Thursday, June 11, 2009

Ins and Outs

Filed under:

  • 615 PAGES OF GOOD INTENTIONS: Affordable Health Choices Act -- "To make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce"... [Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass)]

  • Dems double down on health care... [Politico]

  • AMA Opposes Public Insurance Plan [NY Times]

  • Grassley Scolds Obama on Twitter... [WSJ]

  • Health treaties are 'window dressing' to many nations; A majority of nations analyzed made no improvement to health services after signing up to treaties, analysis reveals... [New Scientist]

  • Congress Considers Partially Removing Tax Exemption On Employer Provided Health Benefits... [Consumerist]

  • Covidien Announces the Integration of the Nellcor(TM) OxiMax(TM) SpO2 System into Philips Patient Monitors... [Covidien]

  • Kamada Reports Positive Proof-of-Concept Data for Inhaled Alpha-1 Antitrypsin in Bronchiectasis ... [Kamada]

  • FDA Approves 12-Month Labeling Update for EVOLENCE® Collagen-Based Facial Filler... [J&J]

  • Study Shows Consistent Use of Insulin Pump Therapy, Augmented with Continuous Glucose Monitoring, Results in Significant A1C Reductions... [Medtronic]

  • GSK to test Aposense technology in oncology studies... [Globes]

  • Genetic Variant Associated with Resistance to Chemotherapy Drug in Women with Breast Cancer... [NIH]

  • Muscle activity plays key role in joint formation... [Cordis EU]

  • Unexpected discovery can open a new chapter in the fight against tuberculosis... [Uppsala University]

  • A New Lead for Autoimmune Disease: A small-molecule drug inhibits Th17 cells, eases symptoms in mouse model... [Children's Hospital Boston]

  • Proton radiation for localized prostate cancer... [Nature Reviews Urology]

  • Breaking Carbon-Carbon Bond: Researchers describe 'implausible' chemistry that produces herbicidal compound... [University of Illinois]

  • Time moves too slowly for hyperactive boys... [New Scientist]

  • Should Doctors Say How Often They've Performed a Procedure? [WSJ]
  • email this article to a friend      print this!           comments and peer reviews (0)






    replies: 0 comments
    Open comments are not moderated, although abusive and vulgar remarks may be deleted. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Medgadget.com. Please consult our disclaimer.

    add a comment
    html tags: <b>, <i>, and <a>
    examples: <b>Bold</b> <i>Italic</i>









    Remember personal info?
    (anonymous comments allowed)



    click to make your selection boldclick to make your selection italicclick to add a link


    Verification (needed to reduce spam):




    Click the "Post" button only once!