In-Home Care Goes High Tech
The lab includes a “model home” to test new gadgets. One is a special bed laced with sensors to assess breathing patterns, heart rate and general sleep quality. If someone…
Loss Of Health Insurance and Medications Cited as Potential Motive For Shootings
I am sure there will be a lot more information to follow on this story but the article suggests that the shooter’s wife took a lot of pills and for…
F.D.A. Approves Stem Cell Therapy to Reduce Facial Wrinkles
Stem cell research is hot, no matter which way you look at it and there are a number of companies who market stem cell products to help with the anti-aging…
Government as Doctor
U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu…
Upcoming Webinar: Can Social Media Save Lives?
Can social media save lives? To find out, join us next Wednesday at 1 pm, when The HealthWorks Collective is sponsoring what promises to be a rich online panel discussion…
Depression and Diabetes Linked
Depressed diabetics are more likely to see improvement in their physical symptoms if they pursue treatment for their depression, that according to researchers at the University of Michigan. Depression causes…
Health Care Buzz Today
Surge in EHR Purchases Predicted. Half of more than 1,300 physician group practices said they expect to buy an electronic health records system during 2011, according to a survey by…
The Downer of High Altitude Sickness
Hi! Hi! Greetings from Breckenridge, Colorado. At 10,000 feet, I am told it is the highest resort town in North America. The Rocky Mountain scenery is breathtaking. But there’s a…
Medicare Benefits Good Step Towards Prevention
In the midst of a continuing dialogue about the critical role prevention and wellness measures should play in any health reform effort, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…
Upcoming Speaking Engagements – health care social media, ACOs and more
I spoke recently at a MassMEDIC conference about the FDA and social media, and on a webinar presented by the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media (with which I am…
