The Disease Management Care Blog attended a quarterly meeting of its county medical society tonight. Once again, it came away impressed with
WebMD Health Corp. finally bought into the hype of social networking and has integrated its own community platform into WebMD.com. WebMD Health
Three years ago we wrote about an EEG brain-computer interface that was going to be available to consumers. Well, it turns out, there's been a
Stentys Inc. of Paris, France has received the CE Mark of approval to take to the European market the firm's self-expanding coronary stent. The
Stem cell therapies are still a long way from receiving FDA approval in the US, but it turns out there is at least one group of doctors that's
Fisher & Paykel out of Auckland, New Zealand has released a new line of CPAP machines that smudge the line between medical devices and consumer
Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office joined a federal lawsuit yesterday that contends that Johnson & Johnson paid tens of millions of
Mr. Obama said the auditors would have an incentive to find improper payments because they would receive a small percentage of the savings.
Documents from a lawsuit by the state of Louisiana accusing J&J of off-label marketing shed fresh light on the company's long-standing desire
Bisphosphonates are commonly prescribed to treat osteoporosis and are designed to build bone mass. Drugs in the class include Actonel, marketed
Saved By the Bell alum Mario Lopez, who now hosts Extra, is expecting his first child with girlfriend, Broadway dancer Courtney Laine Mazza, Star
Medical journals are full of research comparing new treatments to existing treatments or comparing new treatments to placebo treatments. But
A preliminary ruling by the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority says AstraZeneca broke advertising rules by failing to accurately
We women do it all: Pull ourselves together every morning, keep the kids from killing each other before school, talk to the boss on the phone,
Many people choose buttery spreads as a lighter, healthier alternative to butter. Some spreads claim to be high in omega-3s or calcium, or
Potential soulmates Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson (Photo: Getty Images) I love my husband, but he’s not my soulmate. Not that anyone
New research reinforces the idea that team sports make healthier women – and not just physically. The New York Times recently reported the
Many men that I talked to are absolutely sick of the push-up bra. Don’t get me wrong — they love to see the cleavage it creates, they just
Be honest: How many times in the last month have you used a version of this ol’ standby on your partner when bedtime rolls around? “Not
Do you have trouble falling asleep or often wake up during the night? Follow these simple tips to get a better night’s sleep. Go to sleep at
image from winkpass.com You can do a lot on your smartphone: read the news, manage your money, shop, make music – these days, apps seem to be
Today, I am attending the 8th World Congress on Trauma, Shock, Inflammation and Sepsis in Munich, Germany. Interestingly, this conference
Glomus tympanicum tumors are chemodectomas that arise from the glomus bodies that run with the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.
The recently published Technology and Medical Practice: Blood, Guts and Machines, edited by Ericka Johnson och Boel Berner (Ashgate), might be
Here’s contributor Carole Braden’s first of four posts in the debut of Blisstree’s Self-Help Test-Drive. It was Marshie, an acquaintance
Turns out this week’s episode of “Parenthood” caused even more commotion than we thought in our original post. The bad news for NBC? All