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Targeting Risk Factors Could Slash Alzheimer’s Numbers. A 10-25% reduction in the prevalence of known risk factors for dementia–diabetes, hypertension, obesity, smoking, depression, lack of mental stimulation, and physical inactivity–could…
Health IT Spending Is Not Working in Britain
The National Programme for IT in the National Health Service was launched in 2002 with a 2010 goal of providing every NHS patient with his very own electronic medical record.…
High Strength Medical and Surgical Glues
High-strength glue products were approved for topical closure applications in the United States in the late 1990s. Outside the United States, high-strength glues and adhesives have been approved in some…
Health Care Reform in 2 Short Sentences
Foes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) made a big point of complaining about the length of the bill. Personally, I think that criticism is unfair, because…
Cultivating Health Improvement
As we grapple with exactly what this health care crisis means to each of us, there is one absolute truth about what most heavily burdens our system: chronic disease.Chronic diseases…
Can the Gang of Six Change the Way We Pay For Health Care?
A bipartisan group of senators is proposing to reduce the federal deficit by $3.7 trillion over the next ten years. This is seen as a way to overcome the debt…
Who Will Drive Social Media Use in Health Care? Part 2
This is the second of a three part series examining how various groups will drive social media use in health care. Part one considered the impact of physicians. This week,…
Why Do Doctors Offer Credit Cards? It Helps Them Avoid Discounting
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (When Your Doctor Sells Credit Cards) documented the growth in credit cards issued to finance elective procedures such as LASIK, plastic surgery and dental implants. The…
Health Apps and Real Time Consults
There was more on the FDAs decision about health apps today. According to an informative blog post by Brian Dolan on MobileHealth News, the FDA will not regulate most apps.…
FDA Proposed Guidance on Mobile Health Apps
The FDA will release its proposed guidance on mobile health apps Wednesday with a 90 day comment period. They propose overseeing those apps that: The FDA will release its proposed guidance on…
