J and J DePuy Hip Recall Methodologies Touching on Patient Privacy
DePuy has offered surgeons $50 for every medical release they convince their patients to sign in the process to identify those patients who may need a replacement. Doctors had not…
Facial Recognition Moves Into Advertising–What About Privacy?
Here’s one more step closer to having even less privacy upon more industries using facial recognition. I read through this article and advertisers are using it to recognize age ,etc.…
10 Lessons I’ve Learned from Premature Babies in the NICU
As a neonatal therapist, there is much to learn from practicing in the NICU. Our education and competence involve a breadth of medical and developmental knowledge. We learn from books,…
Living in Denial
A White Paper by Catalyst Healthcare Research - LIVING IN DENIAL - is absolutely eye-opening in its revelations. There has been a huge push on wellness programs, particularly in the…
Audit: African-Americans Less Likely to Receive Study Grants
I have a hard time taking in this news item. It is at once troubling and loathsome:Even after the researchers accounted for other factors that could help explain the discrepancy,…
Rocketman
Sometimes I believe I should change the name of my blog to Health Rocket Express. Advances are proceeding at such a rapid rate that my Health Train cannot keep up…
Debunking Another Eco Scare
Even by the usual standards of the environmental movement, the panic over bisphenol-A (BPA) was remarkable for its detachment from reality. A new study funded by …. the U.S. Environmental…
19 Ways to Recognize You’re a Neonatal Therapist
Last week, I was creating a presentation on 'Therapy in the NICU' for my rehab department at work. Like many of you, the patients I see in the NICU are…
Myth Busters #6: Certificate of Need
So, national health planning was repealed, and hospital rate setting was repealed in all but Maryland — all after wasting many billions of dollars and who knows how much pain…
Top Quotes of the Week
“The single biggest problem with salad is making it. Cleaning, cutting, making sure you have fresh produce—it all tends to keep people away.” Harry Balzer, a vice president at the…
