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Majority of Doctors Support National Health Insurance

Posted on April 02, 2008
Daily Kos' Dr. Steve B. and ThinkProgress report on a new survey of over 2000 doctors showing that 59% of them "support legislation to establish a national health insurance program. This number is higher than surveys taken five years ago....

Non-compliant Patients

Posted on April 01, 2008
rSlate.com has an article discussing new technologies that help patients remember to take their medications or provide a record of when they do take them. The article also discusses a recent study appearing in Health Affairs on dialysis patients and....

Personal Genetic Testing

Posted on April 01, 2008
The Diane Rehm show has an interesting discussing planned for 11am EST concerning personal genetic testing. The brief overview states, A growing number of people are turning to personalized genetic testing to learn about possible predisposition to some diseases, inherited...

More on the Poling Vaccine Ruling: A Critic Speaks

Posted on March 31, 2008
The New York Times has an editorial today by Paul A. Offit, chief of the infectious diseases division of the Children?s Hospital of Philadelphia, who is highly critical of the recent Poling vaccine award. He views the case as one...

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New Cell Phone Studies - Time to Stop Talking

Posted on March 31, 2008
The UK Independent reports on the results of several new studies on long-term cell phone use - the headline says that they could be more dangerous than smoking. The newspaper reports, Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking...

Schizophenia Linked to Genetic Mutations

Posted on March 29, 2008
The Washington Post and other news outlets reported last week on a new study in the journal Science which examines a potential link between certain gene mutations and schizophrenia. The Washington Post's Rick Weiss states, Patients with schizophrenia are three...

Lights Out Tonight

Posted on March 29, 2008
Dear Earth Hour US Supporters, Thank you for your suggestions, energy and enthusiasm. We are both thrilled and overwhelmed with the outpouring of support for this historic climate change initiative. First, here is a quick look at Earth Hour. On...

Socialized Medicine

Posted on March 27, 2008
The Washington Post's Jacob Hacker has an interesting piece on socialized medicine and how it might be time to retire the fear that the word generates. He writes, "Socialized medicine" is the bogeyman that just won't die. The epithet has...

Happy Birthday Viagra!

Posted on March 27, 2008
Yes, Viagra has been around for ten years. For some reason, perhaps all the spam e-mail I continue to receive, it seems like it has been around for so much longer. The Wall Street Journal's Health Blog has a post...

Disability, Reproduction and Parenting Symposium

Posted on March 26, 2008
Saint Louis University School of Law will hold an interesting and informative one-day symposium, "Disability, Reproduction and Parenting," on Friday, April 4, 2008 at their law school. It is the 20th Annual Saint Louis University Health Law Symposium, sponsored by...

Job Posting: Director for Law Library and Information Technology

Posted on March 26, 2008
Cincinnati Seeks Director for Law Library and Information Technology The University of Cincinnati College of Law is looking to hire a Director for Law Library and Information Technology. As the position announcement explains, this is an exciting opportunity to join...

Advanced Look at US News Rankings

Posted on March 26, 2008
I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this data but others with blogs are posting it as the advanced ranking from US News that will be available to all on Friday. The pdf file for the top 100 schools can...

AFL-CIO Study on What Americans Are Willing to do for Health Insurance

Posted on March 25, 2008
This morning, NPR's Morning Edition ran a brief story on the some of the results of the AFL-CIO's survey of what Americans were willing to do for health insurance. Many responded that they had stayed in jobs they did not...

Pregnant Women as Temporarily Disabled?

Posted on March 25, 2008
Feministing has a post concerning a recent, failed piece of legislation in California that would have labeled women in their third trimester as temporarily disabled so that they could qualify for disabled parking spaces. While I appreciate the sentiment, why...

PatientsLikeMe Website

Posted on March 24, 2008
The New York Times reported on Sunday about a new website, PatientsLikeMe, that permits patients to share medical data and learn more about treatments, drug doses, clinical trials and symptoms of a variety of diseases. The website raises some interesting...

