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Doctors Find Worm In Woman's Brain Instead of Tumor

This story and video if nothing else brings home how important it is to Wash Your Hands. To think that the worm made it all the way to her brain is scary, but the alternative of a tumor is worse by all means as the worm was removed. She was feeling...

Published Sat, Nov 11 2008 2:17 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, FDA, Disease, Brain Surgery, Tumor, hygeine, food contamination, worm, neuosurgery
A card-swipe for medical tests

New technology in development, a card that you would swipe just as is done with credit cards. As listed below the card could give instant information relative to PSA testing, Herpes, and markers with personalized medicine. The results would...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 11:00 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Labs, Medical Tests, healthcare, R and D, Blood, Disease, infections
Helicos Ships Sequencer to Stanford University

It has been a big day at Stanford with genomics, not only was the announcement made to better use sequencing to predict own syndrome, but they are also just about ready to receive their new genomic sequencing machine from Helicos. Earlier this year...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 9:17 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, personalized medicine, Genomics, healthcare, Electronic Medical Records, Biotech, cancer research, Research, Gene Sequencing, Disease, Stanford University, DNA Testing, Phamaceuticals, Helicos, Donation
Helicos BiosSciences and Personalized Medicine - Featured Interview with Dr. Patrice Milos

Patrice Milos, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Helicos Biosciences This week I had the opportunity to talk with Patrice Milos from Helicos Biosciences who has a long background in global research and spent a number of years at Pfizer as Executive...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 1:16 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, personalized medicine, healthcare, Electronic Medical Records, Biotech, cancer research, Research, Gene Sequencing, Disease, DNA Testing, Phamaceuticals, Helios
'Tree Man' To Head Home After Treatment

An update on what is happening with this very unusual case. This is the result of the HPV virus, out of control. Dede Koswara, popularly known across Indonesia as "Tree Man," has been living in a tropical hospital for months...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 12:29 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Surgery, HPV, Disease, Discovery Channel, HPV Virus, Treeman
Epocrates Adds Disease Information

In the right hand column of this blog, I have included a quick research box for drugs from Epocrates. You can also use the link to the website now to obtain disease diagnosis information as well. The link is right next to the personal health record...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2008 11:19 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Disease, Diagnosis, Epocrates
The CAVEman 4D visual system - Visual Genomics

The program uses just plain old Java, but add this technology with sequencing information and with the 4D applications, studies can be virtually conducted to see how a medication would react with selected settings. Its resolution is scaleable to...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 8:50 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, DNA, Genomics, Research, Pharmacogenomics, Biomed, Disease, Virtual Reality

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Doctors Find Worm In Woman's Brain Instead of Tumor

A card-swipe for medical tests

Helicos Ships Sequencer to Stanford University

Helicos BiosSciences and Personalized Medicine - Featured Interview with Dr. Patrice Milos

'Tree Man' To Head Home After Treatment

Epocrates Adds Disease Information

The CAVEman 4D visual system - Visual Genomics