November 30, 2011
China’s vaccine makers gear up for overseas markets; product safety image still a concern
The world should get ready for a new Made in China product — vaccines. (Washington Post)
Monthly Archives: November 2011
November 30, 2011
Medicare to Pay for Obesity Counseling
Medicare will pick up the tab for obesity screening and intensive behavioral counseling, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced late Tuesday. (ABC News)
November 30, 2011
Turn on, tune in and get better?
Janeen Delany describes herself as an “old hippie” who’s smoked plenty of marijuana. But she never really dabbled in hallucinogens — until two years ago, at the age of 59. (LA Times)
November 30, 2011
Generics Genesis: Patent Expires for Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Lipitor
With sales of more than $100 billion since it was introduced in 1997, the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor (atorvastatin) is an unparalleled pharmaceutical superstar. But as its patent expires on November 30 and its first generic competitor takes the stage, Lipitor … Read More
November 30, 2011
Illegal Human Study Left Three Patients Dead – Four Defendants Get Prison Sentences
Four former executives of Synthes Inc. have been sentenced to prison for carrying out human medical trials illegally in which three participants lost their lives. (Medical News Today)
November 30, 2011
Event: Anti-Aging Science in an Aging Culture: Scientific and Religious Perspectives on Life Extension
Urbana Seminary The Forum at Carle in Urbana, Illinois December 10, 2011 A one-day conference exploring the meaning of human aging and biomedical attempts to overcome it from medical and religious perspectives. This conference is ideal for those in the … Read More
November 30, 2011
New Issue of Stem Cells is Now Available
Stem Cells (November 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Cord Blood Banking, Transplantation and iPSC: Success and Opportunities” by Mahendra Rao, Lars Ahrlund-Richter and Dan S. Kaufman.
November 30, 2011
New Issue of Archives of Neurology is Now Available
Archives of Neurology (Volume 68, Issue 11, November 1, 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Coping With Death and Dying on a Neurology Inpatient Service: Death Rounds as an Educational Initiative for Residents” by Sandeep Khot; Martha … Read More
November 30, 2011
New Issue of Trends in Biotechnology is Now Available
Trends in Biotechnology (Volume 29, Issue 12, December 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Organ Printing: The Future of Bone Regeneration?” by Natalja E. Fedorovich, Jacqueline Alblas, Wim E. Hennink, F. Cumhur Öner, and Wouter J.A. Dhert, … Read More
November 29, 2011
Face transplant patient beginning to look himself again
Strangers would stare at him in the street and children would say the monster was coming and run away, but earlier this year Mitch Hunter underwent a face transplant that promises to transform his life. (BBC News)
November 29, 2011
HEALTHBEAT: As more people donate a kidney, a push to better track how donors fare long-term
More and more people are donating one of their kidneys to a loved one, a friend, even a stranger, and now a move is on to make sure those donors really fare as well as they’re promised. (Washington Post)
November 29, 2011
Heart patients prefer longevity over quality of life
When an elderly person’s chronic disease is impossible to cure, many doctors might assume that patient would chose to improve the quality of his or her remaining life rather than to extend it as is. Those doctors would be mistaken … Read More
November 29, 2011
Aiming for clinical excellence
From tissue scaffolds for artificial organs to better diagnostics and drug delivery, health and medicine offer some of the most visible opportunities for nanotechnology. Yet the first nanomedicine was approved for use back in 1995. (Guardian)
November 29, 2011
Study: Low-Risk Births Don’t Need Hospital
A new study in England shows little difference in complications among the babies of women with low-risk pregnancies who delivered in hospitals versus those who gave birth with midwives at home or in birthing centers. (Fox News)
November 28, 2011
Common Drugs the Culprit in Most ER Visits by Seniors, Study Finds
Commonly used diabetes pills and blood thinners—not high-risk medications like painkillers—are behind most visits by seniors to emergency rooms for drug reactions and unintentional overdoses, according to a study to be published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine. … Read More
November 28, 2011
AP IMPACT: More kids skip school shots in 8 states
More parents are opting out of school shots for their kids. In eight states now, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners aren’t getting all the vaccines required for attendance, an Associated Press analysis found. (AP)
November 28, 2011
Artificial pancreas could be ‘holy grail’ for Type 1 diabetics
Kerry Morgan was just 3 years old when she participated in her first clinical trial for type 1 diabetes prevention. She didn’t have the disease, but her 7-year old sister did and there was concern that she might develop it, … Read More
November 28, 2011
Taking healthcare to students
As soon as the school day ended, the rush at the health clinic began. Two high school seniors asked for sports physicals. (LA Times)
November 28, 2011
The Doctor Will See Your Genome Now
Just over 10 years ago, the sequencing of the first human genome was announced at a White House press conference. In the decade since, the practical application of genomic information has been disappointingly slow. (Slate)
November 23, 2011
Gov’t says Merck will pay $950M to settle Vioxx probe, will plead guilty to marketing charge
The Department of Justice said Tuesday that drugmaker Merck will pay $950 million to resolve investigations into its marketing of the painkiller Vioxx. (Washington Post)
November 23, 2011
Drugmakers Mine Data for Trial Patients
Pharmaceutical companies can easily spend years—and more than $1 billion—bringing a new drug to market, in part because they can’t find enough patients to do the required testing of the compound. (Businessweek)
November 23, 2011
Physicians rely on search engines to help find clinical information
Physicians use many information sources to help them diagnose or treat their most difficult cases. It turns out many rely on Google to help them find those sources. (American Medical News)
November 23, 2011
llinois case poses risk of peer review data going public
An upcoming decision by the Illinois Appellate Court is raising concerns nationwide that doctors’ peer review information could be exposed during lawsuits. (American Medical News)
November 22, 2011
Helping Lipitor Live Longer
Drug maker Pfizer Inc. is moving into retail. In an effort to hold onto sales of cholesterol fighter Lipitor after the drug loses patent protection at the end of this month, Pfizer is planning to sell the pills at generic … Read More
November 22, 2011
Bionic contact lens ‘to project emails before eyes’
A new generation of contact lenses that project images in front of the eyes is a step closer after successful animal trials, say scientists. (BBC News)
