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Medicare HMO costs keep cancer patients out of clinical trials

The National Cancer Institute has made clinical trial participation a top national priority and yet participant levels are still not perhaps where they could be. Yes, this is a big decision for any patient/physician to make as far as whether or...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2008 11:19 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, Investors, health insurance, Pharma, Cancer, clinical trials, HMO, Pharmaceuticals, R and D, Drug Development, Cancer Institute

Michael Milken and Muhammad Yunus – Discuss Healthcare and the Economy with Charlie Rose

This interview from Charlie Roses touches on many items and Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus adds what he has been able to accomplish in his part of the world in Bangladesh and how some of those principles can be applied here, coming together of both...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 2:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Biotech, Cancer, Pharmaceuticals, R and D, Economy, Banking, Milken Institute, Mahammed Yunus, Milken, Charlie Rose

Pharma, Insurance and the Cancer Business

As the article states, you don’t need marketing for cancer drugs, as the need is unfortunately already there, thus marketing for cancer drugs does not necessarily carry the same sales expense as do other drugs. We have all seen the “tiered plans...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2008 10:42 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, personalized medicine, Genomics, health insurance, Pharma, Prescriptions, Cancer, R and D, Science 2.0

Business Intelligence Study Finds Pharma Pricing Research Being Conducted Earlier

In other words, this is called Business Intelligence. Lots of it out there to choose from and one from Microsoft specifically related to hospital management and budgets. Before the demise of Wall Street it wasn’t too long ago that I posted...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 1:34 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Pharma, Biotech, Cancer, Business Intelligence, R and D, Wall Street, Pricing

Senator Edward Kennedy Holds Videoconference With HELP Committee Democrats To Discuss Health Care Reform Strategy

Even though he was not able to attend personally, modern technology of video conferencing made it possible for the Senator to continue his efforts and participation. As fuel prices continue to rise, along with just general state of the economy,...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 2:52 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Cancer, Congress, Senate, Senator Kennedy, Skype, Video Conferencing

Genetic Counseling Foundation - References and information for Genomics in Healthcare

If you want to do some reading up on the topic, this site may offer some help, along with the upcoming conference to be held here in the Los Angeles area in October. As posted recently there are plans for many of the service companies, such as...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2008 3:04 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, Physician, personalized medicine, Genomics, Cancer, Pharmacogenomics, Patients, Genonimic Testing, Human Genome Project, Genomic Counseling, Lab Tests

Celebrity Prostate Exams Too Much Reality TV?

This does present a very good question, myself I have run tired of all the stuff on TV these days, but this is being done with a show that has a good cause, so I guess we shall all see if it is a fit. The Internet is such a wealth of information as well...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2008 2:21 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Education, Cancer, Reality TV, YouTube, Entertainment, Prostate Exam

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 08 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

The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?

The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the University of Pittsburgh both have the machine and are doing some additional testing. Mr. Kanzius was not from the medical field and somewhat stumbled up on his creation, being a person...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2008 3:11 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Cancer, Radio Waves, Cancer Cure, Kanzius Machine, 60 Minutes. Research

Woman has 140-pound tumor removed – and it was Cancer

To find out it was cancer too had to be unnerving for her as well, it took 3 operations over 2 months to remove it and it also cost here a kidney in the process. The bad news though is that it could return. It took 15 – 20 years to grow. ...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2008 10:46 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Surgery, Cancer, tumors

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