By: Toni Bernhard, JD | Patient From: KevinMD.com I’ve been chronically ill since I contracted a viral infection in 2001. Were I to recover, I’d take these six hard-earned lessons with me into the land of the healthy. 1. Less is more. I used to be an accumulator. My life was filled with stuff: books and magazines that sat unread; CDs; …
Early Detection of Blinding Eye Disease Could Be as Easy as Scanning Barcode
From: Science Daily A new optical device puts the power to detect eye disease in the palm of a hand. The tool — about the size of a hand-held video camera — scans a patient’s entire retina in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in the early detection of a host of retinal diseases including diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and …
Agendia Genomic Tests (MammaPrint, BluePrint & TargetPrint) …
From: Liz Dowling (Medical & Consumer Media), Dowling & Dennis Public Relations Agendia’s innovations in genomic testing for breast cancer were among highlights of the recently concluded San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). The conference, which drew about 7,500 attendees from more than 90 countries, featured two podium presentations with information about Agendia’s tests, plus 10 scientific posters reporting new …
Calif. Law To Help Domestic Abuse Victims Escape Violence
by: J.D. Hillard From: NPR In California, it’s about to get easier for abuse survivors to break their leases. The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, will allow domestic violence victims to give their landlords a simple form as proof that they have been abused. Counselors say it will make abuse survivors safer because they’ll more easily be able …
Utility of BioZorb Surgical Marker Presented at International Breast Cancer Conference
From: Dowling & Dennis Public Relations Breast Surgeons Report Improved Visualization of Treatment Area for Radiation Therapy The BioZorb™ three-dimensional surgical marker dramatically improves visualization of the treatment area for radiation planning and therapy, according to a presentation at the prestigious San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2013. The scientific poster reports that the tissue marker is easy to place, safe to …
Certain Advanced Breast Cancer Patients May Benefit From Surgery Before Other Treatment
From: gantdaily.com Patients newly diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and a solitary bone metastasis could benefit from surgery prior to other treatment, according to early results from a first-of-its kind clinical trial presented recently at the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. “In the United States, approximately 5 percent of breast cancer patients are diagnosed with advanced disease when they …
HPV home tests could identify cancer risk
From: Lund University HPV self-testing is as effective as tests done by doctors, according to a Lund University study. Simple HPV home tests could therefore complement existing screening programmes, and identify more women at risk for cervical cancer. Sweden has a system of regular gynaecological smear tests, which has halved the number of cases of cervical cancer. Most of the …
California Company Creates Medical Device That Could Change the Course of Medicine as We Know It
Vaporizer Technology Used in E-cigarettes Could Allow New, Easy Delivery Method for Pharmaceuticals, and Offer New Hope for Asthmatics, Migraines, Cystic Fibrosis, Diabetics and Many More. PRNewswire/ — Alsa Refinish LLC, a California-based company, has process and utility patent applications in place for a revolutionary medication delivery method. If successful, Alsa will hold patents for a device that delivers medications …
Pfizer CSI: Big pharma team tracks down and identifies counterfeit drugs
From: MedCity News Wearing a white lab coat and nitrile gloves, Pfizer Inc. scientist Amy Callanan places a small blue tablet into a handheld machine that silently reads the chemical signature of the pill by measuring its response to vibrations. The TruScan machine, used regularly by a team of three technicians at Pfizer’s counterfeit-drug testing lab on the pharmaceutical firm’s …
What’s Happening To Hospitals?
by: Toby Cosgrove, CEO and President at Cleveland Clinic Healthcare in our country is changing. With change comes uncertainty. And uncertainty creates anxiety. Still, as I observe what’s happening around us, I see a lot of opportunity — opportunity to transform the way we’ve been providing health care into a system that makes sense for the people of today. A …