General Healthcare News
A $12.2 million grant from National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) will establish a new national network for sharing information between scientists, which has been described as "Facebook for scientists." The funding for this...
AFP (11/5) reports, "The X-ray was on Wednesday named the most important modern scientific achievement in a poll conducted for the Science Museum" in London. The poll included "nearly 50,000 members of the public," who...
By: Ron Rajecki InfoTech Bulletin Patients are willing to use e-mail and physicians’ websites to communicate with their doctors in an effort to save time, as long as they do not have to pay for the ability, according to...
WebMD (10/27, Doheny) reported that "colonoscopy is getting more accurate, thanks to better techniques and equipment." For example, Baylor investigators evaluated "a disposable device that is passed through the instrument channel...
Medscape (10/26, Beals) reported, "Leaders in human genetics looked to the future of personalized medicine and ways to translate genetics research into healthcare practice" during a medical conference panel discussion. Specifically,...
By guest author Amanda Lowe of Digital Pathology Consultants, LLC The FDA Hematology and Pathology devices advisory panel meeting, open to the public and being held in Gaithersburg, Maryland, began this morning to discuss Whole Slide Imaging...
