FDA Approves Diabetes Pill
The drug as approved can be used as a stand alone or in combination with other drugs to help patients control blood sugar and works by releasing hormones and by…
Medicare Is Lousy Insurance
The House budget proposal is serving as the latest piñata for Democrats who always use the exact same cudgel — “Extremist Republicans are threatening to throw America’s elderly into the…
Fertility Focus Improves Diagnoses and Treatment of Infertility
Infertility is one of the most impacting and daunting conditions in Women’s Health medicine, afflicting approximately 10% of the female population. To address this condition, Fertility Focus has developed a…
Welcome to HealthWorksCollective!
Today marks the official launch of HealthWorksCollective, our tenth community at Social Media Today. We’re proud to take on another big, and globally significant business conversation: How to deliver quality…
Obama, Ryan and You
Both parties are being disingenuous about Medicare reform. So let me be the first to open Pandora’s box and reveal three unpleasant truths. First, health care spending is growing at…
Gardening Leads to Better Eating Habits, Quality of Life
@Jacqueline Veissid, @Jacqueline Veissid, Getty ImagesOlder adults who spend time gardening are more likely to eat healthier foods, and report better quality of life and higher energy levels than other…
Health Care Buzz Today
iPhone To Dominate US Physician Smartphone Market. In a recent survey, 61% of US physicians said they intend to own an iPhone by year-end, 2011. That’s up from 39% at…
Immigrant Lobby in Vermont Quick to Deride Single-Payer Bill
Vermont is busy preparing for the very real possibility of healthcare reform in the form of single-payer delivery. Leave it to Fox News to report on an eleventh hour provision…
47% of Teens Text with Their Eyes Closed!
There is no question that technology is becoming more and more popular as time goes on, it is definitely becoming an unavoidable part of our daily lives. Although, it is…
Hospitals Are Unsafe – There Are Still Plenty of Preventable Medical Errors
Over the past ten years and since the publication of the Institute of Medicine landmark book “To Err Is Human” there have been many attempts to reduce preventable medical errors…
