ABCNEWS.com reports today on the top 10 advances in Medicine. I found the top two advances to be the most interesting and you’ll want to read what ABCNEWS has to say about #1.ABCNEWS surveyed “leading experts” from a variety of medical specialties. The top ten are listed below, please visit ABCNEWS.com for a complete description
A Writer of a recent book says that AIDS may have jumped from chimps to humans via an experimental polio vaccine yet the scientific community has expressed little interest in the theory. British writer Edward Hooper, is the author of a new book on AIDS. Hooper is on a campaign to persuade the medical world
University of Washington researchers found that doctors do not conduct discussions that enable patients to understand fully their treatment options. “Do patients really know what they’re getting when they take that new drug or agree to that ground breaking surgery?” is the question asked according to a recent study in the latest Journal of the
Nando media and associated press report that Federal investigators have documented almost 3,000 medical mistakes and mishaps in less than two years at veterans hospitals around the United States. More than 700 patients have died in those reported cases. This report is the result of a new policy that requires employees to report medical errors
he Los Angeles Times reports that Deaths are climbing since the FDA received a warning on the dangers of Rezulin.Although FDA officials were publicly warned that “every patient taking the diabetes pill Rezulin was at risk of sudden liver failure and no reliable way existed to protect them” by their own experts, the FDA decided
MSNBC reports today on the alternative medicine bandwagon and women.“There’s a health trend that’s making big gains among women: alternative medicine.” More than 83 million Americans are using alternative medicine and the majority are women. Every day, more people are embracing alternative methods of healthcare. The number one reason in doing so is taking control
According to new reports, government uncovers too few of the injuries and deaths caused by prescription drug side effects.Recent studies suggest that an estimated 2 million Americans are hospitalized annually from drug side effects, and 100,000 die.Interestingly, the FDA does not require injuries and deaths caused by prescription drug side effects to be reported. All
Medical doctors are seeing more visits of youngsters diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a report published in the December issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.The proportion of youth visits to physicians that were for ADHD increased steadily from 1989 to 1996, and so did the number of visits that involved
In efforts to keep workers happy in a tight labor market, US employers are sweetening health benefits packages even as the cost of providing that coverage is rising at a rate nearly triple that of general inflation, results of a new survey suggest.More employers are embracing programs that save money by improving health, such as
The Los Angeles Times and Nando News report that two of California’s largest pension funds may drop the managed health care coverage for their members and contract directly with doctors and hospitals.The California State Teachers Retirement System and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System are both considering dropping HMO’s and together represent about 1.5 million
Nicholas Regush of ABCNEWS.com reports today for medical doctors to come clean.“Step up, all ye doctors who have advised patients that their problems are all in their ‘minds.’ Here’s your opportunity to come clean. Repeat after me: ‘I had no idea what I was talking about.’ See, that wasn’t so bad. Feels good to let
The Journal of the American Medical Association reported today that Genes play role in child ear infections. The article states that “next to the common cold, middle ear infections are the most common childhood illness. Most children will be affected by the time they are 3 years old.”Dr. Scott Stachelek writes that maybe it’s because
Reuters and Yahoo News report that HMO profitability declined sharply in 1998. The health maintenance organizations (HMOs) posted a collective net loss of $1.25 billion according to the report.If we continue to apply sick care to a healthy society, what do we expect to get?Dr. Ian Grassam said it over and over again, “they continue
President Clinton and congressional lawmakers are concerned with recent reports of deadly medical errors.Fueled by last weeks report that medical mistakes kill thousands of Americans, President Clinton and congressional lawmakers are putting together plans to quickly reduce the number of deaths from medical error. Here are two sources for this article:ABC NewsNando Media (Printer Friendly)Update:Moral
Less than a week ago we heard news of pediatricians pushing a new measles vaccine because the current one being used was not “as safe.” Today we have news from a pediatricians group saying that oral polio vaccines are not “as safe” as injections. What they will not mention in either article is the role
Several of today’s news feeds are reporting that the use of midwives are on the rise.
