Vitamin D May Prevent Macular Degeneration
Women might be able to prevent macular degeneration by consuming a diet with high levels of Vitamin D. Women might be able to prevent macular degeneration by consuming a diet…
Pfizer Running First US Clinical Study With Remote Participation
This is nice and you wonder why perhaps it has not been done before. The drug being used for the reporting is Detrol, for over active bladde This is nice…
New Bluetooth 4.0 Heart Rate Belt Will Monitor Heart Rates
Here we go with one more blue tooth connected device. The information will sent to a Smartphone and has a new type of chip from Nordic Semiconductor. I have written…
Will Obama Follow UK Meeting with Adequate Money for Vaccines?
By Amanda Glassman - By Amanda Glassman -One result of President Obama’s visit to the UK last month was a statement on the UK-US Partnership for Global Development in which the U.S.…
Transparent Heath Data and APIs are Real, Where Were the Med Device Vendors?
I was invited to attend the second annual Healthcare Data Initiative Forum at the NIH Institute of Medicine (IOM) and after spending most of the day today listening to the…
Navigating the Perilous Road: A Special Panel On Regulatory and Reimbursement Issues
The US market represents huge profit potential for an innovative company, but not if unexpected FDA issues impede the launch, or reimbursement issues and adverse patent actions interfere with the…
For Baby Boomers, a New Kind of Joint
“Joint replacement used to be about doing the things you needed to do — literally, being able to walk. Now, younger patients are coming and saying, ‘I want to continue…
Misinformation About IPAB
David Brooks’ op-ed in the New York Times earlier this week attacking health care reform’s Independent Payment Advisory Board has set off a mini-firestorm in the liberal blogosphere. Brooks claimed…
Johnson & Johnson’s Culture of Health Pays Off
Arguably well ahead of its time, Johnson & Johnson introduced their employee wellness program “Live for Life” in 1979. For more than 30 years, Johnson & Johnson has been working…
June 23-24 OneMedForum New York
OneMedPlace Trans-Atlantic Conference on June 23rd-24th is a gathering of fast growing, emerging healthcare and life science companies in Europe and North America. Its sixth OneMedForum, and second in New…