Personalized Medicine for Alcoholism
Genetic factors predispose people to alcoholism. That’s why the children of alcoholics are four times more likely to develop drinking problems, and the sons of alcoholic fathers are at…
Dog Versus Treadmill: No Contest
A dog-loving colleague pointed me to Forget the Treadmill. Get a Dog in today’s New York Times. The gist of the story: Several studies now show that dogs can be…
How To Help Japan: Earthquake Relief Options
On March 11, 2011, a huge 8.9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit Japan, causing widespread destruction. President Obama has already released a statement sending “deepest condolences” and promising support to…
Two Sisters Captured For Medicare Fraud
Their crimes go back to Detroit for the tune of around $4 million in billing Medicare for drug therapies that were either not necessary or not performed at a clinic…
Fear of Nuclear Accidents Worse than the Accidents Themselves
This is Rob Stein in The Washington Post, via Robin Hanson: Although radiation escaping from a nuclear power plant catastrophe can increase the risk of many cancers and other health…
Race and Sex Matter
What’s interesting about this one is how consistent the racial differences are over more than 25 years. There’s very little closing of any gap between races in either gender,…
Sonitus Medical – Premier Hearing Prosthetic
Sonitus Medical, Inc., a medical device company that manufactures the world’s first non-surgical and removable hearing prosthetic to transmit sound via the teeth, recently announced that it has received CE…
Japan’s Nuclear Fallout: The Health Impact
The before-and-after pictures of the tsunami in Japan are heart-wrenching. And things look to be getting worse. From the New York Times: “With hydrogen gas bubbling up from chemical reactions…
What Mental Health Parity Has Wrought
Psychiatrists now practice like primary care physicians: short meetings and a prescription pad: Dr. Levin, 68, first established a private practice in 1972, when talk therapy was in its heyday……
Insurer Has E-Security Problem
For all of the enthusiasm of President Obama’s digital initiatives within the scope of healthcare reform, the specter of securing data in healthcare related databases is always a required consideration.…
