Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
Today, The Lancet published the most thorough analysis of the genome of a single human being, Stanford bioengineer Stephen Quake. As the cost of genomic sequencing continues to drop, making it available to more people, it’s important to analyze that information in a way that is clinically relevant. When a patient goes to their doctor [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
The FDA today approved Provenge (sipuleucel-T), a new cancer “vaccine” made by Dendreon for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer among men with an estimated 192,000 new cases and 27,000 deaths in 2009. This is an important event that marks the approval of the first [...]
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Posted on April 16th, 2010 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
Here’s an impressing interactive visualization about the cost of chronic disease management by GE obtained from combining data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey with 500,000 medical records in GE’s database. Click on the picture to go to the site.
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Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
Today, the WSJ cites the results of a study by the California HealthCare Foundation on electronic medical records stating that 15% of the 1,849 adults surveyed reported concealing information from a physician if “the doctor had an electronic medical record system” that could share information with other groups. Another 33% would “consider hiding information.” Calling [...]
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Posted on April 7th, 2010 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
Here’s a promising way to monitor medication adherence: Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule. The prototype is intended to pave the way for mass-produced pills that, when ingested, automatically alert doctors, loved [...]
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Posted on April 1st, 2010 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
In the recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Harvard oncologist Jerome Groopman and his colleague Pamela Hartzband talk about how the Internet is providing broader access to information, including the kind that has traditionally been available only to physicians. In doing so, the Internet may be changing the patient-doctor relationship: As physicians, [...]
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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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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
News Events 1. #iranelection 2. Swine Flu 3. Gaza 4. Iran 5. Tehran 6. #swineflu 7. AIG 8. #uksnow 9. Earth Hour 10. #inaug09 People 1. Michael Jackson 2. Susan Boyle 3. Adam Lambert 4. Kobe (Bryant) 5. Chris Brown 6. Chuck Norris 7. Joe Wilson 8. Tiger Woods 9. Christian Bale 10. A-Rod (Alex [...]
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Posted on December 21st, 2009 by Sean Khozin, MD, MPH
Hello Health has been an amazing journey that continues to make us all proud.
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