Measles in California and Vaccine Exemptions

Posted on March 24, 2008
On Friday, just after I finished taking my son, recently turned 5, to the doctor for his three vaccinations, I read an article in the New York Times about how many parents don't feel the need to protect their children...

Organ Transplant Waiting List Problems

Posted on March 23, 2008
The Washington Post reports today on the list of individuals waiting for organ transplants and reports that many on the waiting list are actually ineligible. Rob Stein writes, The list of patients waiting for organ transplants, which is widely used...

Recycling "Single Use" Medical Equipment: Common Practice?

Posted on March 22, 2008
The Wall Street Journal ran a piece this past week discussing how many medical providers apparently re-use various medical equipment to save money. Not just any medical equipment - but medical equipment labeled "single use." Sounds a little "iffy" to...

Fellowship Opportunities for Aspiring Law Professors

Posted on March 21, 2008
Professor Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog provides an excellent listing of the many fellowship opportunites that individuals interested in teaching law may wish to research and pursue. I know that many law students do not immediately think of teaching but...

Supreme Court Receives Request to Hear Sperm Donor Case

Posted on March 21, 2008
Law.com/Associated Press reports on a case recently presented to the United States Supreme Court. The article states, A Topeka, Kan., man wanting parental rights to children conceived with sperm he donated is taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court...

Better & Cheaper Health Care without Insurance

Posted on March 20, 2008
RNCentral.com blog has a great article by Chrisin Laun entitled, "How to: Get Better, Cheaper Health Care Without Insurance (25 Tips, Tricks and Resources)." The list provides some valuable information for obtaining access to medical care such as: Take advantage...

OB/GYN Ethics Rule Upset HHS

Posted on March 20, 2008
Late last year, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued new ethics guidelines. Among other things, the new guidelines provide that physicians "have the duty to refer patients in a timely manner to other providers if they do...

Stem Cells and Vision Treatment Updated

Posted on March 20, 2008
On Tuesday, NPR's morning edition ran the story discussing a new controversial treatment for infant blindness involving stem cells. NPR's morning edition has followed up with an interview Dr. Mark Borchert who believes that the treatment is rather risky and...

Defeating the SuperBugs - Screenings

Posted on March 19, 2008
LATimes reports discusses a new study on how hospitals have worked to reduce the spread of infections within their walls. Judith Graham writes, Adding to the debate over how to control drug-resistant bacteria, researchers reported Monday that screening all hospital...

Tuskgee Still Has Health Impact . . . .

Posted on March 19, 2008
The Associated Press has a story discussing two recent studies conducted by Johns Hopkins University examining the long-term impacts of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study on health care for African Americans. The AP reports, The infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a government...

Utube: Youth Discusses Health Care Reform and Obama's Plan

Posted on March 18, 2008
The New York Times ran an interesting piece yesterday discussing a recent utube video in which a young person discusses the reason that he will vote for Barack Obama. Much of his discussion concerns some pretty detailed thoughts about our...

Better Vision Through Stem Cells?

Posted on March 18, 2008
National Public Radio's Morning Edition had an interesting piece this morning on the use of stem cells in China to improve the vision of a number of blind children. It sounds like a new frontier in medicine - unfortunately without...

Discipline and Firings After Snooping Through Britney Spears' Records

Posted on March 17, 2008
The LA Times reports on the some recent disciplinary charges and firings that occurred at the UCLA Medical Center after the Center learned of snooping that ccurred into the medical records of Britney Spears. You would think that people would...

Medicare Strike Force Moving After New Targets

Posted on March 17, 2008
Law.com discusses some of the new geographic targets for the Medicare Strike Force as well as providing a summary of their success in Miami. Julie Kay writes. After winning almost all of its cases, the U.S. Department of Justice's Medicare...

Terrific Job Opportunity - Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Posted on March 14, 2008
Assistant Professor in Health Law and Policy Department of Medical Humanities Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Springfield, Illinois The Department of Medical Humanities at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at...

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