Ins and Outs

September 10th, 2008 News

  • An open letter to Barack Obama and John McCain… [Kevin, M.D.]
  • Study finds amount of work for residents–not just hours–needs review… [Univ of Chicago]
  • CT scans can be better medicine for doctors than for patients… [LA Times]
  • Private equity companies purchase nursing homes, but care does not suffer… [Harvard]
  • Vioxx Shareholder Lawsuit: Back On! [WSJ]
  • The Problems With Paying Doctors for Performance in Health Care … [WSJ]
  • Sen. Grassley Keeps Pressure on Non-Profit Hospitals … [WSJ]
  • Sen. Chuck Grassley and the University of Chicago Medical Center, Cont’d … [WSJ]
  • Scientists Find Our Eyes Evolved for ‘X-Ray’ Vision… [Caltech]
  • Isotope shortage is limiting nuclear medicine across Europe… [BMJ]
  • FDA: Manufacturers of TNF-Blocker Drugs Must Highlight Risk of Fungal Infections … [FDA]
  • Major Study Reinforces the Power of Medtronic Device for Better Diabetes Management… [Medtronic]
  • TAXUS OLYMPIA Registry Shows Excellent Outcomes for High-Risk Patients Treated With Second-Generation TAXUS® Liberte® Stent… [Boston Scientific]
  • NIH Launches Effort to Advance Study of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Disorders… [NIH]
  • The Cancer Genome Atlas Reports First Results Of Comprehensive Study of Brain Tumors… [NIH]
  • Getting to the bottom of lower-back pain: Genetic analysis reveals a biochemical pathway involved in the pathology of a painful spinal disorder… [Riken Institute]
  • Surprise Finding Identifies Ways to Fight African Sleeping Sickness… [Howard Hughes Medical Institute]
  • Light-activated treatments could solve MRSA problems after surgery… [Society for General Microbiology]
  • Switched-on new nanotechnology paints for hospitals could kill superbugs… [Society for General Microbiology]
  • The role of hormonal therapy in the management of hormonal-receptor-positive breast cancer with co-expression of HER2… [Nature Clinical Practice Oncology]
  • Characterization of microRNAs in serum: a novel class of biomarkers for diagnosis of cancer and other diseases… [Cell Research]
  • Scientists use bacteria to pinpoint chloride toxins… [Univ of Manchester]
  • Vein tubes ‘fitted needlessly’… [BBC News]
  • Applications Pour In for First Class at Free Medical School … [WSJ]
  • After Cutting Deals With Most of the Big Drug Cos, Sermo CEO Offers Health 2.0 Survival Tip: You Will Not Pay Your Bills with “Ads by Google”… [Xconomy]

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