MONDAY
January 19, 2009
As Insurers Begin to Offer “Deals” for Overseas Surgery, The Battle is Joined
Wachter's World
Excellent discussion of medical tourism.
Development Of New Technique To Tap Full Potential Of Antibody Libraries Should Open Numerous Pharmaceutical Possibilities
IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today
(PR)
Medical Records, Insurance and Prediction: GINA Will Not Keep this Fox Out of the Henhouse
PredictER Blog
Some
"2018 Worst Case Scenarios"
may already be coming true.
Walgreens offers health program for businesses
A CNN/Money.com story describes the new enterprise packaging. See the
original press release.
American Well: e-House Calls by the Hawaiian Doctor
Health Care Law Blog
More on American Well telemedicine.
FDA Issues Final Guidance On Regulating Genetically Engineered Animals
Genetics News From Medical News Today
(Regulatory PR)
Squeezing the genome: how to shrink your whole-genome sequence to 4 MB
Genetic Future
Lossless instead of lossy genome compression seems better to me.
Launch: Personal Health Advisory Services
Crossover Healthcare
From Scott Shreeve: More like a medical apartment than a medical home.
Veterans exposed to incorrect drug doses
Bad news for the Veterans Administration's groundbreaking efforts in electronic medical records. (AP)
TUESDAY
January 20, 2009
Study prompts hospital CEO to blog about change
Covering Health
See the related
e-patients.net post.
Studies offer guide as protein interaction mapping comes of age
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news
Developing standards for "a comprehensive catalogue known as the interactome"
Electronic health record glitch at the VA repaired with Patch – Update
The Medical Quack
Follow-up to yesterday's VistA post.
WEDNESDAY
January 21, 2009
Unfavourable Results Of Clinical Trials Often Go Unpublished
Public Health News From Medical News Today
(Research PR)
Health-monitoring technology helps seniors live at home longer
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news
Number Of Telehealth Subscribers Worldwide To Exceed 55 Million By 2016
IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today
(Market research PR)
Wielding technology’s wonders to improve health in America
HealthBlog
Comments on the draft of the National Research Council report "Computational Technology for Effective Health Care: Immediate Steps and Strategic Directions."
Gene Genie #42 - focus on personalised genetics
Genetic Future
The blog carnival of clinical genetics and personalised medicine.
download, mirror, fork
business|bytes|genes|molecules
"Take [public domain science] data sets, modify them, perhaps update them and then merge them in [back to the public domain]."
Cognitive Enhancement on Campus: Taking Competition Seriously
Bioethics Forum
Follow-up to last month's
Nature article.
THURSDAY
January 22, 2009
Super Sensitive Gas Detector Goes Down The Nanotubes
Medical Devices / Diagnostics News From Medical News Today
(NIST PR)
New Synthetic Compound Message to Drug-Resistant Bacteria: 'Resistance is Futile'
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news
(PR)
In Key-Hole Gallbladder Removal, Robo-Surgery Found To Be As Safe And Capable As A Human Assistant
Public Health News From Medical News Today
(PR)
Probiotics
Science-Based Medicine
"If you are a normal human, with a normal diet, save your money. Probiotics have nothing to offer but an increased cost."
Brain fitness & training heads towards its tipping point
SharpBrains
"The key drivers seem to be science and baby boomer demand."
Engineered Virus Kills Neuroblastoma Cancer Stem Cells
Stem Cell Research News From Medical News Today
In mice. (PR)
“What on earth is the rationale there?”: Prohibition on sharing test results with patients online in California
Ted Eytan, MD
A Lecture by Spencer Wells
The Genetic Genealogist
Notes from the director of National Geographic's
Genographic Project sponsored by IBM.
Welcome To Health Wonk Review - 1/09/09
The Health Care Blog
Notes from the healthcare news and policy blogs.
The digital health paradox
The Health Engagement Blog
Three findings in the Health Engagement Barometer.
Medicine 2.0: Social Networking, Collaboration, Participation, Apomediation, and Openness
The Informatics Review
Overview of eHealth conference from Canada's Centre for Global eHealth Innovation. Author Gunther Eysenbach suggests "apomediation" as a more rigorous term than "Web 2.0."
Tiny pressure sensor implant in the femoral artery measures blood pressure 30 times a second
The Medical Quack
Pharma's worst nightmare
World of DTC Marketing
A blind link to the Wall Street Journal video about
WorstPills.org.