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YouTube Medical Device Ads: Violation of FDA Rules?

Posted on December 04, 2008
Yesterday's Wall Street Journal's Health Blog ran a short post on the use of YouTube videos to advertise medical devices and challenges to those ads by Prescription Project, an advocacy group backed in part by the Pew Charitable Trust. I...

Residency Bad for Patients

Posted on December 03, 2008
Ezra Klein has a great post on the need to reform residency programs. He writes, Being a medical resident is bad job. 80-hour workweeks, . . . But being the patient of a medical resident is arguably worse. A tired...

NICE's Cost/Benefit Analysis

Posted on December 03, 2008
The New York Times' Gardiner Harris reports on the balancing of costs and benefits of drugs in England and impact that has on other countries as all try to cope with the rising drug prices. He writes, When Bruce Hardy?s...

Wheelchair Freedom

Posted on December 02, 2008
An editorial in today's Washington Post discusses the author's years in a wheelchair and the freedom it has provided him. Gary Presley writes, This month I began my 50th year of riding a wheelchair through life. In case you're wondering,...

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Broad Conscience Clause Rule from Bush Administration

Posted on December 02, 2008
The LA Times has a write-up today about the Bush administrations proposed conscience rule and its breadth. David Savage explains, The outgoing Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new "right of conscience" rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses,...

Baucus Health Plan

Posted on December 01, 2008
Ezra Klein does a terrific job providing two critiques of Senator Baucus's health plan. He writes, Bob Laszewski and Richard Eskow, two health policy thinkers who I respect very much, have come to opposite conclusions on the Baucus plan. Eskow...

Update on Children's Health Care

Posted on December 01, 2008
DemFromCt, who writes for the Daily Kos blog, provides an update from FamiliesUSA on children's health care now that we are officially in a recession. DemFromCt highlights various news, mostly bad, from the FamiliesUSA study, The non-partisan FamiliesUSA sums it...

Sports in Your Genes

Posted on November 30, 2008
The New York Times has a story about children being tested for which sport they will perform best in due to their genetic make-up. It is rather sad that parents decide to test their children - whatever happened to fun...

Karl Rove on Obama's Health Reform

Posted on November 29, 2008
Thinkprogress provides an overview of Karl Rove's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on President-elect Obama's new economic team and his plans for reforming health care. Fortunately ThinkProgress points out some problems with his analysis. Here is a brief excerpt:...

Bitter Lawyer

Posted on November 28, 2008
Enjoying a day off work - perhaps you would like to experience the lovely law firm day even though you aren't there. Bitter Lawyer is a rather interesting look a law firm life (in some ways accurate) and quite funny....

Obama's Health Site

Posted on November 28, 2008
The Huffingtonpost reports on President-elect Obama's interactive health website. It is quite fun but unfortunately the interactivity will not help you work off your Thanksgiving meal.

Organ Distribution Changes

Posted on November 27, 2008
The Boston Globe reports on the Journal of American Medical Association's recent article concerning a change to the method of distributing organ donations - provide the donations to the sickest individuals. Turns out that this change in method helps eliminate...

Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 27, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving - I hope it is happy and healthy for all of you! If you find that you have some extra food - now is the time that many people could use a little hand. Feeding America is a...

Step Away from the Computer and Call Me in the AM

Posted on November 26, 2008
The New York Times reports on a new ailment plaguing many Americans, Cyberchondria. Here are the symptoms: On Monday, Microsoft researchers published the results of a study of health-related Web searches on popular search engines as well as a survey....

Cancer Deaths Decline

Posted on November 26, 2008
The LA Times reports on a recent cancer study demonstrating a decline in deaths from different cancers. For the first time since the government began compiling records, the rate of cancer has begun to decline, marking a tipping point in...

Newshour on Health Care Reform

Posted on November 25, 2008
The Newshour had an excellent discussion last week on the road to health care reform for President-elect Obama and some of the new obstacles that may exist because of the weak economy. Here is a link to the transcript. On...

Flu Vaccine for All

Posted on November 25, 2008
Sydney Spiesel at Slate.com writes about the wonders of the flu vaccine and argues that a new study from Canada demonstrates that everyone should receive the wonderful shot each year. He writes, If we're going to give annual flu shots...

Medical Students and Abortion

Posted on November 24, 2008
Yesterday, the Washington Post ran a lengthy article entitled, "A Hard Choice," discussing a pro-choice medical student and her struggle with decisions concerning her future medical practice and abortion particularly. The article provides a look into the decision of a...

Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers

Posted on November 24, 2008
Well, with the holiday season approaching, many new books appear that might be worth a read. The Washington Post provides a quick review of Malcolm Gladwell's lastest work, Outliers. I have enjoyed his earlier works, Tipping Point and Blink because...

Five Health Law Myths Exposed

Posted on November 23, 2008
The New America Foundation's Shannon Brownlee and Ezekiel Emanuel have a terrific article in the Washington Post concerning the myths surrounding our health care system and discussing the need for reform. They write, With Congress ready to spend $700 billion...

Rats and TB Detection

Posted on November 22, 2008
The Boston Globe's Colin Dickerson reports on a new use for rats - its turns out that they can help solve some fairly major public health problems. I know most people probably think of rats as a public health problem...

Pardoning Turkeys - Thanksgiving Week Approaching

Posted on November 21, 2008
Ok, it is Friday and when I saw this video of Governor Sarah Palin last night pardoning a turkey while other turkeys met a less pleasant fate immediately behind her - well, it seemed like something to share. Really, it...

Professor Jay Katz

Posted on November 21, 2008
The LA Times provides a moving tribute to the life and work of Professor Jay Katz. It provides, Dr. Jay Katz, a psychoanalyst and Yale Law School professor whose analysis of the conflicting interests and motivations of doctors and patients...

Daschle to HHS

Posted on November 20, 2008
News sources are reporting that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has been tapped as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. ThinkProgress reports that this is a good sign for those interested in dramatic health reform. They state,...

Health Insurance Companies See Writing on Wall

Posted on November 20, 2008
Robert Pear of The New York Times continues a story demonstrating health insurance companies apparerent new acceptance of future health care reform. He writes, The health insurance industry said Wednesday that it would support a health care overhaul requiring insurers...

Federal Court Upholds Drug Privacy Law

Posted on November 19, 2008
The New York Times reports that a federal appeals court in Boston on Tuesday dealt a setback to the pharmaceutical industry and companies that collect prescription data for use in drug marketing. Stephanie Saul writes, Ruling in support of a...

Insurers Make Pitch for Health Coverage Mandate

Posted on November 19, 2008
The Washington Post reports that the health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions, but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that...

Medicare Prescriptions and the Doughnut Hole

Posted on November 18, 2008
The Washington Post provides facts about Medicare Part D: Facts about Medicare Part D prescription coverage: - Under Medicare Part D, elderly and disabled Medicare benficiaries can enroll in a private drug plan that is largely subsidized by the federal...

Political Temperature may be Just Right for Healthcare Overhaul

Posted on November 18, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that experts say the nation's hard times may paradoxically quicken a sweeping reform of the healthcare system. Noam N. Levey and Lisa Girion write, When Barack Obama steps into the Oval Office in January, healthcare...

Nebraska to Alter Safe-Haven Law

Posted on November 17, 2008
The Washington Post reports that Nebraska intends to alter its safe-haven law to set an upper age limit of days or weeks for parents to deliver babies to the state without repercussions, an attempt to still care for abandoned children...

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