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Focus on for new Rx class for inflamed disorders discovered
Research led by Charles Nichols, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at LSU Health Sciences Middle New Orleans, describes a powerful new anti-inflammatory mechanism that could lead to the introduction of new oral medications for atherosclerosis and inflammatory bowel disorders (IBS). The findings are published in PLOS ONE . Among the master inflammatory molecules in the body is usually Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). Bacterial infections and certain diseases lead to the production of this molecule, which then stimulates an immune response. Diseases like atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and IBS are ...
Source: My Irritable Bowel Syndrome Story - October 3, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Ken Tags: IBS News Source Type: blogs

What do you know about breast reconstruction?
Happy BRA Day! October 15 is officially Breast Cancer Reconstruction Awareness Day. It’s a natural time to discuss commonly-asked questions about breast reconstructive surgery. Breast cancer is a devastating diagnosis and the treatment tends to have a direct impact on a woman’s self-esteem, especially if there has been a mastectomy or partial mastectomy. Just knowing breast reconstruction is an option is consoling; it offers hope for many patients. Yet physicians and patients typically have questions about the process of breast reconstruction. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. M...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 15, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Conditions Surgery Source Type: blogs

Sunlight Before Signing in Obama's First Term
Jim Harper “Sunlight Before Signing” was President Obama’s 2008 campaign promise to put all bills Congress sent him online for five days before signing them. It was a measurable promise that I’ve monitored here since the beginning of his first term, and I will continue to do so in his second. It was the president’s first broken promise, and in the first year he broke it again with almost every new law, giving just six of the first 124 bills he signed the exposure he promised. With his first term concluded last month, we can now assess how well the president did with Sunlight Before Signing. Complianc...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 12, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jim Harper Source Type: blogs

It's Guns vs. Butter (Again): How Do We Reconcile Expensive Cancer Treatments With The Need To Improve The Basics Of Cancer Care?
As we walk the halls and sit in the lectures at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, there's an elephant in the room. It is right there in front of us, but not many of us seem willing to talk about it. Fewer still are making any commitments to do something about it. So what is this ubiquitous juxtaposition that is right in front of us but we can't seem to see? It is the contrast between incredibly sophisticated science and computer data that will help us understand cancer and its treatment vs. the reality that we can't have medical records that really work. It is the fact that we have million do...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - June 3, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Breast Cancer Cancer Care Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Early detection Prevention Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy Rectal Cancer Research Screening Tobacco Treatment Source Type: blogs

Prescription Dollars Wasted By 913 Doctors
This kind of thing really pisses ticks me off. Everyone in the country is trying to do their part to help reduce medical spending. Most people really do try. Patients get generics, are taking better care of themselves, doctors think about costs when suggesting treatments, hospitals are trying to manage their costs in many ways, insurance companies are managing and lowering their overhead costs.Then we have a bunch of 913 loser doctors who prescribed name brand drugs without allowing for substitution by generic. Now I realize that some people need the name brand drugs  because the generics are not the same for them. Bu...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 23, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: doctors medication costs prescriptions Source Type: blogs

The Saatchi bill won’t find a cure for cancer, but it will encourage charlatans
Jump to follow-up Maurice Nathan Saatchi, Baron Saatchi is an advertising man who, with his brother, Charles Saatchi ("‘why tell the truth when a good lie will do?), became very rich by advertising cigarettes and the Conservative party. After his second wife died of cancer he introduced a private members bill in the House of Lords in 2012. The Medical Innovation Bill came back to the Lords for its second reading on 24 October 2014. The debate was deeply depressing: very pompous and mostly totally uninformed. You would never have guessed that the vast majority of those who understand the problem are a...
Source: DC's goodscience - October 24, 2014 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: business CAM cancer Cancer act Saatchi Bill alternative medicine antiscience badscience Source Type: blogs

Brookings vs Yelp and E-Patients: They’re All Wrong, but Mostly Brookings
By ADAMS DUDLEY, MD Can I fool you with the picture above? Apparently, some people think so. I’m a Twitter newbie, but I’ve already discovered that sometimes you can tweet what you think is a helpful piece of data, then find yourself suddenly caught up in an explosive controversy.  When it’s the Brookings Institute and US News and World Report on one side and passionate e-patients on the other, a research tweep is liable to feel like a nerdy accountant who wandered into the OK Corral at high noon with neither Kevlar nor a gun. This happened to me when Niam Yaraghi of Brookings posted on the US News blog and the Bro...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: THCB Uncategorized Adams Dudley Source Type: blogs

Smith College Conference in Paris Focusses on Advancing Women ' s Leadership in Public Health
Am honored  to be a part of this: Smith College Conference in Paris to Focus on Advancing Women's Leadership in Public HealthCo-sponsored by Smith College and the U.S. Department of State, with the support of the French government and the European Parliament, the event will bring together emerging leaders from francophone Africa, France and greater Europe with experts in public service, global health and women ’s education.NORTHAMPTON, Mass. —Under the aegis of the Women in Public Service Project (WPSP), a joint venture of leading U.S. women’s colleges and the U.S. Department of State, Smith College w...
Source: Denise Silber's eHealth - October 16, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Denise Silber Tags: Health 2.0 Quality of healthcare Source Type: blogs

Will Your Health Plan Tell You That It Can Save Your Life?
This article originally appeared on Forbes here. The post Will Your Health Plan Tell You That It Can Save Your Life? appeared first on The Health Care Blog.
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy AHIP Anthem Health insurance Health Plans Matt Eyles Michael Millenson Rajeev Ronaki Source Type: blogs