ABC News with what he is likely to go through:
Thursday, doctors at National Jewish planned to try two more antibiotics against the extensively drug-resistant disease -- one oral, the other an intravenous injection.
Dr. Henry Boom, director of the tuberculosis research unit at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, said such a "cocktail" is a common strategy for a resistant case like Speaker's.
CNN's Sanjay Gupta says it should be a wake-up call:
More than anything, I think this one case reflects deeper failings in our public health system. What if there were ten cases, instead of just the one? What if it were smallpox or a bioterrorism attack? Are we ready?
Panda Bear minces no words:
1. Patients are not encouraged or expected to take personal responsibility for their own health . . .
2. As every insurance scheme insulates the patient from the true cost of health care, there is no incentive for patients to make good economic decisions . . .
3. The legal environment makes it impossible for anyone in authority to exercise common sense . ...
There is often a disconnect between what an EHR programmer anticipates and real life.
His most recent op-ed talks about the health reform possibilities:
This is what that road looks like. It is not single-payer. It instead follows the lead of European countries ranging from the Netherlands to Switzerland to Germany that provide universal coverage (and more doctors, hospitals and access to primary care) through multiple private insurers while spending less money than we do. The proposals all define basic benefits that insurers ...
Due to "capacity" issues in Canada:
In March 2006, Mary Lou Frye had a seizure and drove off the Fraser Highway into a ditch.
A CAT scan revealed a golf ball-sized tumour behind her left eye. She had surgery in May 2006, but bleeding cut the operation short, leaving part of the tumour.
She now has two tumours in her brain, but since January Frye has had ...
So far, Glaxo comes out ahead this year.
The NHS of all people, with some clever marketing:
(via PharmaGossip)
The age-old question, how can you tell if it's cardiac or not? Scalpel writes from the ER perspective.
Stunning news. The Boston Globe on Flea, his trial and how his blogging ultimately led from a possible victory to settlement:
As Ivy League-educated pediatrician Robert P. Lindeman sat on the stand in Suffolk Superior Court this month, defending himself in a malpractice suit involving the death of a 12-year-old patient, the opposing counsel startled him with a question.
Was Lindeman Flea?
Flea, jurors in the case ...
A Greek blogger writes about physician corruption during her last few years with terminal cancer.
An anonymous blog posting has got him riled up:
Arbesfeld included in his e-mail a comment on a blog posting, originally published in the Wall Street Journal, that accuses Nissen of primarily criticizing manufacturers that do not support drug trials at the Cleveland Clinic: "Wake up, pharmaceutical companies "¦ if you don't hire the Cleveland Clinic for your big trials then you face the firing squad from Nissen and ...
There is no precedent for a case like this:
Johnson, then a senior at Hercules High School, volunteered with several other students to be hypnotized by Cady. But he and his mother allege in a negligence suit filed earlier this month that toward the end of the performance, "while still in a hypnotic trance, [he] proceeded to run out of the building, jump two flights of stairs and continued ...
The recent NY Times' piece on stroke has generated some controversy. A journalist for a national magazine is interested in talking to the authors of some of the anonymous comments that the post generated:
I am a freelance medical investigative journalist and I will be examining how medical studies are misinterpreted for a feature article in a national magazine. Would those of you who posted on ...
What is motive behind this test that almost everyone passes anyways? There are 17 million reasons.
The brouhaha about pink cupcakes has come to an end as AstraZeneca has banned them. Peter Rost and John Mack with more.
Big Pharma is employing nurses to review charts, a precursor to pushing brand name medications:
One recent 18-month program sponsored by Pfizer and the National Health Service added nurses to hospitals to discuss management of chronic health conditions with patients. Sanofi-Aventis is paying nurses to train doctors' office staffs how to identify patients at risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Last fall, the British drug trade group temporarily suspended ...
Just confirming what has always been suspected:
Parents are giving their children internet-bought "smart drugs" to boost their performance in the exam room, a psychologist has claimed.
Anti-hyperactivity medicines like Ritalin are being used as a "study aid", says Leicester University's director of education Paul Cooper.
He has drug-resistant TB and willfully disobeyed advice not to travel:
Federal and international officials are tracking down passengers and crew members on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month who may have been exposed to a man infected with an exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis.
The male passenger flew to Paris from his home in Atlanta on May 12 on Air France 385 and arrived in Paris on ...
Ovarian cancer screening clearly touches a nerve. No one doubts that ovarian cancer is a devastating diagnosis, often found when the disease...
According to a recent study from the Archives of Internal Medicine, primary care physicians are referring more patients to specialists than ever...
One of the reasons there is such a movement against vaccines is the democratization of information, perpetuated by search engines like Google....
In a widely circulated CNN article, many radiologists have been found to cheat on their board exams: "Doctors around the country taking an...
I've only had to declare death a couple of times. Once in a three-year-old and once in an adult. In each case...
Billionaire Teddy Forstmann had been diagnosed with a serious form of brain cancer. There’s a tragic twist to the story: according to...
One of the things I love about family medicine is that I get to care for people of all ages. I almost...
I just finished reading George’s recent post on Evelyn Lauder, who recently passed away from ovarian cancer, and am still stirred by...
Here is a toast to the miracle of love. Not to the romantic, chocolate, dance club nightlife type of love. Not warm...
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet...
One morning this May, I woke up with a stiff neck. I applied hot and cold therapy all day and took an...
Visiting someone who is dying or critically ill is an experience many of us will have in the course of our lives....
A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com. This week, I’m joining hundreds of physicians and medical students in Washington, DC...
Everyone in the world is talking about “value-driven health care.” Or so it might seem if you pick up a medical journal...
CNN recently posted an article titled "Doctors Going Broke." It described several cases of independent physicians who are near bankruptcy although they once...
One of the things that I like most about my job is engaging with ACP’s physician leadership—the internal medicine doctors who dedicate...
As a follow-up to my post on why patients with implantable defibrillators should have access to their device’s data, I am going...
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal reviewed the emerging role of email in healthcare, arguing that doctors should more aggressively...
Paul Conslato, MD, director of clinical affairs for Lancaster General Medical Group, recently was quoted in the PAMED Better Health Network eZine...
Don’t get me wrong, EMRs (electronic medical records) are inevitable. Over the long-run they are almost certainly good for physicians, patients and...
I have decided to spam for public health. Phone calls, text messaging, and even apps have been shown to help improve health...
Does your medical practice allow anybody to post links and comments on your Facebook page? The short answer is yes. We do....
As a physician, technology cannot replace you, but it can make you more efficient and effective. This was the message from Richard...
Looking ahead to the next several months, I’ve found myself frequently wondering how many physicians will make this their year to take...
