National Preparedness for Catastrophic Events
Thanks to the Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events I've learned that President Obama signed a new Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) on National Preparedness. The Directive…
World Health Report 2000: Still the Worst Study Ever
Writing in Commentary magazine, Scott Atlas revisits the Worst Study Ever. During the health reform debate no doubt you heard pundits mention that the U.S. Health Care System ranked 37th…
Ablation of Liver Cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the ninth leading cause of cancer death in the USA, the third leading cause worldwide, and the fifth most common solid tumor cancer. It begins in…
State Health Insurance Exchanges: A Solution in Search of a Problem
Thanks to $1 million grants from Health and Human Services, the battle over the ObamaCare health exchanges is heating up in the states. As the rent-seekers jockey for position, all…
Left to Our Own Devices
U.S. companies have led the world in the development of medical devices. According to an analysis by the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, 32 of the 46 medical technology companies with annual…
Left to Our Own Devices
U.S. companies have led the world in the development of medical devices. According to an analysis by the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, 32 of the 46 medical technology companies with annual…
How Obama Would Cut Medicare and Medicaid
Yesterday, President Obama finally entered the debate about the national debt with a proposal to reduce US government borrowing by $4 trillion over the next 12 years. The proposal called…
Obama’s Deficit Plan Counters Ryan’s Doctrines
The president is proposing a mix of mechanisms in order to bring down the tremendous national deficit and balance the budget over the next decade. Pledging this, Obama has acknowledged…
HealthVault Stores Medical Images (Dicom)
This is cool and makes me think of what my mother as a senior has gone through with 2nd opinions and so on. She has literally had to enlist the…
Mediation Growing as a Field as Siblings Argue Over Parents’ Care
As aging parents live longer, there are more issues that require the involvement of other family members—and more opportunities for dissension. A new web site, www.mediate.com explains the growing field…
