Health Care

22 Mar (PROPUBLICA) -  In a setback for GE Healthcare, a jury today found that the company failed to adequately warn patients and doctors about the dangers of its medical imaging dye. The jurors awarded $5 million to the plaintiff and his wife.  The verdict, after a two week trial (more…)

23 Mar (NEWSMAX) – A majority of physicians see a somewhat bleak future for medicine, pointing to eroding independence and shrinking income, reports EverydayHealth.com.  According to a survey from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions of more than 600 (more…)

20 Mar (AHRP) -The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues released its “[ ] Pediatric Research on Medical Countermeasures” Report and recommendations, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013.  The Report and the Commission Chair, Dr. Amy Gutmann, who presided over a press teleconference took great pains to convey the impression that above all, “the safety of children” and highest ethical standards must be upheld. (more…)

12 Mar (WALES) - In the England and Wales there are roughly 5000 suicides in roughly 60 million people per year.  This would until recently have led to around 2000 hangings per year, 34 hangings per million people per year, 3.5 per 100,000 people per year.  Bridgend in South Wales has a population of 40,000.  The greater Bridgend area has a population of 130,000. There should be 18 hangings per 100,000 people over a 5 year period, 24 per 130,000 per year.  (more…)

6 Mar (MEDSCAPE MEDICAL NEWS) - Analyzing the terms that computer users type into browsers could help pinpoint adverse drug events earlier, according to a study of more than 6 million Web users.  Ryen W. White, PhD, from Microsoft Research in Redmond (more…)