October 2010 - The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck

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Dr. Erika Talks About Alternatives to Synthetic Hormones Like Premarin and Prempro - FDA Approved Bio Identical Solutions

I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Erika Schwartz recently about Bio Identical Hormone Therapy last year and today here on Fox she’s again talking about the same issues and there Bio identical drugs can help, FDA approved drugs. Check out the...

Published Sun, Oct 31 2010 3:28 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Cancer, FDA, Diet, NIH, Harvard, HRT, Oprah, estrogen, wellness, Woman's Heatlh, bio identical hormones, Premarin, Dr. Erika, Erika Schwartz, Women's Health Initiative, hormone replacement, Hot Flash Havoctherapytherapy
FDA Approves Teflaro–An Injectable Bacterial Treatment To Help Fight Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia to Include MRSA & Other Strains

This is certainly good news as the MRSA battle is something hospitals and us in the wild are dealing with more frequently today. Doctors and patients have one more anti biotic arsenal in the fight against bacterial infections and pneumonia. ...

Published Sun, Oct 31 2010 1:49 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Hospital, MRSA, Antibiotics, hospital acquired infections, bacteria, pneumonia, staph, skin infections, Forest Laboratories, Teflaro
Proteus ONE™* Proton Therapy System Announced at One Third the Size of Current Systems for Nuclear Cancer Treatments

This is interesting as the article states that in 4years they plan to have the first room set up and operational in Europe so it makes you wonder what else will happen in 4 years, in other words will this design by that time perhaps be portable? ...

Published Sun, Oct 31 2010 12:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Medical Devices, Cancer, Imaging, Scanning, Therapy, radiation, heatlhcrare, CT, protons, nuclear therapy, IBA
In India More Have Cell Phones Than Toilet Access UN States–A Case of Imbalance And A Government Playing Catch Up?

No doubt cell phones bring communications to those who live in poverty and in time hopefully will begin to improve the quality of life we hope, but not having access to a toilet goes back to the very basics of living. The article goes on to say...

Published Sun, Oct 31 2010 12:43 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, cell phones, India, sanitation, Herbs, Quacks, Street Doctors
Scientists At Wake Forest Grow a Mini Liver From Human Cells–Regenerative Medicine

Wake Forest University School of Medicine is where they grow body parts. Both 60 Minutes and Dr. Oz have paid a few visits to the facility and I’ll include the 60 minute video from last year that talks about the human bladders they have grown and...

Published Sun, Oct 31 2010 1:42 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Genomics, healthcare, Stem Cells, Liver, Regenerative Medicine, Body parts, 60 Minutes, Wake Forest, regeneration, bladders
Rally To Restore Sanity–A Big Success With Some Real Straight Talk About The Disruption and Distraction We Live With Today

I enjoyed watching the show and the under currents and statements they made were loud and clear. I focus on this from a healthcare point of view and so much of what he said was true. Yes, there was a bit of an attack on the press and yes some...

Published Sat, Oct 30 2010 6:21 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, analytics, algoirthms, 12 step addictions, Charles Seife, numbers, desired results, mathmatics, Proofiness, rogue algorithm, books, Rally to Restore Sanity, Steven Colbert
B. Braun Recalls Seven Lots of Heparin–Potential Contamination–FDA States Not a Signification Public Health Threat

W are back again to the concern of the raw material – pig intestines – from China with a substance added to stretch heparin and this article states it is due to the changes in the Chinese pig population? What’s going on with those Chinese pigs?...

Published Sat, Oct 30 2010 4:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, heparin, tags, Pharma, China, Recalls, contamination, Pigs, Bar Codes, Scientific Proteins, B. Braun
Merck (KGaA) Sells Women's Health Business to Teva for 285 million

Merck KGaA is a separate independent company from New Jersey Based Merck, so again watch and look for subsidiary actions here as ownership gets a little confusing at times. Merck KGaA is known as EMD Chemicals in the US, and outside of the US Merck...

Published Sat, Oct 30 2010 4:24 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Germany, Teva, women's health, Millipore, Merck Pharma, Merck KGaA, Thereamex
I Think I'm A Clone Now (I Think I’m Alone Now) Stem Cell Humor (Video)

This is great, good graphics work here too. Love the lyrics from Weird Al Yankovic…I can be my own best friend…another one of me is always hanging around….part of some genetic plan…born in a petri dish one night….look at the way we go out walking...

