The Costs of Being a Patient and a Doctor
The cold ultrasound probe pressed uncomfortably onto my abdomen. “It looks like an ovarian cyst,” the pleasant technician told me, “but of course we’ll run it by the radiologist.” For…
Breast Cancer Rates Rising in India, Especially Among Younger Women
As lifestyles change in India, people there are becoming increasingly susceptible to previously rare diseases. Recent reports note the country that is home to 17 percent of the world’s population…
What Krugman Doesn’t Understand about Medicare for All
On Monday I proposed a simple solution to the problems of the ObamaCare website: the John McCain health plan.Paul Krugman has a different solution: enroll everyone in Medicare: On Monday…
Breath Tests Could Reveal Clues About Cancer, Heart Failure, Diabetes
The breathalyzer test isn’t just for drunk drivers. In medicine, breath tests are used to screen for h. pylori, lactose intolerance and whether asthma medications are working, to name a…
Obamacare “Is a Hacker’s Dream”
John McAfee, founder of anti-virus company McAfee, Inc., on the ObamaCare exchanges: John McAfee, founder of anti-virus company McAfee, Inc., on the ObamaCare exchanges: On Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto” on Wednesday, computer…
MIT Researchers Aim to Help People with Autism
Autism refers to a set of diagnoses given to people who show some atypical patterns of behavior in social interactions and communications, as well as compulsive repetition of behavior.…
Mobile Health Apps: Pass the Secret Sauce
The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics released a The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics released a report on the ecosystem bloody mess of 40,000+ mobile health apps that are available…
Health IT Thrives with New Startup Companies
As the health insurance exchanges opened for enrollment just days ago, the federal government, including the President and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), had to acknowledge that it was not technologically…
Explaining Long Term Care Insurance Costs to the Non-Believers
Long term care insurance costs are intimidating to many Americans since they represents another expense to pay on top of bills, health insurance, life insurance, taxes, and more. What makes…
Unpublished Clinical Trial Data: Are Scientists Who Fail to Publish Findings Unethical?
ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), houses a database of clinical studies conducted on human volunteers around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S.…
