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A Convicted Felon Redefines Drug Development?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
File this under ‘nice try, but…’ The FDA has denied a request made by convicted felon Ray Nathan for a hearing in which he hoped to prevent the agency from permanently debarring him from providing services in any capacity to a person that has an approved or pending drug product application. However, he did take a good run at parsing the language used to describe drug development. Some background: In 2005, Nathan was one of the founders of a start up called Argus Therapeutics that wanted to make a generic version of a drug called PhosLo, which was used to treat renal patients and was made by Nabi Pharmaceu...
Source: Pharmalot - August 9, 2011 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Argus Therapeutics Lyne Laboratories Nabi Pharmaceuticals PhosLo ray Nathan Source Type: blogs

Nano X-ray Tubes: Faster and CheaperEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Evolving nano technology has come a long way in improving a wide range of medical technology.  Scientists have been using nanostructures on the surface of X-ray tubes to improve their efficiency in converting power to radiation, making X-ray tubes faster and longer lasting while delivering better resolution.  The carbon nano-coating allows the tube to be energized with a fraction of electrical energy and can be turned on and off instantaneously, which results in less heat produced, permitting a smaller, faster device.  The current X-ray tube design has historically not been very efficient in transforming electricity to ...
Source: MD Buyline - June 28, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: james.x Tags: Imaging carbon nano tube X-ray Source Type: blogs

Remember Your StoryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I fell in love with healthcare while working as a radiology technician aide at a well-known imaging center in Dallas during college. I was working late one evening with one of our senior technicians, when I realized the profound opportunity a relationship between healthcare and technology could provide. No sticky read more
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 9, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Erica Olenski Tags: Connecticut Dallas Erica Olenski imaging Industry News MRI radiation X-ray Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Quality and Safety RIS and PACS Source Type: blogs

Safety and Quality, a Low Dose Skeletal Study in 3DEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Just think: a 3D study that exposes patients to a fraction of the radiation dose as a CT or X-ray.  FDA approved in 2011, the sterEOS system is designed to provide unique weight bearing images of the hip, knee, and spine.  CT technology has been the gold standard for hard tissue imaging since it first appeared in the 70s.  It has become so effective that each year there are over 62 million CT scans prescribed in the U.S.  Although a proven tool, its radiation exposure to patients has made the routine use of the technology a concern. The sterEOS is a X-ray-based biplane system with a 3D workstation.  Along with the abi...
Source: MD Buyline - May 31, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: james.x Tags: Imaging 3D CT dose radiation sterEOS X-ray Source Type: blogs

CMS Restores Osteoporosis Scan PaymentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Women’s health providers must be excited about a $98 payment for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) bone tests.  Starting in 2007, DEXA technology has gone through a series of reimbursement cuts.   But, as a result of the health care reform bill, providers will see a 25% increase in payment instead of another decrease that was scheduled for 2012. CPT code 77080 (DEXA bone density, axial skeleton) the most common code used for bone scans has not seen an increase since 2006 despite rising costs in technology and labor.  Depending on volume, CMS has calculated that it costs at approximately $76 per patient.  Low-v...
Source: MD Buyline - May 11, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: james.x Tags: CMS Orthopedic DEXA dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry fracture osteoperosis reimbursement Source Type: blogs

Call to action! 67 yr old Elizabeth Ellis of Moorhead, Minnesota :Forced ECT, forced inpatient hospitalization for refusing ECTEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: soulful sepulcher - February 19, 2011 Category: Mental Illness Tags: ray Sandford Source Type: blogs

Marvellous!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: PharmaGossip - February 15, 2011 Category: Pharma Commentators Tags: little wing stevie ray vaughan Source Type: blogs

