The USPSTF Finally Acts on Prostate Cancer Screening Test
Two-and-a-half years after studies appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine questioning the efficacy of routine prostate cancer screening for middle-aged men, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force finally…
HIMSS Virtual Briefing: Minimizing Risk and Exposure during the ICD-10 Conversion
Date: October 12, 2011 Date: October 12, 2011 There is no doubt that the conversion to ICD-10 on October 1, 2013 will impact virtually every aspect of your organization. As…
Changes in the Global Obesity Treatment Market
The obesity treatment market is poised to undergo significant shifts from the balance of products used that are drugs versus devices. While a significant volume of the obesity market…
FDA: Hazardous to Your Health
When people age, the main valve carrying blood out of the heart becomes brittle. As this aortic valve narrows, it can cause debilitating heart failure, and even death. Fixing the…
Hearing Loss Can Result in Brain Loss in Elders
Hearing loss in older adults might also cause a loss in brain volume, say researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Devices such as hearing…
Suit Says Test Labs Cheat Medicare, Medicaid
The following appeared Thursday in The Fiscal Times: Despite recent court settlements that recouped more than a quarter billion dollars from lab-test companies for allegedly overbilling California’s Medicaid program, the…
Contagion Is Real
I want to, but I still haven't seen the movie Contagion, starring Matt Damon among others. I've read a lot about the film, however, and appreciate the extent to which…
Oracle Clouds and Oracle Social Network
This is really worth watching if you have a chance and whether you know it or not if you are on the web, you are somewhere along the line using…
Steve Jobs’ Legacy to HealthCare
Steve Job’s life and death have had a deep impact here on earth. His accomplishments rival those of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, Richard B. Mellon, Rockefeller, Harvey Firestone,…
Straight Talk About Medical Malpractice Reform
I smiled when I read that some physicians were taking the case for medical malpractice reform to the congressional super committee that is charged with cutting the federal deficit. It’s…
