February 2008 - The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck

Genetic Test for Hair Loss

It is only $149.00 to find out if you will be bald...otherwise you can save your money and wait to see what nature has in mind for you...BD Having knowledge of your genetic risk for early onset Androgenetic Alopecia (Pattern Baldness) will help you make...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 11:52 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest

When Flu Shots Fail - Change is in the works

" The flu shots given across the country are, for many, proving to be a bust -- only effective against about 40 percent of the flu strains now in the United States."....a reformulation for the vaccine is in the works, first time in 20 years...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 11:12 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News

Arizona Center For Education And Research On Therapeutics Launches PDA Version Of QT-Prolonging Drug Lists

The list includes drugs that contain the risk of inducing serious heart arrhythmias and death ....and the list contains links to educational material...BD The QTdrugs.org website currently lists over 100 drugs in four categories based on relative risk...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 10:31 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News

Medical Device Ruling Redraws Lines on Lawsuits

This will certainly change the events of current and potential lawsuits...who do you trust...can the FDA do the job? BD The Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday protecting many types of medical device makers from personal injury lawsuits began rippling...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 3:37 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest

Paying Patients Test British Health Care System

Everything is not free for those who chose seeing a private physician... some pay for an MRI as the wait it considered too long...and the decision to have NHS or private care...as you can't have both for the same aliment...and this article states...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 3:19 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance, Other Items of Interest

Pfizer Has Its Heart On Its Sleeve

Purchasing a drug that has not been FDA approved...but used in Europe, Encysive, used for hypertension...developed by Pfizer researchers....BD Its latest leap of faith is with Encysive (nasdaq: ENCY - news - people ), the maker of thelin. Thelin treats...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 3:01 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Pharma/FDA News

L.A. says Health Net illegally halts insurance

Website has been set up by the City Attorney for those to respond to any unfair acts by insurers..." If you have information regarding what you believe are unlawful, fraudulent or unfair business practices of a health plan or health insurer, we request...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 2:32 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance

New funds for development of high tech prosthetic limb

Update...DARPA continues to work for the bionic prosthetics...BD February 22, 2008 A team led by the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at Johns Hopkins University has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to complete...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 2:18 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology

GREAT-WEST, the insurer that pays less than Medicaid for an office visit...?

Health care provider paying less than Medicaid? How could that happen? This astute healthcare individual did a comparison and this is what was found...BD GREAT-WEST Healthcare has recently been processing our claims under an "OPEN ACCESS" network...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 2:13 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance, Other Items of Interest

Freezing Heart Murmurs

The deep cold can bring a life back to a normal beat through new technology for treating heart mummers...BD LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than two million people live with heart arrhythmias, or an irregular heart beat. It can leave people...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 2:02 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology

Study confirms Aprotinin (Trasylol) drug increases cardiac surgery death rate

Study information on the use of the drug used for cardiac bypass surgery, which is now off the market...BD The largest study to date of a controversial cardiac surgery drug shows it increases death rates and damages kidney function, according Duke University...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 1:57 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News

US FDA Clears Wyeth Hemophilia Treatment

Hamsters could be the best friend of a hemophiliac....BD WASHINGTON (Reuters) Feb 21 - U.S. regulators on Thursday cleared a new drug to treat the blood-clotting disorder hemophilia made by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 1:11 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News

Memory loss and thinking problems are becoming less common among older Americans

Good news here and I have a mother that is standing proof...keeping the mind active and using her computer is a big part of it...BD Although it's too soon to sound the death knell for the "senior moment," it appears that memory loss and...

Published Fri, Feb 22 2008 1:07 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest

Google to store patients' health records

Testing to begin in Cleveland...being transferred from another software, MyChart..BD SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that's likely to raise more...

Published Wed, Feb 20 2008 11:49 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related

Voters Want a President Who Would Back a Health IT Network

This was a survey of 1000 residents....more are siding with a national health plan it appears...BD Seventy percent of U.S. voters said they would be more likely to vote for a presidential candidate who supports the creation of a Nationwide Health Information...

Published Wed, Feb 20 2008 9:26 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance

February 2008 - The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck

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Genetic Test for Hair Loss

When Flu Shots Fail - Change is in the works

Arizona Center For Education And Research On Therapeutics Launches PDA Version Of QT-Prolonging Drug Lists

Medical Device Ruling Redraws Lines on Lawsuits

Paying Patients Test British Health Care System

Pfizer Has Its Heart On Its Sleeve

L.A. says Health Net illegally halts insurance

New funds for development of high tech prosthetic limb

GREAT-WEST, the insurer that pays less than Medicaid for an office visit...?

Freezing Heart Murmurs

Study confirms Aprotinin (Trasylol) drug increases cardiac surgery death rate

US FDA Clears Wyeth Hemophilia Treatment

Memory loss and thinking problems are becoming less common among older Americans

Google to store patients' health records

Voters Want a President Who Would Back a Health IT Network