. Erika Schwartz I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Erika Schwartz recently about Bio Identical Hormone Therapy, one of the foremost experts in the...
LUCAS 2 Chest Compression Receives FDA Clearance – Cardiac Arrest The device is expected to be available for purchase this fall. It is battery powered and can be life saving. With the Michael Jackson’s lo...
Have Acne, Accutane Won’t be a Choice for Treatment as Roche has pulled the drug from the US Market The drug was not withdrawn for not working, more so due to lawsuits and side effects, depression for one. As noted below, the US is not the...
High Blood Pressure Bluetooth Remote Health Monitor, Glucose Monitor and more – Ideal Life This company has a few new wireless data reporting medical devices. The one mentioned in the study was the blood pressure device. These d...
Inhaled growth hormone safe for children - Study We are beginning to see more “inhalable” drugs coming on the scene and this is one more that was a small trial, for kids it sure beats havi...
Antiperspirants are Considered a Drug by the FDA – Recent Study looks at a connection possible between breast and prostate cancer The basis of the study is interference of an underarm endocrine organ by antiperspirants, which by the way are considered a “drug” by the F...
Survey in the UK shows Most are Worried about cuts at the NHS Some of those in the survey said raise taxes to protect the NHS and cut back in other areas. There were mixed reactions too about private ...
Hand Held Electrocardiogram (ECG) Device – Add 2 Drops to the Device and Send the Information to the Cardiologist or Physician (No paper required) What won’t we be doing with a portable electronic medical device in the future? This looks interesting enough and certainly portable. It ...
