Long Waits Cost Canadians Millions
More than 825,000 Canadians were waiting for some type of treatment after seeing a specialist in 2010. Once seen by a specialist, the average wait until they were treated was…
New Technologies at Medtech Startups, June 2011
Below is a list of the technologies under development at newly identified medtech startups that have been added to the Medtech Startups Database. Below is a list of the…
Five Reasons Why Google Health Failed
In a culmination of a yearlong rumor mill, Google finally came clean in its announcement late last week that it would discontinue its personal health record (PHR) program, Google Health.…
Life Expectancy Inequality
This is from a Bloomberg column by Peter Orszag: This is from a Bloomberg column by Peter Orszag: Among 50-year-old men, for example, those in the highest education group are…
Health Care Buzz Today
Social Media Shows Promise for Clinical Trials. Social media can be used to increase enrollment and reduce clinical trial delays, according to a new survey by Blue Chip Patient Recruitment.…
Why Not Let the Dead Pay for Medicare?
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones has a novel (if not original) idea. Why not let the dead pay for Medicare? Everyone knows Medicare will go bankrupt in the coming years.…
Using Stem Cells to Treat Chronic Lower Back Pain
Just from the title of this one I would think this trial could possibly fill up pretty quickly. I just about can’t think of anyone who would want to pass…
Great Moments in the History of Patient Power
If there was a moment when the modern-day relationship between physicians and patients changed forever, it was when Dr. Benjamin McLane Spock, author and pediatrician, rose to address the closing…
AIDS Stages of Care – Three So Far; Will Number Four Come Soon?
It was just 30 years ago in June 1981 when the first cases of what came to be known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) were published by the Centers…
1/3 Women Living with Chronic Health Conditions
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than one-third of women report that they live with a chronic health condition that requires ongoing medical attention. One fourth (29 percent) of…
