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By DAVID C. KIBBE AND JOSEPH KVEDAR Recently, in a blog post published December 22, 2008 in The Health Care Blog entitled “The Connected Medical Home,” we described the synergy between the efforts of proponents of Participatory Medicine and the… By Matthew Holt The big insurers now seem to be doing anything they can to prevent a Medicare-equivalent public plan being launched to beat them up. Yes AHIP has apparently decided to throw the schlockmeisters off the boat, and more… By Victor M. Sandler, MD As a nation, we are in a heap of trouble. Our medical system is a disaster—overly expensive and ineffective. On average, we spend two to three times more per capita on health care than other… Athlete’s foot is caused by a fungus that likes warm, moist territory — like the conditions found in a lot of shoes. But not all itchy, red, rashy feet are suffering from athlete’s foot. There are other conditions that may look or feel like the real thing… but aren’t. Should a convicted murderer ever be allowed to become a doctor? Lawrence Altman writes about the strange situation in the NY Times, where, after a convicted murderer was expelled from Sweden’s most prestigious medical school, was admitted to a second medical school. Dr. Altman also points to another case, where a medical student, convicted of rape, was [...] Health Affairs released its March-April Issue, “Stimulating Health IT,” at a March 10 briefing in Washington DC. Video and audio recordings of the briefing, with accompanying PowerPoint presentations, are available on the Health Affairs Website. An audio recording of the briefing is also available on ITunes. In addition, you can access an archive of a live Twitter feed [...] My latest USA Today op-ed was published this morning: Unbiased research for doctors is good medicine. I talk about comparative effectiveness research, which was recently allocated $1.1 billion in the recently passed federal stimulus package. How will it help patients? What are some of the obstacles that may impede the initiative? And, should it be [...] Representatives from drug companies are undergoing some hard times, as physicians increasingly are closing their doors to them, or seeing them only via an appointment. Subsequently, the number of drug reps is predicted to fall from about 102,000 at its peak in 2007, to 75,000 by 2012. There are a variety of reasons for this, including the [...] Studies have shown that color can have an impact on your mood. If you’re having trouble sleeping, the colors in your bedroom may make a difference. Green can create feelings of peace and serenity that might make it easier to slow down and sleep. Researchers confirm nature’s folates best for baby Recent work by a team from the Universities of Manchester and Lancaster in the UK, and published in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology showed that a combination of folates dramatically reduced the rates of hydrocephalus, a common birth defect, in which fluids build up in the [...] |
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