Primary Care Deserts Do Not Disappear With Nurse Practitioners
In coming years the US could see growing shortages in the availability of primary care physicians (PCPs). With the number of individuals seeking care increasing and the current medical system…
Google Glass in Primary Care
Google Glass is in its infancy, with over 8000 "explorers" who are eager to find compelling uses for it. The concept is cool: A hands-free cell phone that is voice…
BioPharma Beat: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same
Much has been said about the rapid evolution of the environment in which medical advances get announced, communicated and sold. Research labs, universities, as well as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics and…
Unnecessary Colonoscopies: Confessions of a Gastroenterologist
We gastroenterologists are regularly summoned to bring light into dark places. We are the enlightened ones who illuminate anatomical shadows. Sure, we have ‘tunnel vision’, but we like to believe…
5 More Must-Know Emerging Health Technology Trends for Healthcare Innovators
Originally published on MedCityNews.com. Once the healthcare innovator’s guide to must-know tech terms for the next decade of medicine hit on Monday, the feedback started coming in. It’s continued to trickle…
Can Violent Sports Survive the Impact of Concussions?
As studies and accompanying news coverage about the long-term dangers of head trauma have emerged over the past few years I’ve been thinking about what American sports will look like…
Hexoskin: A Second Skin for the Quantified Athlete and Maybe Even You!
(Editor's Note: John Nosta writes for Forbes under the heading, "Health Critical") (Editor's Note: John Nosta writes for Forbes under the heading, "Health Critical")The advances of digital health have resulted…
Innovations and Cooperation for World Water Week
A woman in Darfur collects water in a jerrycan, which she will then transport a long distance to her shelter. Her family’s water consumption is limited to 80 liters per…
AskBlue Tries to Explain Health Insurance and Obamacare
Polls show that few people understand health insurance or the Affordable Care Act. That’s especially so for those who have the most to gain from Obamacare: people who are uninsured…
The Obesity-Cancer Connection
Lots of publications have been pointing out that obesity is somehow connected to cancer. Obese women are more prone to breast cancer than their normal-weight counterparts. Obese people have higher…
