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

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Cracking enzyme code opens way to new cancer drugs - TERT

This lends itself to an area whereby various area of cancer could be targeted, and with few or little side effect as the study states. The term "cellular immortality" is the term that describes cells that keep regenerating endlessly, like...

Published Sun, Aug 31 2008 1:39 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Genomics, Cancer, tumors, Research, Pharmacogenomics
Despite Doubts, Cancer Therapy Draws Patients - HIFU Prostate Cancer Procedure

This procedure is not approved for us in the US. It is not inexpensive either at 25-30K per procedure, but good money for the physicians getting paid from 5-7k for their work. There are opinions on both sides of the fence and like anything else...

Published Sun, Aug 31 2008 1:19 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, FDA, clinical trials, Prostate Cancer, HIFU, Procedures
Got Acne Problems - Go Buy a Condom

According to the article, this company, Number One Plus condoms, seems to have cornered the market here. This practice appears to be growing in Cambodia. This sounds like new clinical trial territory and something the FDA might want to take...

Published Sun, Aug 31 2008 12:29 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, FDA, Acne, Condom
NASCAR scrubs for Medical and Healthcare professionals - Say What?

Is there not end to advertising and marketing? Is this to bring a new meaning to " start your engines" in the ER or perhaps is this an effort to bring more "pit" minded teamwork attitudes together or just make some money. ...

Published Sun, Aug 31 2008 12:09 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest
Cerner CEO calls for a change with insurers

Cerner president speaks out about the insurance business, "they need to be redefined". Amgen CEO and President Kevin Sharer called for a better structured FDA . Overall the summary statement says the same thing I have brought...

Published Sun, Aug 31 2008 11:48 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, medicare, health insurance, FDA, Cerner, Amgen, Fixiing Healthcare
Benefits of Drinking - Only kicks in after 50 Years of Age

I found these studies interesting, so it basically states that drinking has some benefits, raises good cholesterol, lowers risks of heart attacks, thins blood, etc. Moderate drinking is the key and according to the study, none of this kicks in for...

Published Sun, Aug 31 2008 12:46 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Heart Disease, heathcare, Good cholesterol, Alcohol
Two Dead, Several Hospitals Locked Down - "Blue" chemically exposed patients seeking help in the ER

Blue people walking in to the ER, Hospital Lock Down, and 2 deaths over chemical exposure, scary story here and I can't remember the last time I heard about an entire hospital being on lock down. One ER shift that will be remembered for...

Published Sun, Aug 31 2008 12:30 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest
Stand Up To Cancer - Friday September 5, 2008 - 8:00 EST

You can set up a log in and donate today. Click here for details. As I had posted in a story a couple days ago, the bar has risen for venture capitalist investments, it is still there, but perhaps a little tougher to get, and with government...

Published Sat, Aug 30 2008 11:42 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Biotech, Cancer, Research, Charity, Stand up to Cancer, Donation, Entertainment, Donation Drive, Cancer Cures
Man Finds Thousands of Medical Records in Storage Unit he won with a bid $25.00 for the unknown contents

This is one of those strange ones out of the coffer here , man bids $25.00 for the unknown contents of a storage unit and what in the world does he get, stacks of medical records!! Obviously paperless records were not on the agenda for Southwest...

Published Sat, Aug 30 2008 10:50 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Medical Records, Security Breach, Document management
Desperate Hospitals - Hawaii- What is happening to our Hospital System?

As the old saying goes, things roll downhill and Siemens was the straw that broke the camel's back here. Recently Siemens has been in the news with their own issues with restructuring and lay offs. There are other creditors including Clinical...

Published Sat, Aug 30 2008 3:12 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Physicians, FDA, Hospitals, Nursing, bankruptcy, Economics, Desperate Hosptials, Venture Capitalists, Transparancy, Layoffs, Debt consolidation, Overseas Investments, Vendors
Intel Health PHS 5000 - Home Health Monitor (one more)

Here is one more home health monitoring device. No word as to when this one might be available in the US. Intel just released another product September 1st for use in the US, as noted here. The devices keep getting smaller and each one...

Published Fri, Aug 29 2008 10:16 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Intel, Medical Devices, Home Monitoring
Desperate Hospitals - August 29 (Continued)

More added to the list at various stages either with investigations, layoffs, some trying to figure out how to stay open next year. Some are already deep in debt while some are teetering on the fence post after budget cuts, in short all looking...

Published Fri, Aug 29 2008 5:44 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, Budget Cuts, Hospitals, Insolvency, Desperate Hosptials
Forensic Breakthrough Stirs NIH to Close GWAS Data from Public View

Called data mining... If you are a researcher and have been accessing the data base from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, that have been hosting such public datasets, they have also removed the aggregate data from public availability. BD...

Published Fri, Aug 29 2008 3:56 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest
The "Unbranding" of pharmaceutical commercials

New marketing technique going on here, gets you to the website, but no mention of the drug name . This ranks right up there with the Placebo ads from the FDA for a fake blood pressure pill , and what website will it take you to? Is there any...

Published Fri, Aug 29 2008 1:38 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, FDA, Pharmaceuticals, Advertising, TV, Ads
Medical Bills You Shouldn't Pay - The balance billing issue is alive and well

In California we are well aware of this with the recent news with Prime Health Care being challenged on this practice as they have no contracts with the insurers and charge their published rates for out of network care, and the patient is stuck in the...

Published Fri, Aug 29 2008 1:13 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Hospital, health insurance, Physicians, Quest Labs, bankruptcy, Balance Billing, Health Insurance Coverage, Not for Profit Hospitals, Prime Healthcare

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Cracking enzyme code opens way to new cancer drugs - TERT

Despite Doubts, Cancer Therapy Draws Patients - HIFU Prostate Cancer Procedure

Got Acne Problems - Go Buy a Condom

NASCAR scrubs for Medical and Healthcare professionals - Say What?

Cerner CEO calls for a change with insurers

Benefits of Drinking - Only kicks in after 50 Years of Age

Two Dead, Several Hospitals Locked Down - "Blue" chemically exposed patients seeking help in the ER

Stand Up To Cancer - Friday September 5, 2008 - 8:00 EST

Man Finds Thousands of Medical Records in Storage Unit he won with a bid $25.00 for the unknown contents

Desperate Hospitals - Hawaii- What is happening to our Hospital System?

Intel Health PHS 5000 - Home Health Monitor (one more)

Desperate Hospitals - August 29 (Continued)

Forensic Breakthrough Stirs NIH to Close GWAS Data from Public View

The "Unbranding" of pharmaceutical commercials

Medical Bills You Shouldn't Pay - The balance billing issue is alive and well