Biotechs can patent your body and profit, without your permission
When we think of patent law, we often think of technology, engineering, and intellectual property. Rarely do we think of living organisms. In 1980, however, the Supreme Court ruled that man-made...
View ArticleUniversal patient identification: Good in theory but not the solution
Talks about universal patient identification (UPI) numbers have been gracing news headlines recently as the debate about privacy and health care continues. Proponents of UPIs believe a unique ID...
View ArticleMedical device tax not a well-thought-out plan
I am a proponent for change. By constantly fighting to retain the status quo, as a society, we run the risk of stagnation. With stagnation, growth cannot be sustained and without growth, we die....
View ArticlePersonalized medicine: How genetic testing, data mining and mice are changing...
Personalized medicine is medical care customized to a patient’s specific genetic and demographic profile. It is an odd idea to think that traditional medicine was not always personalized, but truly...
View ArticleAccountable care organizations - A new model for health care delivery
Many experts would agree that healthcare in the United States suffers from a degree of incoordination and fragmentation. Estimates suggest that two out of three Americans over the age of 65 have...
View ArticleHealth on trial: After three days of arguments, the Affordable Care Act's...
An unprecedented three days of oral arguments before the US Supreme Court debating the constitutionality of key aspects of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act concluded on Wednesday, in a case that...
View ArticleMedical Nova Weekly: Top five trends for 3/26-3/30
Here’s the weekly collection of hot medical news! Health on trial at the Supreme Court The Supreme Court has been busy with health topics. First, they ruled that a patent claiming administration of a...
View ArticleDoes higher health care spending lead to better patient outcomes?
If you haven’t seen the words “health care” in news headlines lately, you must be living under a rock. Health care reform, health care spending, Medicare spending, Obamacare; the list goes on and on....
View ArticleWhat happens to medical hazardous waste?
Ever wonder what happens to medical hazardous waste? When research and health care facilities dispose of hazardous waste, there are certain guidelines -- primarily regulated by the Environmental...
View ArticleWill guided conversations between patients and physicians lead to better...
Evidence-based treatment for medical conditions is the goal of any health-care oriented operation, or at least it should be. Over the years, there has been a lot of concern about a lack of...
View ArticleMedical Nova Weekly: Top trends for 4/23-4/27
Here's your weekly roundup of hot medical news... Kidney transplant breakthroughs For the first time, a kidney that had been donated to one patient was removed and implanted into a new patient,...
View ArticleHow aviation can make health care patients safer
At the turn of the century, the Institute of Medicine released a report estimating that up to 100,000 patients a year die of medical errors in the United States. These staggering numbers caught the...
View ArticleIT healthcare: a Beacon in the night
If the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, passed by Congress in 2009, is upheld this summer by the Supreme Court, it is expected that 30 million currently uninsured Americans will be added...
View ArticleA spoonful of sugar (and a sensor) makes the medicine go down
Ever forget to take your morning pills? Or can’t remember if you have to take the blue pill today or the yellow one? Suddenly, life just got a lot easier. Proteus Digital Health announced this week...
View ArticleGeneric drug lawsuits -- good business practice or unfair monopoly?
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., manufacturers of the Ortho Tri-Cyclen birth control drug, are filing an injunction against Glenmark Generics, Ltd., an Indian-based generic drug manufacturer that...
View ArticleVirtual Reality in Healthcare
Virtual reality is not just a growing trend in the entertainment industry, but is now reaching the healthcare field. As the technology improves and develops, the uses of virtual reality expand for...
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