Sutures, staples, clips in wound closure
Our regular coverage of developments in the field of surgical sealants, hemostasis, wound closure and anti-adhesion, most recently through Report #S180, entails the full potential caseload of patients targeted by…
Why One Navy Medical Officer Loves Family Medicine
I’ve been a leader all my life, from Swim Team Captain, to Student Council President, to being a lead physician of our Navy Special Operations Team. I want to continue…
Leave Well Enough Alone
A report by National Physicians Alliance (NPA), published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, advises Americans to get less health care: A report by National Physicians Alliance (NPA), published in the Archives…
OXiGENE Releases Promising Phase Two Data For Lung Cancer Drug
OXiGENE (NASDAQ:OXGN) shares rose in pre-market trading on Monday as it announced on the weekend that follow-up results from a phase two study of Zybrestat showed that patients with non-small…
Maine Versus Vermont
Vermont has gotten a fair amount of attention lately for enacting the nation’s first “single payer” law. But nearby Maine, has taken a dramatically different approach. Each state has a…
Caregiver Depression Two Times National Average
@Digital Vision, Getty Images @Digital Vision, Getty ImagesCaring.com recently released the results of a new study, in which 86 percent of caregivers said that caregiving impacted their work situation because…
Vouchercare for Cancer
The health care cost debate takes place on two stages using two languages, one scientific, the other economic. The net result is a failure to communicate. The health care cost…
How to Increase the Numbers of Women CEOs in Health IT
The appalling lack of women chief executives in today’s Health IT companies has been linked to a paucity of women in IT generally and the scarcity of female mentors and…
Health Care Buzz Today
Medicaid To Stop Paying for Preventable Events. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it will no longer pay healthcare providers for treating Medicaid patients with illnesses, injuries…
Source of the E.Coli Breakout Could Be Bean Sprouts from Germany
The search continues and the latest potential source leads to their own farms in Germany, however it is stated as only a hot lead. The restaurant singled out where
