Alzheimer’s Plaques Might Begin in the Liver
The brain “plaques” commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease might actually originate in the liver, according to scientists at Scripps Research Institute in a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience…
Long-Term use of Nicotine Replacement Products
Nicotine replacement therapy makes it easier to quit smoking by providing a therapeutically safe fix of the chemical that makes cigarettes addictive in the first place. In the 25+ years…
Algorithms to Predict Breast Cancer Stage
Cost effectiveness and quality analysis of the treatment of cancer has long been a goal of health services researchers. In particular, researchers aim to determine whether various treatments provide cost-effective…
Economist Highlights the Home Birth Debate
The latest issue of the Economist highlights the debate about home births (Is there no place like home?) and notes the charged atmosphere that prevails between supporters and detractors. They…
Diabetes and Obesity Driving Global Treatment Markets
Diabetes drives many healthcare costs and is now part of a trend that encompasses increasing prevalence of obesity and its co-morbidities. The result is that any improvements (read "technology advances")…
LifeCare Shows Glucose Level in Ordinary Wristwatch
LifeCare is a medical devices company that has developed a technological platform for continuous glucose monitoring in diabetic patients. The company’s technology is based on a tiny glucose micro-sensor that…
The Doctor’s Not In. You’ll Have to See a Nurse.
California is among 23 states that allow nurse practitioners to act as primary care providers without a doctor’s supervision, a move aimed at stemming a shortage of physicians and reducing…
Small Is Big: New Vscan Technology May Replace The Stethoscope
GE’s drive to miniaturize technologies in order to make them more mobile couldn’t be better illustrated than with the breakthrough Vscan technology that GE’s Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt unveiled…
Drug Delivery Treatments for Cancer Should be Fast-tracked
Focal Drug Delivery Workshop Supercharges Research and Development Community Held March 21-23, 2011, the FUS Foundation’s first Focal Drug Delivery Workshop marked a major milestone in the field of MR-guided…
New Genetic Information Propels Alzheimer Research
For all of the policy posts here on Doctor Pundit, it is especially cool when we’re able to relay news based upon purely scientific discovery. It’s even more amazing if…
