It’s In The Genes
Genes may be more likely to increase longevity than diet, exercise, smoking and drinking. Researchers asked 466 people over age 95 about their lifestyles, body mass index, and other…
Pedicle Screw Fusion Faces Maturing Market… But Still Growing
For markets in an phase of maturity — facing the introduction of competing new technologies taking away market share — price reductions are an effort to counterbalance the forces for…
AdvaMed 2011 Featuring Over 70 Company Presentations
AdvaMed 2011 is the premier MedTech Conference for CEOs, business executives, policy-makers, financiers, media, and industry stakeholders from around the world. Previously OneMedRadio interviewed Ken Mendez, AdvaMed’s Chief Administrative Officer…
Primary Care Reimbursement
Quote of the Day:God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.--Publilius Syrus A hot button topic for primary care doctors has been about the imbalance of RVUs allotted…
Drug Company to Congress: The ‘Dog Ate My Homework’
Just about anyone who has ever been a kid in school recalls trying to make up an excuse believable enough to avoid being punished for not turning in your homework…
Complex, Chronic Illnesses Last a Lifetime and Consume 70% of the Healthcare Dollar
Medical care is organized to treat acute conditions but the need today is to prevent, diagnose and treat chronic illnesses. Unfortunately, we are sorely lacking in a good chronic care…
Government Health IT Gets Boost with Two New Websites
HealthIT.gov redesign was rolled out this week with seperate paths for providers and patients. It makes a great case for EHRs on the provider side including examples of successful implementations…
Diplomats for Polio Eradication?
As China reports four cases of wild poliovirus type 1 close to the border with Pakistan (here) and $128 million in new grants arrive to the Global Polio Eradication…
Explaining Our Debt Problem
Recently, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the United States because of our budget problems. But the figures are awfully hard to comprehend: U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 Federal budget: $3,820,000,000,000 New debt:…
A Victory for Coverage with Evidence Development
A federal study of a new stent designed to prevent repeat strokes was stopped early because 2 1/2 times (14.7%) more people either died or had a repeat stroke after…
