Archive for the ‘news’ Category
New York Times, 2008. News article about the problems inherent in the formation of medical treatment guidelines.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/health/views/09essa.html?nl=8hlth&emc=hltha8
Topics: 2008, guidelines, Sanghavi, treatment
Posted in categories medical, news, Off Site Article |
MedPage Today, 2008. MRIs that are being made for migraine, head trauma, vertigo, and panic attacks are turning up lesions that resemble MS.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Nephrology/GeneralNephrology/12106
Topics: 2008, brain, Fiore, headache, imaging, MRI, MS, Okuda, symptom, vertigo
Posted in categories medical, news, Off Site Article |
2008. A Harvard Medical School newsletter article on how better to understand the weight of conflicting scientific studies, including an explanation of the different types of studies and the role of news media.
http://harvardpartnersinternational.staywellsolutionsonline.com/HealthNewsLetters/69,N0408b
Topics: 2008, Ioannidis, research, statistics, treatment
Posted in categories medical, news, Off Site Article |
ScienceDaily, 2008. Research suggesting that patients with chronic pain may be more prone to suicide.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111211309.htm
Topics: 2008, behavior, chronic, Ilgen, pain, psychiatry
Posted in categories news, Off Site Article, review |
2008. CDC case study of a patient who contracted an anaplasma infection through a blood transfusion.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5742a1.htm?s_cid=mm5742a1_e
Topics: 2008, anaplasma, anaplasmosis, blood, CDC, epidemiology, phagocytophilum, symptom, transfusion, transmission
Posted in categories government, news, Off Site Article, science |
2008. New York Times article on the importance of researching one’s health problem in order to be a better self-advocate and have more productive doctor visits.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/health/30pati.html?ref=healthspecial
Topics: 2008, Parker-Pope, research, treatment
Posted in categories news, Off Site Article |
2008. An article in the New York Times on how to interpret the importance of different types of medical studies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/health/30stud.html?ref=healthspecial
Topics: 2008, Kolata, research, symptom, treatment
Posted in categories news, Off Site Article |
September 27, 2008. Representatives Frank Wolf (VA), Frank Pallone (NJ) and Chris Smith (NJ) discuss getting the Lyme bill (HR741) out of subcommittee. Includes video.
http://www.lymerights.org/html/house_debate_on_lyme_bill.html
Topics: 2008, borreliosis, chronic, government, law, Lyme, Pallone, Smith, Wolf
Posted in categories government, news, video |
New York Times, Quest Diagnostics, 2008. An interactive sample of a patient’s blood test, explaining what each test measures. Includes illustration.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/
Topics: 2008, blood, diagnosis, test
Posted in categories news, Off Site Article |
Medpage Today. A statistical survey indicates the Mediterranean diet may be helpful in preventing heart disease and chronic diseases such as cancer, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Includes image.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/DietNutrition/tb/10887
Topics: 2008, Alzheimer's, CAM, chronic, Groch, heart, Parkinson's, prevention
Posted in categories medical, news, Off Site Article |