Published Sat, Oct 30 2010 3:22 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Other Items of Interest, Need a Laugh, DNA, Genomics, Genes, Humor, Stem Cells, Clones, Medical Humor, Wierd Al, Stem cell humor
Bristol-Myers Gets Notice From FDA To Clean Up Puerto Rico Manufacturing Plant–Sale of Belatacept Drug On Hold For Compliance

Belatacept is an important new drug to help in the rejection process with organ transplants. The drug is actually made in New York but packaged in Puerto Rico. If you have ever been to Puerto Rico, there are many drug factories that have been...

Published Sat, Oct 30 2010 2:07 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, healthcare, Pharma, FDA, Organ transplants, Puerto Rico, Bristol Myers Squibb, Belatacept
Anaheim General Hospital Regains Medicare Approval Status in the OC

In December of 2008 this longstanding hospital in Orange County lost their Medicare status and this is good to see the improvements and come back by all means as this hospital is located in a strategic area of the OC where people need the facility as...

Published Sat, Oct 30 2010 1:44 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, medicare, California, Joint Commission, Anaheim General Hospital
Governor Schwarzenegger Announces The Opening of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine at USC

The Governor speaks in a humorous but nice way on all the donations Eli and Edythe Broad have made and how he’s following them around as they have made big donations up north and at UCLA. There has been 3 billion dollars set aside for research and...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 11:22 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Clincal Trials, Diabetes, California, Politics, Research and Development, Stem Cells, Schwarzenegger, Regenerative Medicine, eyesight, macular degeneration, therapies, Eli and Edythe Broad Center
Senator Tom Coburn States Government Has Spent Over a Billion Plus on the Deceased For HealthCare and Related Supplies

Here’s definitely an area for budget cuts where nobody will complain or get hurt. The reality here though is the fact that IT infrastructure of the government is in sad shape but they are working on the solutions and this has a lot to do with perhaps...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 10:26 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, health insurance, data bases, employer insurance, Human Resources, Coburn, tech denial, Healthgrades, infrastrucure, lazy, employer insurance HealthGrades
Sandoz Recalls in the US of all Vials of Methotrexate Injection–Glass Flakes in the Drug- Deaf FDA & Drug Company Ears As Related to Using Bar Coding For Recalls

Well my campaign for 2D bar coding is still alive and well but the FDA and the drug and device companies still seem pretty deaf. The drug injection are used to treat severe psoriasis, and rheumatoid arthritis and a few other conditions. I...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 9:30 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, FDA, Pharmacies, Recalls, ordor, bar coding, Sandoz, MicrosoftTags, glass
Hospitalist Chats With ER Physician and Cardiologist–Humor (Videos)

These are funny and the Happy Hospitalist has few more over there and we are all being entertained today with the Xtranormal video series, these guys are good. I just picked a couple here that are perhaps what would appeal to all. Hey some...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 8:43 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Need a Laugh, healthcare, Hospitals, Humor, Medical Humor, Happy Hospitalist, videos, Xtranormal videos, admitting

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Dr. Erika Talks About Alternatives to Synthetic Hormones Like Premarin and Prempro - FDA Approved Bio Identical Solutions

FDA Approves Teflaro–An Injectable Bacterial Treatment To Help Fight Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia to Include MRSA & Other Strains

Proteus ONE™* Proton Therapy System Announced at One Third the Size of Current Systems for Nuclear Cancer Treatments

In India More Have Cell Phones Than Toilet Access UN States–A Case of Imbalance And A Government Playing Catch Up?

Scientists At Wake Forest Grow a Mini Liver From Human Cells–Regenerative Medicine

Rally To Restore Sanity–A Big Success With Some Real Straight Talk About The Disruption and Distraction We Live With Today

B. Braun Recalls Seven Lots of Heparin–Potential Contamination–FDA States Not a Signification Public Health Threat

Merck (KGaA) Sells Women's Health Business to Teva for 285 million

I Think I'm A Clone Now (I Think I’m Alone Now) Stem Cell Humor (Video)

Bristol-Myers Gets Notice From FDA To Clean Up Puerto Rico Manufacturing Plant–Sale of Belatacept Drug On Hold For Compliance

Anaheim General Hospital Regains Medicare Approval Status in the OC

Governor Schwarzenegger Announces The Opening of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine at USC

Senator Tom Coburn States Government Has Spent Over a Billion Plus on the Deceased For HealthCare and Related Supplies

Sandoz Recalls in the US of all Vials of Methotrexate Injection–Glass Flakes in the Drug- Deaf FDA & Drug Company Ears As Related to Using Bar Coding For Recalls

Hospitalist Chats With ER Physician and Cardiologist–Humor (Videos)