Category Archives: Headline of the Day
Medical Radiation Soars, With Risks Often Overlooked
August 27, 2012The New York Times | August 20, 2012, 4:02 pm | By JANE E. BRODY Radiation, like alcohol, is a double-edged sword. It has indisputable medical advantages: Radiation can reveal
Top Six Myths about Medicare
August 20, 2012By Mark Miller | Reuters – Thu, Aug 16, 2012 3:03 PM EDT Mitt Romney’s selection of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate guarantees a fierce debate about the future
Far more could be done to stop the deadly bacteria C. diff
August 16, 2012By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY – Just days after doctors successfully removed a tumor from Bailey Quishenberry’s brain, the 14-year-old was spiraling downhill, delirious and writhing in pain from an
Big Med – Can Hospital Chains Improve?
August 16, 2012The New Yorker | by Atul Gawande August 13, 2012 “It’s easy to mock places like the Cheesecake Factory—restaurants that have brought chain production to complicated sit-down meals. But the “casual
Nursing Home Inspect
August 15, 2012ProPublica has unveiled a new tool called Nursing Home Inspect which allows the user to search through thousands of recent government inspection reports. This application allows you to search based
Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work
August 7, 2012The New York Times | By REED ABELSON and JULIE CRESWELL | Published: August 6, 2012 In the summer of 2010, a troubling letter reached the chief ethics officer of the hospital
MRSA on the Rise: Infections Have Doubled in 5 Years
August 4, 2012The Atlantic | Jul 30 2012, 4:05 PM ET 2 Even as in-hospital infections are on the decline, more people are checking into hospitals with the drug-resistant staph infection than those
Antipsychotic drugs used to pacify seniors
August 2, 2012According to EDDIE SMALL in the Waterbury REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN, “An average of roughly one-quarter of the long-term residents in Connecticut’s nursing homes who did not have schizophrenia, Tourette’s syndrome or Huntington’s
Former FDA Reviewer Speaks Out About Intimidation, Retaliation and Marginalizing of Safety
July 30, 2012TRUTH-OUT.ORG Sunday, 29 July 2012 08:37 By Martha Rosenberg, Truthout The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is often accused of serving industry at the expense of consumers. But even FDA
40% Of High-Prescribing Docs Get Pharma Perks
July 30, 2012by Lisa Chedekel | Jul 28, 2012 7:59 pm In 2010 and 2011, Dr. Irene Abramovich of West Hartford was the state’s top prescriber of Invega, an antipsychotic medication marketed