General Healthcare News
Dear Colleague: I would like to bring your attention to a very important campaign currently underway on Sermo. The Sermo physician community is working on drafting an "open letter to the people of the United States" reflecting our...
I have posted previous notes about the use of breath testing to detect diseases. Here is another one. Reuters (2/20) reports that according to a paper appearing in the journal Optics Express,...
A new technique targets specific proteins, such as the dangerous anthrax toxin, and renders them harmless using nothing but light. The method could also be used to create new cancer treatments and antibacterial coatings. Scientists have long...
By Diana Manos, Senior Editor 01/25/08 Healthcare IT News Microsoft and the Mayo Clinic announced today they will partner to provide patients with the power to manage their own personal health records. Mayo Clinic Health Solutions and...
Video presentation by Dr. Bernard Ackerman (part 1 of 3) on Sunlight is Not the Cause of Melanoma! You can reach your own...
Forty-five percent of surveyed physicians admit to prescribing placebos. The UPI (1/4) reports that "U.S. doctors may prescribe placebos more often than patients are aware," according to a survey by Rachel Sherman, a medical student...
