Current Affairs
IBM Research aims to build a nanoscale DNA sequencer, which if succesful could improve throughput and reduce cost to $100–$1,000 per genome sequenced. The scientists’ technique will analyze genetic code by passing DNA strands through...
NIH continues to do its part of allocating funding from stimulus money...Some of it seems excessive. Nearly $8 million to bail out a drug company? And only $22 million to IUPUI out of $5 billion? Good to see investment in...
Dr. Ed Uthman is a practicing pathologist who recently posted this video on YouTube. Regardless of where you are on the debate of healthcare reform I think Ed sums up succintly some widely perceived misconceptions regarding several...
The Washington Post (8/17, Vogel) reports that the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, slated to be closed as part of the 2011 shutdown of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, has taken public issue with a private...
The Washington Post (7/28, Caputo) reports that as Americans increasingly turn to the Internet for healthcare information, "many end up at Wikipedia. 'More and more people are using the Web to get their health information to augment...
With the renewed discussions and proposed legislation about "healthcare reform" the topics of reimbursement, cost, tort reform (not really), insurance and physician income are all issues. The healthcare debate rages on. Most...
