Bloomberg writer Amanda Bennett today puts a very personal spin on the debate over health reform and our country's ballooning health-care costs. In this piece …
Month: March 2010
Haiti day 4: Life after the quake
On a workbench in the backroom at the new rehabilitation facility is a brown plastic foot, about a woman's size 6, with a carefully carved …
Report shows high costs of foodborne illnesses
Several years ago I had the misfortune of being struck by campylobacteriosis. I've never been that sick before - it was just slightly less miserable …
Ancient crocodile mummies scanned at Stanford
Conservators at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum at UC Berkeley are in the midst of reviewing CT images of a pair of crocodile mummies, which …
Controversial anemia drugs help some, hurt others
While reporting a story on the safety of certain extremely expensive anemia drugs taken by people with end-stage renal disease, I learned that Medicare isn't …
Haiti: In pictures
This is David Charles, one of just a dozen Haitian physical therapists in the entire country. David works at Hospital Albert Schweitzer. He trained in …
Studying ways to combat mental decline in aging
The NIH recently announced that the Research Partnership in Cognitive Aging, a collaboration between the National Institute on Aging and the McKnight Brain Research Foundation, …
Haiti earthquake relief by Packard Children's team
This new video from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital shows footage shot by a team of doctors and nurses who went to Haiti Feb. 2 - …
For scientists, Comedy Central is the place to be
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When your best is not enough
Year: 1994 Setting: Chevron Hospital in Papua New Guinea Position: Chief medical officer There are a few villagers living near the hospital, and often kids …
Study suggests new strategy for spinal muscular atrophy
Some little souls are here with us for just a few months, but leave lasting impressions. A Nature Biotechnology article this week gives yet another …
ECG screening of young athletes is cost-effective way to save lives
Should young American athletes be routinely screened for sudden death? The answer, according to two group of researchers, appears to be yes. As Reuters Health …
Holding the salt could save lives, money
We’ve all been warned of the dangers of too much salt, but it’s hard to regulate salt intake when we’re at the mercy of food …
Paper explores effects of electronic media on kids' health
I always thought it was common knowledge that watching TV can have a negative effect on kids, but at least one expert thinks parents have …
Web tools built for disaster response in Haiti repurposed for Chile
Brady Forrest of O'Reilly Radar has assembled a list of Web tools that were designed for the disaster response in Haiti and are now also …
Haiti day 3: Amputees
Bel Jean still hopes to be a priest. But there is a problem. "You need two arms to elevate the mass," explains the 29-year-old, raising …