Health Care Buzz Today
One in Three Employers May Drop Health Benefits by 2014. A McKinsey Quarterly report suggests that nearly a third of employers are likely to stop offering health insurance to employees…
Obesity: Global Problem, Local Differences
According to the classification of obesity developed by the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity, obesity is defined as a BMI of 25 kg/m2 or more—lower than the WHO…
Miramar Labs lands $35.8 Million Funding for Armpit Sweat Treatment
Back in February the company received FDA 501k Clearance for the device. Wow, that’s a lot of money for a laser treatment for sweat or to stop sweat I should…
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals’ Nobel Prize Winning Platform Combats Serious Infections
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals is developing broad spectrum antibiotics with superior coverage, safety and convenience to deliver new standards of care for patients with serious infections. Rib-X Pharmaceuticals is developing broad spectrum…
Small Bone Innovations Addresses Unmet Needs in Joint Replacement
Small Bone Innovations (SBI) is a specialty medical devices company that has pioneered state-of-the-art orthopedic implants for small bone and joint indications, which is a si Small Bone Innovations (SBI)…
Improving Cancer Patient Care While Markedly Reducing Costs
It is often difficult to appreciate that improving the care of patients can actually reduce the costs of care. Last year Dr H Brody wrote in the New England Journal…
Medication Errors Hospitalizing Seniors Most
According to data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the number of patients treated in a hospital after a bad reaction to medication grew 52% between 2004 and…
Online Communities & Attrition from Health Intervention Programs
Provider-centric, face-to-face health intervention programs that help people quit smoking, lose weight and increase activity levels have been shown to work, but they are expensive, don’t scale, and inconvenient. By…
Peter Diamond for Chief Economic Adviser
Austan Goolsbee, who’s been President Obama’s chief economic adviser since he entered the Senate in 2004, is returning to the University of Chicago. As chairman of the Council of Economic…
Hospitals to patients: Go Away and Don’t Come Back Soon
It seems that Medicare’s focus on reducing readmissions to hospitals is stimulating renewed attention to hospital discharge planning and communications. I’ve found it shocking how patients are often abruptly transitioned…
