January 2011 - The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck

Healthcare Ads-Thinking about Advertising on Facebook-Think Again as Healthcare Ads are Least Successful At the Bottom of the Barrel

I thought this was interesting and it kind of tells where everyone’s head is at on Facebook with Healthcare ads having the lowest ratings. Right behind the last place spot are ads for Internet and Software products. Does everyone want to play...

Published Mon, Jan 31 2011 8:01 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Computers, Facebook, Advertising, digital literacy, mobile technology, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California CIO, executive order, Chart of the Day

Florida Judge Rules Against Health Law– Need Some Judicial “Algo Men” to Influence Decisions on Costs With Methodology Entailment and IT Systems Functionality

This is one of the favorite topics here at the Medical Quack if you read here often enough with decisions made and the unintended consequences and more so importantly the cost that nobody can or wants to afford. Of course this is complicated so...

Published Mon, Jan 31 2011 6:36 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, health insurance, Politics, Florida, healthcare reform, judge, IT Systems, legal decisions, Algo Men, healthcare repeal, court cares

Replacing And Growing Body Parts– Scaffolds Revealed With Regenerative Medicine(Video)

PBS really did a nice job with this video going through how body parts are being grown and where we are today. I have several posts on the blog about regenerative medicine and there are a few links at the bottom of the article. We are a lot...

Published Sun, Jan 30 2011 11:08 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Genomics, healthcare, Heart, Stem Cells, Liver, Regenerative Medicine, Body parts, PBS, Wake Forest, skin stem cells, regeneration, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, heart cells

Bill Gates Explains Vaccines on a White Board

This is a neat video about saving lives with vaccines. Giving children a couple of drops or a shot in the arm can save a child’s life. Measles vaccines only cost 18 cents each. He addresses polio right now and how we are close to solving...

Published Sun, Jan 30 2011 3:00 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Whiteboard, Bill Gates, Vaccines, children, diseases, sharing, Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, polio, saving lives

Obama Voices Support For Limiting Malpractice Medical Suits And Add Drugs and Devices-Need Better Safety Information and Recall Solutions First

As the article from the Los Angeles Times states, this took all by surprise. We have it in California and it has been in place for years. In addition new provisions suggested even going further with malpractice to include errors from drugs...

Published Sun, Jan 30 2011 2:43 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, Heatlhcare, Medical Errors, Politics, Obama, Doctors, Patients, White House, Lawsuits, malpractice, lawyers

Orange County Conference Markets Medical Marijuana To Seniors at Laguna Woods

Speakers talked about micro molecular components of cannabis during the Medical Cannabis Convention. One woman showed off her glycerite she uses for her multiple sclerosis pain in which she puts a few drops under her tongue for pain relief. ...

Published Sun, Jan 30 2011 12:35 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Pain management, Heatlhcare, Orange County, Seniors, Medical Marijuana, senior care, Medical Cannabis, Laguna Woods

Johnson and Johnson Generics to License AIDS Drug Before Regulatory Approval to Increase Access To Underserved Countries

This is a good deal for developing nations getting drugs at an affordable price. This makes Johnson and Johnson the first pharma company to license generic copies before approval is even given. J and J licensed the drug for use in 48 countries...

Published Sun, Jan 30 2011 12:08 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Pills, FDA, Generic Drugs, Patents, Johnson and Johnson, AIDS, licence, Tibotec, regulators

Amazing Charts EHR Now Has An IPad/Iphone Mobile Application

Amazing Charts has been around for a number of years and the Owner/President wrote the original version with his goal of keeping it simple and affordable. A few years ago I briefly met Jonathon at one of the medical conventions I attended and occasionally...

Published Sat, Jan 29 2011 10:49 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Mobility, iPhone, ehealth, Amazing Charts, app store, IPad

Joe Biden Talks About His Use of the iPad-Who Did Not Snooze During the State of the Union, But Found a Video of Some Who Did

Sometime last year I made mention that we didn’t have any role models around using much technology and Joe Biden has jumped in there with the Ipad and he uses it to download his speeches and his major use is all the access to the major news outlets. ...

Published Sat, Jan 29 2011 8:25 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Twitter, healthare, news, Sleep, Joe Biden, IPad, State of the Union, role model, speeches

Arteriocyte Gets FDA Approval To Begin Critical Trials Stem Cell Treatment For Critical Limb Ischemia, A Severe Form of PAD-Regenerative Medicine

It was just last week I spent some time with Dr. Lawrence from the UCLA Gonda Vascular Center and the link below will tell you about what they have going on there with treating PAD, lots of new technologies with non-invasive diagnosing too. The...

Published Sat, Jan 29 2011 6:52 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Devices, clinical trials, Diabetes, Stem Cells, Injections, arteries, tissue repair, Regenerative Medicine, legs, cardiovascular disease, Arteriocyte, Magelleon Technology

Stent Royalties and Wars Continue with Jury Ruling Against Johnson and Johnson To Reward Researcher for Patent Violations

This is a game or situation that Johnson and Johnson seems to be good at with their multitude of legal cases with stents. This time they are on the losing end of the stick with a jury ruling they violated a patent. The same researcher also...

Published Sat, Jan 29 2011 3:33 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, healthcare, Medical Devices, Pharma, Biotech, FDA, Stents, Recalls, Legal Suits, Investments, Boston Scientific, Johnson and Johson

Study Shows Women Who Experience Hot Flashes May Have as High as a 50% Reduced Chance of Developing Breast Cancer

Well for once I feel lucky if this is true. Those bothersome irritating sessions of hot flushes are contributing to something good! Nobody likes to talk about this subject but for women it’s just a part of life and perhaps these flashes are burning...

Published Fri, Jan 28 2011 3:52 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Hot Flashes, Cancer, Study, women's health, hormones, menopause, Hot Flash Havoc, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

FDA Audits Halted Duke University Clinical Trials Data Related to Genetic Cancer Predictors-A “Padded” Resume of Experience That Did Not Exist

The studies were carried out and then halted upon finding out that one of the biostatisticians lied about his background. Much of the published information on the trials has now been retracted and now the FDA is looking into the situation to get...

Published Fri, Jan 28 2011 2:46 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, Cancer, FDA, clinical trials, Duke University, Journals, credentials, Cancer letter, ID

Hospital Lawsuit over EHR Systems and Money-Meditech, Epic and “The Consultants”-“Meaningful Money” & “Health IT Literacy”

We have now moved beyond “meaningful use” and in this case are looking at “meaningful money” of sorts. This is a type of decision that many healthcare companies look at today,do we keep adding on or do we rip out and start from scratch, and money...

Published Fri, Jan 28 2011 2:05 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, Computers, healthcare, Medical Records, Lawsuit, Health IT, Security, Epic, Data, Algorithms, virus, consultants, Methodist Hospitals, Meditch

Red Cross States National Blood Supply at Lowest Levels in 10 Years-Using Twitter and Social Networks To Find Donors

The extreme cold weather that has hit the east coast of the US is a big part of the problem. Blood supplies have been short for a while as back in June, pies were given away in Iowa in order to entice consumers to give. Red Cross In Iowa Giving...

Published Fri, Jan 28 2011 1:13 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Social Networks, Twitter, Heatlhcare, Red Cross, Blood, Donations, plasma, American Red Cross