Told Ya ToyotaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Walter OlsonReaders of Cato at Liberty knew all about this last July, and now the Obama Department of Transportation is confirming it publicly: The Obama administration's investigation into Toyota safety problems has found no electronic flaws to account for reports of sudden, unintentional acceleration and other safety problems. ... "We enlisted the best and brightest engineers to study Toyota's electronics systems and the verdict is in. There is no electronic-based cause for unintended acceleration in Toyotas," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement. If, as retiring NHTSA official George Person charge...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 8, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Walter Olson Tags: Government and Politics Regulatory Studies automaker commerce committee NHTSA ray LaHood toyotas transportation secretary Source Type: blogs

A Ban On “Walking While Wired”?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Walter OlsonNew York state senator Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) is crusading to ban pedestrians' use of cellphones and other mobile devices while crossing the street. It's for your own good, you must understand: “When people are doing things that are detrimental to their own well being, then government should step in.” The Daily Caller asked me to write an opinion piece about this proposal so I just did. Excerpt: Phone use on the street has become near-ubiquitous in recent years, yet over nearly all that time — nationally as in Gotham — pedestrian death rates were falling steadily, just as highway fatalities fell st...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 3, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Walter Olson Tags: General Law and Civil Liberties Regulatory Studies Daily Caller government highway fatalities mobile device ray LaHood Steve Chapman transportation Source Type: blogs

Getting the most “Bang for Your Buck” with Medical EquipmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The American public seeks out products that offer them the most “bang for their buck” so to speak.  They want a car that offers great gas mileage, great safety features, and a great warranty.  They want a television that has a 50-inch flat screen, HD, and at least 1080p.  They want cell phones with unlimited texting, large data plans, and touch screens.  Durability, versatility, and cost efficiency is how most Americans do their smart shopping.Even TimeRead More...
Source: Radiolopolis Blogs - January 3, 2011 Category: Radiologists Tags: x-ray cassette holder thoughtful products radiological technologists pre-surgical planning perfectly precise orthopedic templating j2 medical gymie-r DR panels CR panels akucal Source Type: blogs

Ankle SprainsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A 23 year-old female netball player presents c/o pain and swelling to her right ankle post playing netball. The patients states she landed heavily, inverting her right ankle after jumping up to defend a goal shot, but was able to play on for another 2-3 minutes before the pain, and swelling became uncomfortable. The patients hobbles into minor injuries room, were you elevate the leg, and provided ice, analgesia, and start to wonder if she meets the criteria for X-ray to rule out a fracture?
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - December 30, 2010 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Clinical Case Emergency Medicine Health Orthopedics X-ray Ankle Injuries Ankle Sprains Minor Injury Ottawa Ankle Rules Sprained Ankle Source Type: blogs

Patients appear to be the problem in modern high-tech health careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
" Patients appear to be the problem in modern high-tech health care: they areuninformed, anxious, noncompliant folk with unhealthy lifestyles. They de-mand drugs advertised by celebrities on television, insist on unnecessary butexpensive computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)scans, and may eventually turn into plaintiffs. Patients’ lack of health literacyand the resulting costs and harms have received much attention."Please read this very thought-provoking article called The Century of the Patient, which talks about how we can help patients to become better informed !
Source: The Patient's Doctor - December 24, 2010 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Medicine Health Medical Physics Magnetic resonance imaging Health care X-ray computed tomography Radiology Source Type: blogs

Fetal Radiation Exposure From Chest RadiographEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The approximate radiation dose to a fetus when a pregnant patient undergoes a standard two-view chest radiograph (i.e., X-ray) is 0.00002 – 0.00007 rads. Related Posts Fetal Radiation Exposure from Diagnostic Imaging in the Mother
Source: Inside Surgery - December 21, 2010 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Tip of the Day chest radiograph fetal radiation exposure rads x-ray Source Type: blogs

