Well Blog: Lunch Recipes for Health
New York Times - Health :
January 27, 2012, 12:28 pm
Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman offers a week's worth of light and simple ideas for dishes that travel well.
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Older Prisoners Mean Rising Health Costs, Study Finds
New York Times - Health :
January 27, 2012, 12:20 pm
More Americans older than 55 are being imprisoned, and many prisons are unprepared to provide them with health care, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.
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#SciAmBlogs Thursday - Actinides, Roy Chapman Andrews, Balloons in Space, Jumping Spiders and more
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 27, 2012, 12:13 pm
- Christie Wilcox – Blogging Science While Female the Storify [More]
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#SciAmBlogs Thursday - Actinides, Roy Chapman Andrews, Balloons in Space, Jumping Spiders and more
Scientific American: Health :
January 27, 2012, 12:13 pm
- Christie Wilcox – Blogging Science While Female the Storify [More]
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FDA approves Inlyta to treat patients with a type of advanced kidney cancer
FDA US Food & Drug Administration :
January 27, 2012, 12:09 pm
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Inlyta (axitinib) to treat patients with advanced kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) who have not responded to another drug for this type of cancer. |
Study Links Cadmium Exposure to Learning Disabilities in Kids
WebMD :
January 27, 2012, 12:02 pm
Children with high levels of a heavy metal called cadmium in their urine may be more likely to have learning disabilities and/or need special education, a new study shows. |
Well Blog: A Picture Collage of Life After Cancer
New York Times - Health :
January 27, 2012, 12:01 pm
More than 1,150 people have submitted their photos and stories to the Picture Your Life After Cancer project, creating an inspiring collage of the life that is possible after cancer.
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Readers Respond to "Toxins All Around Us" and Other Articles
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 27, 2012, 12:00 pm
CHEMISTRY COMMENTARY [More]
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Readers Respond to "Toxins All Around Us" and Other Articles
Scientific American: Health :
January 27, 2012, 12:00 pm
CHEMISTRY COMMENTARY [More]
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CMS' Tavenner spotlights innovation
Healthcare IT News :
January 27, 2012, 11:17 am
Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, expressed urgency in pressing forward with the “triple aim” goals of better individual healthcare, better population health and lower costs called for in the health reform |
Can Too Much Information Harm Patients? [Excerpt]
Scientific American: Health :
January 27, 2012, 11:00 am
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care (Basic Books, 2012), by Eric Topol, a professor of innovative medicine and the |
Q&A: PIP breast implant scandal explained
CNN Health :
January 27, 2012, 10:41 am
The founder of a breast implant firm linked to a health scare has been charged. So what is wrong with the implants? What are the risks?
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ONC seeks apps to help improve care transitions
Healthcare IT News :
January 27, 2012, 10:38 am
The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched an innovation challenge designed to spur the use of simple, IT-enabled processes to make care transitions, especially hospital discharges, safer for patients and easier for caregivers.
With support from Health 2.0 and |
Allscripts launches contest to battle heart disease with better CDS
Healthcare IT News :
January 27, 2012, 9:50 am
Aiming to develop best practices for treating cardiovascular disease, Allscripts has launched Million Hearts Initiative Clinical Decision Support Challenge that offers a $50,000 prize.
The intent is to develop a publicly available resource that accelerates delivery of optimal care through clinical decision |
Vendor Notebook: McKesson helps tackle ICD-10
Healthcare IT News :
January 27, 2012, 9:39 am
McKesson has announced an ICD-10 Transition Service that takes a three-step approach to help organizations move to the new coding system, regardless of their information systems vendor. The service starts with a readiness assessment, to compare the provider’s current technology, |
Are Wallabies Left or Right Handed? Both! (Sometimes)
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 27, 2012, 9:30 am
Which limb do you prefer? If you’re like most members of our species, you prefer your right hand for most tasks. If you’re like a smaller minority of our species, you might prefer your left hand. Very, very few |
Gingrich's health center was power player in a host of Washington policy debates
Healthcare IT News :
January 27, 2012, 9:29 am
Newt Gingrich’s Washington-based advocacy on behalf of a broad array of health care interests has been far more extensive than the Republican presidential candidate has acknowledged, a review by the Center for Public Integrity has found.
