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A pharmacist in Ohio is being criminally prosecuted in a medical mistake that resulted in a death of a two-year old child.
Is that going too far?
Indeed, if the criminal prosecution of this pharmacist is successful, it may lead to a dangerous precedent. Indeed, “he wasn’t drunk or impaired. He wasn’t even the one who [...]
It seems that most industries are rushing to jump aboard the Twitter bandwagon.
That’s true for most cases, with the pharmaceutical industry being the exception.
David Williams points out the lack of Twitter activity from the major pharmaceutical companies, where many of the Pharma-related keywords being owned by those not affiliated with the company.
Worse, when he looks [...]
As job losses continued nationwide last month, health care kept growing.
Nonfarm payrolls shrank by 345,000 in May, but the number of payroll jobs in health care grew by more than 23,000, according to new jobs numbers out from the feds this morning.
Over the past year, as the nation has lost about 6 million nonfarm payroll [...]
Steve Jobs, who took a high-profile sick leave without actually saying much about what ailed him, is likely to return to work at Apple soon, the WSJ is reporting.
The nature of Jobs’s health problem was never made clear to the public, though WSJ says that during Jobs’s absence, some Apple directors were getting regular reports [...]
Traditionally conservative hospitals are opening up on social media platforms.
For those who follow this blog, or are on Twitter, you’ll probably notice that more and more medical institutions are having a Web 2.0 presence. Facebook groups, Twitter, blogs, or YouTube webcasts, for instance. Indeed, there’s even reports of academic centers using Facebook to recruit [...]
Good stuff from Dr. Val over at Better Health with her regularly featured medical cartoon.
It’s also somewhat sobering, as I’m sure the thought has crossed the minds of more than a few doctors.
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There has always been an underlying tension between obstetricians and midwives.
From the doctor’s side, the only times they interact with midwives is when trouble arises. Or, as this article in Time puts it, “When hospital-based obstetricians see midwives and their clients it’s usually because something has gone wrong . . . OBs don’t see [...]
It seems inevitable.
A recent study showed that 64 percent of doctors use smartphones, such as an iPhone or a BlackBerry. Medical schools, such as Georgetown University and Ohio State University, are beginning to give them out to students.
And I can certainly see the allure. They’re more powerful than PDAs, and there’s a wealth [...]
With entries dating back to 2004, here are 15 classic blog posts on cancer screening:
1. Not all screening tests lead to early, better treatment
2. Will the Pap smear soon be replaced by a DNA test to detect cervical cancer?
3. Should men still be screened for prostate cancer?
4. Should we start screening women for ovarian cancer?
5. [...]
At what point does aesthetics trump function?
Over at Better Health, Val Jones talks about cases where land mines blow off hands, necessitating the so-called Krukenberg operation, which recreates a pincer grasp in the hands.
The result looks like this:
It’s a remarkable procedure. But, as Val notes, not everyone may want this operation, as some may [...]
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