Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD, President of the American Medical Association (AMA), said that the AMA is pleased with the ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold health reform. Dr. Lazarus added that the AMA has always supported health insurance coverage for all US citizens. The decision means that...
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund found that one-third of young adults ages 19-29 were struggling with medical bills or debt. The study also found that about 40% of young adults did not have health insurance at some point in 2011. While the stats aren't really surprising, it's becoming more...
Three patients with chronic kidney failure treated at a dialysis center in Los Angeles County, California contracted a bacterial infection in the blood (sepsis) caused by improper cleaning and disinfection of a reusable medical device called a dialyzer - an artificial kidney...
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Researchers have created an ultrasensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and "personalized medicine" tailored to the specific biochemistry of individual patients. The device, which could be several hundred times more sensitive than other biosensors...
The United States spends more on health care than 12 other industrialized countries yet does not provide "notably superior" care, according to a new study from The Commonwealth Fund. The U.S. spent nearly $8,000 per person in 2009 on health care services, while other countries in the study spent...
This may not surprise you, I don't know; it surprised me: I was visiting California for one week and I had no trouble purchasing medical marijuana. Maybe I shouldn’t say “no trouble"—I spent some money, told a few minor lies and had an embarrassing encounter involving Burger King coupons...
A review published in The Lancet, reveals that careful earthquake preparation helped to lower mortality rates and the burden of injury during the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011. According to the analysis, the emergency health-system response was extremely...
A study by Regenstrief Institute and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs investigators provides the first in-depth look at how health care providers react to medication alerts generated by electronic medical record systems. The researchers plan to use this information to improve the design of...
Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Global Transparency Initiatives Conference, 21-22 May
This summer, Q1 Productions will bring together pharmaceutical and medical device industries' leading minds in discussions of regulatory, industry and legal matters related to the present and future of...
This summer, public relations (PR) professionals from around the nation, representing medical device companies large and small, will come together in Chicago to discuss management strategies in an industry that necessitates tight control. It is not uncommon to see revealing stories on medical...
Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Sales Training & Development In Latin America Confere
This summer in Miami, Q1 Productions will host an executive-level conference, bringing together seasoned professionals and pioneers in sales training from all sides of industry to discuss the opportunities...
Third Annual European Medical Device & Diagnostic Sales Training & Development Confer
This summer, Q1 Productions will host for a third year its medical device and diagnostic sales training program specifically for executives working in European markets. Leading companies and industry experts...
First Breast Implants came under scrutiny, then hip replacements, and now a shocking new research from Consumer Reports declares that many medical devices are not tested for safety at all. Car manufacturers spend millions testing their vehicles for every imaginable accident, drinking water and...
Your mother had a doctor's appointment for a memory test. The results are conclusive: she presents with the first signs of Alzheimer type dementia. Now, to get to her appointment, your mother, who is no longer used to driving in town, took her car, looked for a parking space for 15 minutes, got...
Public scrutiny and the threat of government regulation are leading to a decline in industry-sponsored funding of accredited continuing medical education (CME) for physicians, and this decline represents an opportunity to make CME more relevant, cost-effective and less open to bias, wrote a...
procedure that changes homo sexual? Homo sexual people to hetero sexual people??? I would support who ever wanted to use it and if not fine. But just curious what you think if this were to happen??
I never thot I would be interested in going into the medical field but surprisingly I just jumped into it becase phleotomists make good money. However, I did like to smoke alot of pot. I had to get drug tested to enter the school I was going to join so I stayed clean for a month and took my...
Stroke-related language impairment adds about $1,703 per patient to medical costs the first year after stroke, according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers retrospectively examined the records of 3,200 South Carolina Medicare patients who had...
You read about tigers beening hunted to extinction for their fur and claws, rhinos for their horns and elephants for their ivory the demand always seem to come from the far east dont they know that these wonderfull animals are almost gone