The Appeal of Trusted TravelerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Jim HarperThere is a natural appeal to “trusted traveler” programs. We all see ourselves as trustworthy, and getting into such a program might improve our experience at the airport. This video captures the notion—and some of the difficulties—entertainingly. I would fly on a plane even knowing that Jimmy Johnson had brought a machete on board. But what level of trust should attach to a Super Bowl ring? Dave Meggett helped the New York Giants win Super Bowl XXV. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison last month after being convicted of criminal sexual misconduct and burglary. Super Bowl MVP Ray Le...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 6, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jim Harper Tags: Foreign Policy and National Security Telecom, Internet & Information Policy airlines Counterterrorism Dave Meggett Jimmy Johnson nfl ray Lewis sexual misconduct super bowl transportation security administration traveler program tra Source Type: blogs

Medical Imposter Works At North Carolina Hospital For Two Weeks Before Being DetectedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Daniel Ray Stewart posed as a medical resident at Cape Fear Valley Hospital shadowing doctors and nurses in the emergency room for two weeks before someone noticed that he was not wearing a hospital-issued identity badge.
Source: Inside Surgery - November 28, 2010 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Cape Fear Valley Hospital Daniel ray Stewart medical imposter Source Type: blogs

High-Speed Federalism FightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Tad DeHavenIn October, I speculated that the upcoming elections could be the nail in the coffin for the Obama administration’s plan for a nationwide system of high-speed rail. Indeed, some notable gubernatorial candidates who ran, in part, on opposition to federal subsidies for HSR in their states proceeded to win. However, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made it clear in a recent speech to HSR supporters that the administration intends to push ahead. LaHood’s message was targeted specifically to incoming governors John Kasich in Ohio and Scott Walker in Wisconsin, who argued that HSR doesn’t make any economic...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 26, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Tad DeHaven Tags: Government and Politics Tax and Budget Policy high-speed rail john kasich ray LaHood scott walker transit Source Type: blogs

Real Real-Time Radiation Therapy, ReallyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Think about it – an MRI system and three gamma ray sources functioning together as a large robot, a solution that researchers have developed to hit a moving tumor that you can’t see.  Sounds like a similar problem scientists faced with the Strategic Defense Initiative three decades ago, but it’s real today.     As Dr. Kenneth R. Olivier, MD, assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology and a leading researcher at University of Florida, explained, it is more than just hitting the target.  He stated, “Along with being able to accurately treat the tumor every day, there is a potential of shortenin...
Source: MD Buyline - November 8, 2010 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: james.x Tags: Imaging Oncology gamma ray image-guided robotic MRI radiation oncology tumor Source Type: blogs

Cool Technology of the Week: Quest GazelleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As readers of my blog know, I'm passionate about mobile technology. I believe that iPhone/Android smartphones, iPod Touch, and the iPad, Playbook, Galaxy, and Streak will become the platforms for healthcare. Desktops with complex operating systems, antivirus, and heavy "thick client" applications will disappear.  Ray Ozzie's farewell message to Microsoft describes a post-PC world.
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - November 5, 2010 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: John Halamka, MD Tags: Android Apple iPod Touch Portable Audio Device Industry News iPad iPhone Microsoft operating systems PC world ray Ozzie Smartphones Electronic Health Records Mobile Computing Source Type: blogs

Shrinking synchrotrons, stink bugs, odour vieEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Shrinking synchrotrons – Details of a tabletop synchrotron device has been revealed by an international team of scientists in the journal Nature Physics. The new device could revolutionise X-ray work and preclude the need for large-scale synchrotrons in many structural studies without compromising resolution or atomic detail. Kicking up a stink bug – Japanese researchers have used UV-Vis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to help them develop a potential repellent for the invidious stink bug, an invasive pest species that has been spreading rapidly through the USA, invading homes and damaging crops. Od...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - November 2, 2010 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science bug EPR helium laser nanotechnology news NMR odor plasma sciencebase spectroscopic spectroscopy spectroscopynow.com stink synchrotron UV-Vis x-ray Source Type: blogs

