RSNA 2013: Advancing Towards an HIV Cure?
Can radioimmunotherapy (RIT) be effective in helping to find a cure for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)? Researchers have used RIT to destroy remaining HIV-infected cells in the blood samples…
BioPharma Beat: 23andMe – Now What?
By now everyone has heard of the very pointed and frustration-toned warning letter that 23andMe received from the F.D.A., which ordered the company to immediately stop selling and marketing their…
Aggressive New HIV Strain In West Africa Develops Into AIDS More Rapidly
Over 60 epidemic strains of HIV-1 exist in the world, so when researchers discovered a new one in West Africa, the only alarm bell that sounded was the fact that…
The Three Letters That Kill Social Media in Pharma
An interview I did recently for an organisation conducting some research into the future of social media use by the pharmaceutical industry prompted me to remind them, and myself, that…
RSNA 2013: President’s Address Encourages Radiologists to Embrace Multidiscinplinary Teams
This year’s theme for RSNA is “The Power of Partnerships” and it has been easy to see this in action simply by walking the halls of the McCormick Convention Center…
RSNA 2013: Imaging Key to Diagnosing Brain Injuries in Veterans
Using a special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), researchers have found that soldiers who suffered mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) induced by blast exposure present long-term brain differences, according…
Health 2.0 Europe: “Improving and Enriching the Patient-Provider Relationship”
Last week, I had the opportunity to demonstrate Wellpepper and participate on a panel on “Improving and Enriching the Patient-Provider Relationship” at the Health 2.0 Europe Conference in London. I’m…
9 Best Practice Tips and Techniques for Superior Podcasts and Audio Content
Online audio content—such as podcasts, webinars, interviews and the like—have grown in popularity and availability in the past year or two…with (currently) over a million podcast downloads per month. Online…
Dr. Ronan Kavanagh Discusses Video’s Role in Physician-Patient Communication
Dr. Ronan Kavanagh, rheumatologist in Galway, Ireland, has a way with video. He uses it to communicate with certain patients, with many correspondents, and since his presentation at Doctors 2.0…
Nanoparticle Pills Usher Medicine Into the Future: No More Needles!
Although nanomedicine is a promising area of research, scientists have been unable to figure out a way to deliver drugs using nanoparticles other than by injection, which is both distasteful…
