Ins and Outs

December 9th, 2009 News

  • Harvard study: Computers don’t save hospitals money… [ComputerWorld]
  • Annual Report to the Nation Finds Continued Declines in Overall Cancer Rates… [NIH]
  • 55 And Uninsured? Buy Medicare Coverage!… [WSJ]
  • A $30,000-a-Month Cancer Drug… [NYT]
  • Senator Grassley Seeks Financial Details From Medical Groups… [NYT]
  • FDA Seeks to Limit CT Radiation Exposure… [MedPageToday]
  • FDA Makes Interim Recommendations to Address Concern of Excess Radiation Exposure during CT Perfusion Imaging… [FDA]
  • US murderer executed with a single drug… [Nature Blogs]
  • Are Primary-Care Practices Too Small to Measure Quality? [WSJ]
  • No One Peer-Reviews Scientific Software… [ChicagoBoyz]
  • Pivotal Study of Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy Shows Long-Term Reduction in Seizure Rate in Patients with Severe Epilepsy… [Medtronic]
  • Engineering a cure: Biological engineering professor Linda Griffith launches a new center to study endometriosis and other gynecological diseases…. [MIT]
  • Gene’s Position in the Nucleus Can be Used to Distinguish Cancerous from Normal Breast Tissue… [NIH]
  • First Live Targeting of Tumors with RNA-Based Technology… [Duke]
  • FDA Approves Kalbitor for Treating Potentially Life-Threatening Attacks of Hereditary Angioedema… [FDA]
  • New Approach to Sickle-Cell Disease Shows Promise in Mice… [Children’s Hospital Boston]
  • Stem Cells Battle for Space… [Johns Hopkins]
  • New Skin Stem Cells Surprisingly Similar to Those Found in Embryos… [HHMI]
  • Combining Nanotubes and Antibodies for Breast Cancer ‘Search and Destroy’ Missions… [NIST]
  • Potential New “Twist” in Breast Cancer Detection… [Johns Hopkins]
  • Scientists Discover Aggression-Promoting Pheromone in Flies… [Caltech]
  • Testosterone link to aggression may be all in the mind… [Nature]
  • Johns Hopkins Investigates: Medical Students Regularly Stuck by Needles, Often Fail to Report Injuries… [Johns Hopkins]
  • RECOVERY: FDA Launches New Pet Health and Safety Widget… [FDA]

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