Social robots capable of directly engaging with patients and encouraging both their physical and cognitive rehabilitation could be the caregivers of the future, writes Jerome …
Month: November 2009
Expatriate woes in Singapore
Year: 2002 Setting: Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore Position: Private general practitioner I am the first and only French private general practitioner in Singapore. I discovered years …
Lawsuit over human-gene patents goes to court
A first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics, which holds patents to human genes known to detect …
TV watching linked to aggression in tots
A study of more than 3,000 3-year-olds found that those who watched television or were exposed to TV while others were watching, were at "increased …
Food stamp use shows scope of child poverty
New findings published today in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine suggest child poverty in the United States is even more widespread than previously …
Why doctors and patients shouldn't discuss medical problems on social media
Bryan Vartabedian, MD, a Baylor physician, has a great post on 33 Charts today about doctor-patient conversations on social media. His conclusion: Doctors and patients …
Scientists decode Wilbur's DNA
New treatments for obesity, heart disease and skin disorders could be developed as a result of an international consortium's success in mapping the genome of …
South Africa finally comes to grips with AIDS
It was nearly a decade ago that I wrote a story about a protest by 5,000 scientists worldwide, including several at Stanford, against South Africa's …
Academic medical centers bring billions to the economy
A recently released Association of American Medical Colleges report shows that academic medical centers are pretty big players in the economy. The report found that …