ABCNEWS.com reports today on the top 10 advances in Medicine. I found the top two advances to be the most interesting and you’ll want to read what ABCNEWS has to say about #1.ABCNEWS surveyed “leading experts” from a variety of medical specialties. The top ten are listed below, please visit ABCNEWS.com for a complete description
A Writer of a recent book says that AIDS may have jumped from chimps to humans via an experimental polio vaccine yet the scientific community has expressed little interest in the theory. British writer Edward Hooper, is the author of a new book on AIDS. Hooper is on a campaign to persuade the medical world
University of Washington researchers found that doctors do not conduct discussions that enable patients to understand fully their treatment options. “Do patients really know what they’re getting when they take that new drug or agree to that ground breaking surgery?” is the question asked according to a recent study in the latest Journal of the
Nando media and associated press report that Federal investigators have documented almost 3,000 medical mistakes and mishaps in less than two years at veterans hospitals around the United States. More than 700 patients have died in those reported cases. This report is the result of a new policy that requires employees to report medical errors
he Los Angeles Times reports that Deaths are climbing since the FDA received a warning on the dangers of Rezulin.Although FDA officials were publicly warned that “every patient taking the diabetes pill Rezulin was at risk of sudden liver failure and no reliable way existed to protect them” by their own experts, the FDA decided
MSNBC reports today on the alternative medicine bandwagon and women.“There’s a health trend that’s making big gains among women: alternative medicine.” More than 83 million Americans are using alternative medicine and the majority are women. Every day, more people are embracing alternative methods of healthcare. The number one reason in doing so is taking control
According to new reports, government uncovers too few of the injuries and deaths caused by prescription drug side effects.Recent studies suggest that an estimated 2 million Americans are hospitalized annually from drug side effects, and 100,000 die.Interestingly, the FDA does not require injuries and deaths caused by prescription drug side effects to be reported. All
Medical doctors are seeing more visits of youngsters diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a report published in the December issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.The proportion of youth visits to physicians that were for ADHD increased steadily from 1989 to 1996, and so did the number of visits that involved
In efforts to keep workers happy in a tight labor market, US employers are sweetening health benefits packages even as the cost of providing that coverage is rising at a rate nearly triple that of general inflation, results of a new survey suggest.More employers are embracing programs that save money by improving health, such as
The Los Angeles Times and Nando News report that two of California’s largest pension funds may drop the managed health care coverage for their members and contract directly with doctors and hospitals.The California State Teachers Retirement System and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System are both considering dropping HMO’s and together represent about 1.5 million
Nicholas Regush of ABCNEWS.com reports today for medical doctors to come clean.“Step up, all ye doctors who have advised patients that their problems are all in their ‘minds.’ Here’s your opportunity to come clean. Repeat after me: ‘I had no idea what I was talking about.’ See, that wasn’t so bad. Feels good to let
The Journal of the American Medical Association reported today that Genes play role in child ear infections. The article states that “next to the common cold, middle ear infections are the most common childhood illness. Most children will be affected by the time they are 3 years old.”Dr. Scott Stachelek writes that maybe it’s because
Reuters and Yahoo News report that HMO profitability declined sharply in 1998. The health maintenance organizations (HMOs) posted a collective net loss of $1.25 billion according to the report.If we continue to apply sick care to a healthy society, what do we expect to get?Dr. Ian Grassam said it over and over again, “they continue
President Clinton and congressional lawmakers are concerned with recent reports of deadly medical errors.Fueled by last weeks report that medical mistakes kill thousands of Americans, President Clinton and congressional lawmakers are putting together plans to quickly reduce the number of deaths from medical error. Here are two sources for this article:ABC NewsNando Media (Printer Friendly)Update:Moral
Less than a week ago we heard news of pediatricians pushing a new measles vaccine because the current one being used was not “as safe.” Today we have news from a pediatricians group saying that oral polio vaccines are not “as safe” as injections. What they will not mention in either article is the role
Several of today’s news feeds are reporting that the use of midwives are on the rise.