RNAi Firm Raises Funds to Develop Drugs That Turn Off Disease-Causing Genes
First published on MedCityNews.com. Just a few years ago, several big companies abandoned their RNAi drug development efforts, finding it difficult to deliver drugs that use the RNAi method for silencing…
Seeing Patients by the Dozen: Group Appointments Are Increasing
The concept of shared medical appointments (one doc seeing several patients) isn’t well known or widely available…yet. That seems to be changing.The pressures of “more patients” and “fewer doctors” (among…
Uninsured Fall Head First Into Gaping Coverage Gap
Analysis Provides State-by-State Estimates of Poor Uninsured Adults Who Fall Into the “Coverage Gap” Under the Affordable Care Act5.2 Million Who Won’t Qualify For Medicaid or Subsidies for Private Insurance…
Scientists Recode Entire Genome of Organism: The Dawn of Synthetic Biology?
Like editors trying to improve a poorly-written book, a team of scientists deleted some 'letters,' and inserted others, working feverishly to recode the entire genome of an organism. In so…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: BioBeats Marches to Your HeartBeat
BioBeats sets your heart to music, literally. BioBeats and the app, Pulse, use Adaptive Media and want to help the people that use the app live more engaging, healthier lives.…
Failing Grade for Health IT in Medical School?
When I was in medical school, and even throughout my residency program, medical records were totally on paper. Patient charts lived in three-ring binders that whirled about on large carousels…
Protect Personal Info from Medical Thieves
Private, personal information can be bought and sold on the black market for as little as fifty cents to a dollar, according to a report from Fox Business. Private, personal…
Automated Anesthesia
Sedasys is a new machine developed by Johnson & Johnson, designed to take over anesthesia of patients undergoing colonoscopies. The FDA approved Sedasys last May and it will be available…
Making Health Mobile
First published in the McGill DailyThe mobile phone is closer and closer to becoming a universal device. Banking, media, and communication are now on our mobile devices. One can envision…
Air Pollution Causes Cancer: WHO Says We Must Act “Without Further Delay”
Outside air pollution causes cancer and is a major risk to health in general, the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded today. Outside air pollution causes cancer and is a major…
