Ins and Outs January 8th, 2009 Editors News Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn PaO2=19.1 mmHg: Doctors measure lowest human blood oxygen levels on record… [NEJM] Brain pacemaker helps Parkinson’s, but with risks… [AP] Study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Shows Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy Improved Quality of Life and Motor Function in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease… [Medtronic] Canadians Worry U.S. Health Reform Could Lead to Doctor Poaching … [WSJ] Obama Aims to Help Patients Wipe Away Medical Debts … [WSJ] Massachusetts Probes High Insurance Payments to Favored Hospitals … [WSJ] Can the Physical Examination Save Us From the Technology-Induced Dehumanization of Medicine?… [Wachter’s World] 2009 the year for predictive health start-ups… [ZDNet Healthcare] Scientists uncovers genetic basis for a number of birth defects affecting development of the heart and head… [Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine] Scientists Identify New Congenital Neutropenia Syndrome and Causative Gene Mutation… [NIH] New study finds women’s brains recognize, encode smell of male sexual sweat… [Rice University] Tennis balls for tremor treatment… [BBC] New Protein Family May Explain a Mystery of Insect Olfaction… [HHMI] What is the standard chemotherapy for colorectal cancer patients with resectable liver metastases? [Nature Clinical Practice Oncology] Hospitals Scale Back on Robots, Infusion Devices in Tough Economy… [WSJ]
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