July 22, 2014
(New York Times) – Missouri is the only state in America that has declined to keep a prescription drug database — the primary tool the other 49 states use to identify people who acquire excess prescriptions for addictive painkillers and … Read More
July 22, 2014
(New York Times) – New evidence adds strength to arguments that doctors should be extremely cautious about using a procedure performed on about 50,000 women a year during surgery to remove the uterus because of the risk that it may … Read More
July 22, 2014
(Scientific American) – Familiar music may be a safe and effective way to help patients with Alzheimer’s become more self-conscious, which improves overall mental processing and leads to a more accurate examination of the world. In a study published in … Read More
July 22, 2014
(Forbes) – It seems that everywhere you look “value-based purchasing” (or value-based care) is hailed as the savior of U.S. health care. With it, comes the promise of a system that pays for quality rather than volume. Following the money … Read More
July 21, 2014
(Associated Press) – A “rogue” gynecologist who used tiny cameras to secretly record videos and photos of his patients has forced one of the world’s top medical centers to pay $190 million to 8,000 women and girls. Dr. Nikita Levy … Read More
July 21, 2014
(MIT Technology Review) – After decades as a technological laggard, medicine has entered its data age. Mobile technologies, sensors, genome sequencing, and advances in analytic software now make it possible to capture vast amounts of information about our individual makeup … Read More
July 21, 2014
(Los Angeles Times) – In a sobering discovery, researchers say that rapid treatment of HIV-like infections in monkeys failed to prevent the establishment of persistent viral reservoirs in as little as three days. The study, published Sunday in the journal … Read More
July 21, 2014
(Washington Post) – My oral surgeon and other health-care providers have reason to be concerned about the safety of long-term use of opioid analgesics such as Percocet and OxyContin. First touted as a godsend for the management of severe and … Read More
July 21, 2014
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “may never know” how a fairly harmless form of bird flu was cross-contaminated with a dangerous bird flu strain before it was sent to a laboratory outside of the CDC, … Read More
July 21, 2014
(Science) – The wheezing, coughing, and gasping for breath that come with a sudden asthma attack aren’t just the fault of an overactive immune system. A particularly sensitive bundle of neurons stretching from the brain to the lungs might be … Read More
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