November 10, 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to call Tuesday for a new push by the U.S. and other countries to harness recent science to stem the HIV/AIDS pandemic. (Wall Street Journal)
November 10, 2011
In recent years, scientists have learned that some patients believed to be in a vegetative state actually have some awareness and that they might be able to communicate. Now, a new study suggests a portable brain monitor can detect signs … Read More
November 10, 2011
Poorly designed, hard-to-use computerized health records are a threat to patient safety, and an independent agency should be set up to investigate injuries and deaths linked to health information technology, according to a federal study released Tuesday. (NY Times)
November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, Environmental Change and Security Program, Africa Program, Asia Program, and Middle East Program in coordination with the Maternal Health Task … Read More
November 10, 2011
Taylor & Francis Online (Volume 30, Issue 4, December 1, 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “DTC genetic testing companies fail transparency prescriptions” by Norman P. Lewis, et al, 291-307. “From lab to lifestyle: translating genomics into … Read More
November 9, 2011
Some gravely ill alcoholics who need a liver transplant shouldn’t have to prove they can stay sober for six months to get one, doctors say in a study that could intensify the debate over whether those who destroy their organs … Read More
November 9, 2011
Computer analysis of brain scans could help predict how serious or long term a psychotic patient’s illness may become and help doctors make more accurate decisions about how best to treat them, researchers said on Monday. (Reuters)
November 9, 2011
Vianney Ferdinand was just 25 years old when she found a lump in her breast. “I was just home watching TV with my husband, and for some reason I just passed my hand through my chest and I felt it,†… Read More
November 9, 2011
Walmart has been working under the radar (not anymore) to be the “largest provider of primary healthcare services in the nation,†according to a request for healthcare partners leaked online today by NPR. (ABC News)
November 9, 2011
A few pig cells, a single surgery and a rigorous daily workout: They’re the three ingredients that patients will need to re-grow fresh, functional slabs of their own muscle, courtesy of Pentagon-backed science that’s already being used to rebuild parts … Read More
November 9, 2011
The Journal of Academic Ethics (Volume 9, Issue 4) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “The Health Professional Ethics Rubric: Practical Assessment in Ethics Education for Health Professional Schools” by Nathan Carlin, et al.
November 9, 2011
Friday, May 18 and Saturday May 19, 2012 Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), titled “Human Subjects Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research … Read More
November 9, 2011
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 365, Issue 18, November 3, 2011) is now available on-line and by subscription only. Articles include: “Geographic Variation in Physicians’ Responses to a Reimbursement Change” by M. Jacobson, C.C. Earle, and J.P. Newhouse, … Read More
November 8, 2011
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 365, Issue 17, October 27, 2011) is now available on-line and by subscription only. Articles include: “Medicare Payment Reform — Proposals for Paying for an SGR Repeal” by John K. Iglehart, available on-line. … Read More
November 8, 2011
Clear, specific requirements for what needs to be disclosed when physicians have relationships with medical device and pharmaceutical manufactures will be essential to evaluating conflicts of interest inherent to such relationships, a study concludes. (American Medical News)
November 8, 2011
A new law in Illinois is enabling use of unclaimed bodies in anatomical education to help combat a shortage of cadavers amid a growth in medical school enrollment. The move could signal a nationwide resurrection of the decades-old practice of … Read More
November 8, 2011
“I’m a great kvetcher,†said Pearl Schwartz, sitting in her hospital bed at NYU Langone Medical Center. Indeed, during her brief stay to receive a pacemaker, Ms. Schwartz, an 88-year-old retired state worker, had a litany of complaints. (NY Times)
November 8, 2011
A US doctor is trying to pioneer a laser treatment that changes patients’ eye colour. (BBC News)
November 8, 2011
It turns out that catching cancer early isn’t always as important as we thought. (Washington Post)
November 8, 2011
Researchers say there’s a new way to tell if infants are likely to become obese later on: Check to see if they’ve passed two key milestones on doctors’ growth charts by age 2. (Washington Post)
November 7, 2011
The Texas State Medical Board voted Friday to delay until next year final approval of new stem cell therapy rules that could restrict — or even block — procedures such as the one Gov. Rick Perry recently underwent on his … Read More
November 7, 2011
Like many patients with advanced cancer, Dennis Williams found himself facing questions he couldn’t ask anyone, even his family. (MSNBC)
November 7, 2011
An end-of-life care innovation developed in Oregon is proving a reliable way for people to avoid unwanted medical interventions. (Oregonian)
November 7, 2011
North Carolina officials have tracked down less than four dozen of the thousands of residents forced to undergo sterilizations between 1929 and 1974. (Washington Post)
November 7, 2011
Personalised medicine is nothing new; it’s your doctor knowing you, your values, family and life circumstances, and tailoring treatment by trial and error. However, the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 led to a flood of predictions that … Read More