Report Shows Drug Companies Hire Troubled Physicians as SpokespeopleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new study out by ProPublica is reporting that hundreds of doctors hired by pharmaceuticals to be official spokespeople have checkered professional files and troubled records with state medical authorities. The article discusses the cases of two doctors in particular – Dr. William David Leak and Dr. Donald Ray Taylor.
Source: Inside Surgery - October 20, 2010 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Donald ray Taylor pharmaceutical spokespeople ProPublica William David Leak Source Type: blogs

Marketing A Female Viagra Pill: Moynihan ExplainsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Earlier this year, Boehringer ingelheim helped reignite controversy over female sexual dysfunction – whether Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder is truly a disorder and the extent to which medication may be a feasible solution - with an aggressive marketing plan for a pill called flibanserin. The episode encapsulated the debate over medicine versus marketing and occurred during a run-up to a closely watched FDA advisory committee meeting this past summer in which the drugmaker failed to win a recommendation (look here). Since then, Boehringer ditched plans to seek FDA approval (see this). And so we spoke with Ray Moynihan,...
Source: Pharmalot - October 19, 2010 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Boehringer Ingelheim Female Sexual Dysfunction Flibanserin Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder ray Moynihan Viagra Source Type: blogs

We Are Over-Exposed To RadiationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A couple of weeks ago, President Obama talked about getting a physical recently. During that physical, we were shown some of the top-of-the-line tests that he received. Only the best for the president, right? And, since the president is of the proper age, he also received a colonoscopy, but he received a virtual colonoscopy. What’s so bad about that you may ask? Well, as I know it, one of the reasons we get colonoscopies to help us identify if we have cancer, and hopefully catch it early so that we can live longer and healthier lives. But, President Obama, not knowingly, during that virtual colonoscopy, was exposed to en...
Source: Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog - October 12, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Sergey Kalitenko MD Tags: Do you know airport scan radiation x-ray Source Type: blogs

Sternal FracturesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sternal fractures result from severe blunt chest trauma, and cause significant pain to the patient. Treatment is tailored around adequate analgesia, with surgical intervention only warranted in limited cases.
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - October 4, 2010 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: CT scan Clinical Case Emergency Medicine Health Trauma Ultrasound X-ray Blunt Chest Trauma fracture Minor Chest Trauma Sternal Fractures Sternum Sternum Fracture Source Type: blogs

A Funny FractureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Humeral shaft fractures commonly occur in the third decade (active young men) and in the seventh decade of life (osteoporotic women), and account for 3% of overall fractures. The most common site for fracture, is in the middle third of the humerus accounting for 60% of humerus fractures
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 27, 2010 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Clinical Case Health Orthopedics X-ray Humeral Shaft Fractures Humerus Fracture Radial Nerve Injury Source Type: blogs

Retiring Official: DOT Is Sitting on Pro-Toyota Probe ResultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Walter OlsonDamning if true:  A new report in the WSJ strongly suggests Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is unwilling to release a report on the agency’s investigation into charges of “sudden acceleration” in Toyotas because its findings are too favorable to the Japanese automaker’s case. The source is a high-ranking retiring NHTSA official, George Person, formerly chief of the agency’s Recall Management Division. Department spokeswoman Olivia Alair describes the report as ongoing and not completed; she also denies that Person was “involved in” the probe but does not appear...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 31, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Walter Olson Tags: Government and Politics Tax and Budget Policy david strickland department of transportation NHTSA ray LaHood toyota Source Type: blogs

High-Tech Scans Of Fruits And Vegetables?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medical Pastiche blogger Peter Zavislak, whom I can always count on to point out the unusual and interesting sides of medicine, sent me to a website that has nothing but pictures and videos of food in an MRI scanner. Here’s a series of images from their site of a cantaloupe as viewed from an MRI:    I just find myself thinking that these MRI machines aren’t cheap to run and maintain. Doctors and nurses used to be able to get “freebies” by buddying up with the X-ray, CT or MRI technologist and running a scan for free. Some hospitals allow their employees to test the machines after being set up or...
Source: Better Health - July 23, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Happy Hospitalist Tags: Better Health Network Humor Medical Art Opinion Abusing The System CT Scan Driving Up Healthcare Costs Food Scans Fruits and Vegetables Incidentalomas Medical Pastiche MRI Scanner Peter Zavislak Radiology Technologists X-ray Source Type: blogs

