Dispelling the Myths of a Healthcare IT Investment ‘Bubble’
The U.S. healthcare industry is undoubtedly going through one of the most pronounced transformations in its history. At the most fundamental level, the means and methods by which patients, providers,…
Connecting California to Improve Patient Care
I finally made it to Redwood MedNet Health Information Exchange Conference and share my learnings and thoughts below. I first learned about their activities when still working for the Santa…
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Yields Long Term Positive Effects
Inovio Pharmaceuticals (AMEX:INO) reported Friday the positive long-term effects of its VGX-3100 vaccine, designed to treat cervical dysplasia and cancer cause Inovio Pharmaceuticals (AMEX:INO) reported Friday the positive long-term effects…
Debt Ceiling Negotiations on Health Care are Mere Cost Shifting
The US definitely seems to have weakened itself in the international sphere over the past decade. One could argue that the real damage to the US from the September 11…
Companies Large and Small Succeeding in Advanced Wound Management
The advanced wound management industry can thought of as having three divisions. First, there are the major companies, offering a wide range of products and in some cases having a…
Criminal Injustice and DNA Testing
Since the late 1980s, DNA testing has exonerated more than 250 wrongly convicted people, who spent an average of 13 years in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. How did…
COPD Patients Can Improve Condition with Physical Activity
New research shows a combination of exercise classes and confidence-building programs can lead to an increase in physical activity for COPD patients. New research shows a combination of exercise classes…
Harvard Researcher Increasing Brain Regions That Can be Targeted by FUS
FUSF Research Award recipient: Nathan McDannold, Harvard Medical School, USA Nathan McDannold, PhD, started working in focused ultrasound research as a physics graduate student in 1996. “I…
What Difference Has RomneyCare Made?
Most conservative critics of the Massachusetts health reform have focused on any piece of bad news about the program they can find. After all, if this is the model for…
Baseball Caps, Flip Flops and Melanoma
This isn’t a personal health and wellness blog, but as a light-skinned, blue-eyed, bald redhead I feel compelled to post the occasional piece about sun exposure. I’ve been careful about…
