The MIT Technology Review has an interesting story on a new treatment for second-degree burns. According to the article: After removing a small swatch of …
Month: November 2009
The French and U.S. approaches to training doctors
Among the many differences between the U.S. and the French health-care systems is the approach to medical training. While U.S. medical school graduates in 2008 …
AMA's support of health bill remains intact
As a follow-up to my previous post, the American Medical Association has voted to uphold its support of the health-reform bill that recently passed in …
Adolescent obesity and MS may be linked
New research is showing a possible link between multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that affects 400,000 Americans, and obesity in adolescence. Using data from the …
Some physicians want AMA to take back its support of health bill
There were undoubtedly a lot of happy faces in Washington this weekend, when the U.S. House of Representatives passed major health-reform legislation. But it turns …
Scans of a Lego MRI set
Over the weekend I noticed this great photo set on Flickr containing scans of a Lego MRI system. Apparently the Lego set was built as …
Kitty has H1N1 …
"Don't kiss the cat, don't put beans in your nose, and don't go through the neighbors' garbage." I can't count the number of times my …
Your own unique microbial cachet?
For every human cell in your body, there are ten bacterial cells living on or in it. So it's an open question whether "you" are …
New biomedical device textbook gets early praise
Stanford Biodesign's new primer on inventing biomedical devices, Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies (Cambridge University Press), has been on the market for a …
Can behavioral changes in virtual spaces affect material world habits?
Here's an intriguing idea: Exorcising unhealthy habits in a virtual world could translate into results in the physical world. A recent anti-smoking study tested this …
Improving the treatment of chronic pain in the U.S.
More than 30 health organizations have endorsed a new study from the Mayday Fund recommending broad changes in how chronic pain is assessed and treated. …
Caucasian women most likely to have restless leg syndrome
In a new study, 2 out of 5 Caucasian women were found to have restless leg syndrome, a disorder that causes unpleasant feelings in the …
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
From Science Insider today comes an announcement of a newly minted effort to sequence 10,000 vertebrate genomes. The Genome 10K Project aims to create a …
Promising results in lupus study
A new treatment for lupus, an autoimmune disease affecting 1.5 million Americans, may be on the horizon. The makers of the drug Benlysta announced results …
Stereotactic radiation offers relief from tremors
Stereotactic radiation appears to offer an effective and less invasive way to relieve uncontrollable shaking in patients caused by Parkinson's disease or a condition known …
Federal bills call for disclosure of doctor-company ties
The New York Times ran an article today on so-called "sunshine" provisions being wrapped into Congress' health-reform bills. The legislation would require companies to disclose …