Drug Ads: Consumers And Doctors Are Tuning Them OutEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
How effective is direct-to-consumer drug advertising? Some think that drug ads should be banned altogether, saying that it encourages patients to ask their doctors for expensive, brand name prescription drugs. It turns out their fears may be overblown. NPR’s Shots blogs about a recent study looking at the effectiveness of these ads. The numbers, for the pharmaceutical companies anyways, are not encouraging. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com*
Source: Better Health - July 12, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: KevinMD Tags: Better Health Network Health Policy News Opinion Research Ad-Driven Drug Requests Banning Drug Ads Brand Name Prescription Drugs Consumer Drug Marketing Direct-To-Consumer Drug Advertising Dr. ray Fabius Family Medicine General Med Source Type: blogs

A Life-Saving Approach to Transplantable OrgansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Michael F. CannonRaymond Raad, physician and coauthor of the Cato study, “Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation,” has an oped at the Daily Caller arguing that the United States could save thousands of lives per year by allowing individuals (or insurance companies, or the government) to pay people who agree to give their organs to patients who need them. Raad cites the experience of Iran, which has eliminated its waiting list for transplantable organs. (The United States has 83,000 people waiting for kidneys alone. Forty percent will die waiting, and those who do receiv...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 23, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Michael F. Cannon Tags: Cato Publications General Health, Welfare & Entitlements Regulatory Studies Arthur Matas government rationing kidney donation NOTA organ donation organ markets organ transplants price controls ray Raad raymond Raad unos waiti Source Type: blogs

Friday Foolery #28 Radiant Pin-Up CalendarEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is HOT & Radiating. Eizo, a medial diagnostic supply company, issued a very special pin-up calendar. No body part was concealed from the girls, exposed to the camera…. It is really very original… But..…Why does no one pose the question whether this illuminate work [full body irradiation x12 (if the same girl poses on the [...]
Source: Laika's MedLibLog - June 18, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: laikaspoetnik Tags: Friday Foolery Fun Humor X-ray Source Type: blogs

Adoption of Health ITEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Introducing change in health care is never easy. Historically, adopting our most fundamental medical technologies, from the stethoscope to the x-ray, were met with significant doubt and opposition. So it comes as no surprise that in the face of change as transformational as the adoption of health IT – even though it carries the promise of vastly improving the nation’s health care – some hospitals and providers push back.
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 16, 2010 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: David Blumenthal, MD Tags: Boston Industry News United States X-ray Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Source Type: blogs

Sands Research: Faster EEG for NeuromarketingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In what it terms a “neuromarketing breakthrough,” Sands Research has announced the development of a higher speed EEG brain wave monitoring system. The new setup uses a high-density array of EEG sensors capable of measuring activity 10,000 times per second. This hardware is combined with proprietary software to analyze brain activity. “We are pleased [...] CommentsComments
Source: Neuromarketing - May 13, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Roger Dooley Tags: Neuromarketing brain carnegie mellon eeg fmri george loewenstein marcel just neurofocus ray kurzweil sands research singularity Source Type: blogs

What is Radiation?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Filed under: RadiationRadiation therapy uses X-rays to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors by damaging the genetic material of cells in the area being treated, leaving the cells unable to grow. Although radiation damages all cells, the normal cells can repair themselves. Radiation is also used to control pain by destroying a growing tumor. Radiation is delivered in one of two was through brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy. The former inserts radioactive material, which is usually left in your body, directly into or near the tumor. The latter involves a radiation beam being used on a small area of the sk...
Source: The Cancer Blog - May 5, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Amber Greviskes Tags: cancer cancer treatment radiation radition therapy x-ray Source Type: blogs

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