Posted on February 25th, 2010 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
A new, albeit very small, study suggests that a short period of fasting prior to chemotherapy may protect healthy cells and reduce the side effects associated with chemotherapy. Valter Longo and his colleagues at the University of Southern California published these findings in a case series report in December in the journal Aging. They studied [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
Yesterday President Obama revealed a plan, expected to cost $950 billion over 10 years, to renew the administrations push for healthcare reform. The plan proposes to provide coverage to more than 31 million uninsured Americans. More details: The plan includes a measure designed to close the Medicare “donut-hole” gap for prescription drug coverage, which leaves [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
There is an emerging body of evidence on using sound waves (ultrasound) to raise temperature levels in tumors and dangerous blood clots in order to shrink or eliminate them. The technology company InSightec is at the forefront of experimenting with this modality in the treatment of certain types of cancers and the type of brain [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
A new editorial in Nature highlights a growing consensus among economists and policy-makers that “governments’ reliance on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the main proxy for social well-being and progress is leading the world in wrong and unsustainable directions.” For example, healthcare spending in the U.S., representing about 17% of our GDP, may be inflating [...]
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