Siemens’ Brave New iWorld for Imaging
We’re a mobility-based world these days, so what’s keeping the iPad out of the ER or the OR or from being used by radiologists and physicians consulting on the same…
Salads Are NOT Good For You!
Have you ever noticed how many times people begin weight loss attempts by eating salads? How successful are they? Have you ever noticed how many times people begin weight loss…
Everything We Know in Health is Wrong. Medicine is a Science, Not Dogma. #askforevidence
Reading the BMJ today I was struck by a number of stories that appear to tell us that nothing is what we think it is in medical practice.There were reports…
Mental Illness More Malignant than Melanoma
If you throw mental illness and addiction into one cesspool, take the graduated weight for that side of the equation, and then go about seeing how your second side fares,…
Deval Patrick’s Wisdom (and lack thereof) on Health Reform
Governor Deval Patrick is rightly proud of the progress Massachusetts has made in health reform. Essentially every child has health insurance and nearly every adult, too. Businesses have not dropped…
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The Zen of Angiography
When I heard about Siemens Healthcare’s new products for angiography -- aiding in diagnosis and therapy of diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke and cancer -- I was intrigued…
Poll: Telemedicine Is Popular in Britain
A group of young bloggers conducted a poll on live, real-time telemedicine visits in the U.K. They found that more than half of those surveyed liked the idea, but there…
Osteoporosis Affects Your Oral Health
Osteoporosis…What Is It?Osteoporosis is a disease of bones that leads to a decreased density of bone and subsequent increase in risk of fracture. Inosteoporosis, the bone mineral density (BMD) isreduced, bone micro architecture deteriorates, and…
Leapfrog and the Hospital Safety Score
Three years and eight months ago I sat at a computer trying to compare facilities in the greater metropolitan area while my husband Fred was hospitalized in Maryland with stage…
Accessible HealthCare Drives Innovation for Siemens
Healthcare has changed from money is no object to money is THE object. With this in mind, Siemens Healthcare rolled out new cost-conscious systems in computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging,…