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Mourning Digitally
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 27, 2012, 9:19 am
Sleepy Hollow Graveyard. Photo by KDCosta, December 2011. Ed Note: Another flashback from the archives of AiP this Friday, though a sombre one at that. It’s rainy and dreary here in New York City, and my thoughts |
Mourning Digitally
Scientific American: Health :
January 27, 2012, 9:19 am
Sleepy Hollow Graveyard. Photo by KDCosta, December 2011. Ed Note: Another flashback from the archives of AiP this Friday, though a sombre one at that. It’s rainy and dreary here in New York City, and my thoughts |
American Lung Assn. gives mixed reception to tobacco control efforts
American Medical Association AMA :
January 27, 2012, 8:08 am
An annual report lauds graphic warning labels for cigarettes but takes the federal government to task for squandering "a huge opportunity to help smokers quit." |
States maintain or ease access to Medicaid and CHIP
American Medical Association AMA :
January 27, 2012, 8:08 am
Twenty-nine states lowered cost-sharing, increased eligibility or improved enrollment systems in 2011, according to a survey. |
MIND Reviews: Thinking, Fast and Slow
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 27, 2012, 8:00 am
Thinking, Fast and Slow [More]
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Brain bank examines hard hits
CNN Health :
January 27, 2012, 7:04 am
The world's largest collection of athletes' brains is being used to understand exactly what hits on the field are doing to the brain.
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Q&A: Imaging Center Partners with Mobile Anesthesia Unit
Radiology Headlines from Diagnostic Imaging :
January 27, 2012, 7:00 am
Diagnostic Imaging recently spoke with Dr. Rahul Desia, director of interventional pain management at EPIC Imaging, about their experiences with a mobile anesthesia unit. |
Solutions to Discourage Using Board Exam Recalls
Radiology Headlines from Diagnostic Imaging :
January 27, 2012, 7:00 am
There’s been a bit of chatter recently about the written radiology board exam. At the eye of the storm is the question of whether the common practice of studying recalled questions from previous examinees constitutes cheating. I’m not going |
New MRI Technique Helps Diagnose Gliomas
Radiology Headlines from Diagnostic Imaging :
January 27, 2012, 7:00 am
A new magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) technique provides a definitive diagnosis of brain cancer based on imaging of a protein associated with a mutated gene found in 80 percent of low- and intermediate-grade gliomas, according to a new study published |
Notion in Motion: Wireless Sensors Monitor Brain-Waves on the Fly
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 27, 2012, 7:00 am
A fighter pilot heads back to base after a long mission, feeling spent. A warning light flashes on the control panel. Has she noticed? If so, is she focused enough to fix the problem? [More]
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Notion in Motion: Wireless Sensors Monitor Brain-Waves on the Fly
Scientific American: Health :
January 27, 2012, 7:00 am
A fighter pilot heads back to base after a long mission, feeling spent. A warning light flashes on the control panel. Has she noticed? If so, is she focused enough to fix the problem? [More]
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Business, social media to prevent babies with HIV
Associated Press Healthwire :
January 27, 2012, 5:47 am
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right |
Amylin's long-delayed diabetes drug gets FDA nod
Associated Press Healthwire :
January 27, 2012, 4:41 am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals won approval Friday for its long-delayed diabetes drug Bydureon, a next-generation treatment that requires fewer injections than the company's 7-year old product, Byetta.... |
Cephalon, Inc. issues a voluntary nationwide recall of Treanda® (bendamustine HCL) for Injection 25mg/Vial Due to Particulate Matter
Recalls :
January 27, 2012, 4:00 am
Cephalon, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Treanda® (bendamustine HCL) for Injection 25mg/8mL; lot TB30111, expiration date 12/2012. This product lot is being recalled due to the presence of particulate matter found in a single vial, which has been identified as glass fragments |
The Tall Toll of High Heels
WebMD :
January 27, 2012, 3:18 am
A new study offers a scientific explanation for why walking in high heels can be so painful: It changes the basic mechanics of how women walk. |
Chopra resigns from White House
Healthcare IT News :
January 27, 2012, 3:14 am
Aneesh Chopra, the federal government’s first chief technology officer and assistant to the president, has resigned, the White House announced Jan. 27. He is expected to leave in early February.
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Well: Caffeine Alters Estrogen Levels in Younger Women
New York Times - Health :
January 27, 2012, 2:17 am
A new study of women ages 18 to 44 found that drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages can alter levels of estrogen.
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Bipartisan Policy Center calls for more, better health IT
Healthcare IT News :
January 27, 2012, 1:58 am
A think tank with a healthcare task force chaired by former Senators Tom Daschle, a Democrat, and Bill Frist, MD, a Republican, is advocating for improved and better-used health information technology. Among the group's recommendations is "robust" data exchange.
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