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Prostate Cancer Foundation Commits $4.3 Million to Young Investigators

Additional information is available at the website along with a listing of the peer committee. Over $350 million has been raised by the foundation. In addition to the Young Investigators awards the Challenge Awards were also recently in the...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 4:15 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, cancer research, Research, Oncology, Prostate Cancer, PCF, Pathology, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Radiation Oncology, Healthcare Awards, Imaging Science, Molecular Science

Primary Cause of Personal Bankruptcy in America - Healthcare

Interestingly enough, while I was watching this video, my cell phone rings from Anthem Blue Cross with an automated questioning system about taking care of my health, somewhat of a parody as I was reviewing the video for the blog. I went through...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 12:17 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, privacy, health insurance, Marketing, Blue Cross, bankruptcy

US FDA warns GE Healthcare IT unit over records

An update was also issued here. According to the article, 15 days have been given to GE to respond. The full report and letter from the FDA can be viewed here. It appears the issues are relative to in-house software applications...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 11:39 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, FDA, software, GE Healthcare

SinoFresh(R) Nasal Spray Kills MRSA "Super-Bug" In Live Noses

This appears to be some very interesting and perhaps good news in the fight against MRSA, but it is still preliminary. According to the article the spray is safe enough to leave the "normal" amounts of microbes to keep a normal population...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 11:09 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related

Healthcare Discussions -Harry and Louise Return

This is one video found on You Tube, to show the real life discussions of healthcare in the US today. As I understand, there will be more to come, but it brings to light that we can no longer live in "denial" and believe the system is...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 10:45 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, healthcare IT, cancer research, Harry and Louise

Stem Cells and Breast Surgery

This is a fairly new concept of mixing fat and stem cells for breast surgery. The article states that the potential of going up a couple sizes may not be there, only about one size, but the surgery can be repeated. Fat is taken from other...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 12:35 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, clinical trials, Fat, Stem Cells, Breast Surgery

California fines 18 hospitals for violating healthcare regulations - Southern California

This was quite a listing, some of the hospitals I am familiar with and even Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach was fined for leaving a surgical instrument inside a patient, which required a second surgery to remove. Other issues...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 11:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, California, Medical Erros, Department of Public Health, Fines

Medco Health, FDA To Study Genetic Testing For Medications

More additional affiliations for the FDA to gather information. In the news recently have been other agreements with companies such as Blue Cross and others who will be providing data to also study the effects of drugs through medical record information...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 11:34 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, health insurance, healthcare IT, Pharma, Biotech, FDA, Medco, Pharmacogonomics

Health Blog - Microsoft Technologies - Clinically Related

The videos are well worth watching as well as fascinating. These are not just "techs" working at the labs, they are physicians, PHDs, etc. that are working on the healthcare items. These are just a few screen shots from the videos...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 11:24 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Genomics, healthcare, microsoft, PACS, Radiology, software, DNA Testing, HIV Research, Microsoft Labs

Merck Vioxx study was for marketing - ADVANTAGE by name..

The meaning of advantage is below. Who knows what might be uncovered next as this may or may not be just a Merck issue, but as documents and other items of years past surface, this is what we have, sell, sell, sell, and it's perhaps not unlikely...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 11:12 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Pharma, Marketing, Merck, Vioxx, Clinical Study

'Retail Clinic' - Spanish Spoken here by the physician...

The MediGo centers opening at three Navarro pharmacies in Miami-Dade County are affiliated with Mercy Hospital, and doctors will be seeing patients in the stores. This is a change where actual doctors associated with the hospital will be on duty...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 10:19 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Physicians, Miami, Retail Pharmacies, Mercy Hospital, Medical Clinics

HMO's in Massachusetts report losses

Only one plan showed a profit for the second quarter. BD WORCESTER Three of the states major health maintenance organizations yesterday reported operating losses for the second quarter ended June 30 . Tufts Health Plan of Watertown was the...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 8:27 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance

Another Spooky Old Hospital Becomes Hot Real Estate - Kentucky

This was the center to house tuberculosis patient and now it will be a hotel when finished. If you like history, this website on the Sanatorium is very interesting. There are some work in progress pictures as well as some historical...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 7:46 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, Development, Historical Buildings, Hotels, Sanatorium, Rennoavation

Home monitors expected to play bigger role in health care - Kaiser Permanente

This is a pretty simplistic system overall and is asking for input every day and as this patient below states, she doesn't have to go to the doctor as often. It became noticeable as the patients on the program were having better success with...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 7:34 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest

EMRConsultant.com Provides Electronic Medical Records Recommendations to Over 7,500 Medical Practices

If you are looking for a firm to help with consulting on the medical records business, here's a place to start. I know Dr. Fishman and his staff of experts can be of help in the process. BD Palm Beach Gardens, FL, August 16, 2008...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 7:23 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, EMR, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, EMR Consultant

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