July 25, 2014
(ProPublica) – In the name of patient privacy, a security guard at a hospital in Springfield, Missouri, threatened a mother with jail for trying to take a photograph of her own son. In the name of patient privacy , a … Read More
July 25, 2014
(Washington Post) – The Food and Drug and Administration for the first time has accepted an application for a copycat version of what’s known as a biologic, which is a complex drug made from proteins of living organisms. These biologics … Read More
July 25, 2014
(Washington Post) – Months before Gilead Sciences’ breakthrough hepatitis C treatment hit the market, Oregon Medicaid official Tom Burns started worrying about how the state could afford to cover every enrollee infected with the disease. He figured the cost might … Read More
July 25, 2014
(Associated Press) – The government has issued its first national estimate for Lou Gehrig’s disease, confirming the devastating disease is rare. A national search turned up about 12,000 cases. The numbers reported Thursday translate to 4 cases per 100,000 Americans … Read More
July 25, 2014
(Scientific American) – For the past 20 years pregnant women with an increased risk of developing blood clots have often been prescribed a common blood thinner to prevent serious complications from the clots, including preeclampsia (high blood pressure in the … Read More
July 25, 2014
(The Wall Street Journal) – An experimental malaria vaccine GlaxoSmithKline PLC filed with regulators Thursday could help fight one of the world’s biggest killers—but rival company Sanaria Inc. has a potentially more effective shot in the works. If Europe’s regulators … Read More
July 25, 2014
(Wired) – Funded by $3.8 million in grants from the DoD and designed by CannonDesign, the nearly 10,000-square-foot space is the hospital’s answer to the big question of: How can you make trauma care, both in hospitals and in military … Read More
July 25, 2014
(U.S. News and World Report) – Most blood cancer patients in the United States who need a bone marrow transplant can find an acceptable match through the National Marrow Donor Program, a new study has determined. Depending on a patient’s … Read More
July 25, 2014
(The Guardian) – Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke has had his medical registration suspended after the medical board found he posed “a serious risk” to the health and safety of the public. The South Australian Board of the Medical Board … Read More
July 25, 2014
(News-Medical) – A new study in East Asian women has identified three genetic changes linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. The research, led by Vanderbilt University investigators, was published online July 20 in Nature Genetics. While breast cancer … Read More
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