History News Network:
In a presidential debate in October 2008, moderator Tom Brokaw asked, “Is health care in America a privilege, a right, or a responsibility?” When Barack Obama answered, “I think it should be a right for every American,” he wa (Read More)
Medical Industry News Impact:
A look at some recent floor speeches by some members of Ohio's congressional delegation in light of Saturday's approval of health care reform legislation by the House of Representatives. (Read More)
Political Punch:
Former President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush made a private visit to Darnall Army Medical Center at Ft. Hood Friday evening.The former president and first lady visited with soldiers wounded in the incident on Thursday, (Read More)
NEWS.com.au | The Nation:
SOUTH Australian politician Isobel Redmond has had a medical check-up - ready to undergo being shot with a Taser. (Read More)
BioMed Central - Latest articles:
Background:Widespread adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) is a key strategy to meet the challenges facing health systems internationally of increasing demands, rising costs, limited resources and work (Read More)
Medical Devices / Diagnostics News From Medical News Today:
A unique large-scale research device from Jülich has gone into operation in the USA. At the strongest neutron source in the world, the spallation source SNS in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Forschungszentrum Jülich inaugurated a so (Read More)
Respiratory / Asthma News From Medical News Today:
David Koos, Chairman and CEO of Entest BioMedical, Inc. (OTCBB: ENTB), stated that the Company's unique treatments for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), currently in development, can lead to substantial revenue op (Read More)
Scientific Blogging:
In a previous post, I published my letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor responding to their publication of an evidence-free, anti-vax screed by Dr. "Medical Licensing is Not Doing Its Job" DeMio. I also indicated that the l (Read More)
CARPE DIEM:
1. Among the things that people complain about under the present medical care system are the costs, insurance company bureaucrats' denials of reimbursements for some treatments and the free loaders at hospital emergency rooms (Read More)
Medical Devices / Diagnostics News From Medical News Today:
One category of medical mysteries that stumps expert doctors and policymakers alike falls under the heading: What works? News reports on two new studies - and one that was never completed - offer insight into that issue. It t (Read More)
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News:
SNM applauds the US House of Representatives for its passage of H.R. 3276 -- the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009. (Read More)
Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News From Medical News Today:
A study of 2,203 cardiac surgery patients from Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers nationwide revealed that coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) completed "off-pump," meaning without a heart-lung machine, had no advantage (Read More)
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News:
Enrollment has ended early in a large, multi-center clinical trial comparing two distinct resuscitation strategies delivered by emergency medical service providers to increase blood flow during cardiac arrest. Preliminary dat (Read More)
Political Punch:
White House officials tell ABC News that President Obama will visit with wounded soldiers tomorrow at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The trip was scheduled before the incident today at Fort Hood, officials said. (Read More)
The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines:
US military officials say the suspected gunman at Fort Hood was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington, DC, for six years before being transferred to the Texas base in July. (Read More)
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news:
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ava Martin seems less nervous than her parents as the three sit in an audiologist`s office at UC Irvine Medical Center a few days after Labor Day. In August, the 6-year-old had surgery to place a cochlear imp (Read More)
NYT > Health:
Medical devices may seem an inviting target to better control Medicare spending, but plans for a health care overhaul do not address the quality or the cost of the products.
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Medical Industry News Impact:
Perpheral arterial disease generally refers to blockage of arteries in lower extremities that can diminish circulation in the legs, but it also is an independent predictor of heart disease and related heart and stroke conditi (Read More)