December 25th, 2011 by DrWes in News, Opinion
Tags: Alarm, AT&T, Bottle Cap, Computer chip, Dronedarone, Glowcap, Innovations, Interactive, Multaq, Pill Bottle, Reminder, Technology, Vitality Inc
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Just saw this advertised for patients taking Multaq (dronedarone): interactive pill bottle caps called “GlowCaps:”
GlowCapsTM is a bottle with built-in wireless communication… When you receive your GlowCapTM, you program it with your schedule. It will then remind you when it’s time to take Multaq by lighting up, playing a melody, or calling your home phone. If you and your physician choose, your GlowCapTM can also send weekly reminder e-mail to you and a caregiver, send reports to your doctor, and refills can be initiated with the push of a button, if you provide a phone number when registering.
Okay. That’s pretty cool.
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*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes*
December 25th, 2011 by GarySchwitzer in News, Opinion
Tags: Breast Cancer, Breast Exam, Cleveland Clinic, Evidence Based Medicine, High-sensitive C-reactive protein, Medical Tests, New Year, Pap Smear, Prostate Cancer, PSA, Screening, Top 5, USPSTF, Vitamin D Level
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Last week, the Cleveland Clinic sent out the following “News Tips”:
“Top 5 Medical Tests for 2012
As we head into 2012, healthy New Year’s resolutions will abound. People will pledge to work out more, eat healthy foods and finally go to see their doctor for a physical.
Cleveland Clinic experts note that there are a few tests that everyone should have during their yearly physical. For men, the following tests are recommended by many physicians:”
Included in the list were: Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Health News Review*
December 24th, 2011 by BarbaraFederOstrov in Health Policy, News
Tags: Affordable Care Act, AP, Associated Press, Breast Cancer, CNN, Cost, Fortune, Health Reform, Hot Topics, Kim Jong Ill, Mammogram, New York Times, News, North Korea, Paul Raeburn, Pittsburgh Post-Tribune, Public Health, smoking, Supreme Court
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Kim Jong Il: Of course we’re going to highlight the lowlights of the North Korean leader’s health: CNN has the scoop on the dictator’s cause of death and previous illnesses. Knight Science Journalism Tracker’s Paul Raeburn rounds up previous analyses of Kim Jong Il’s psychological profile.
Breast Cancer: Companies are trying to build a better mammogram as they compete for a bigger slice of the $6 billion-and-growing medical imaging market, Sierra Jiminez reports for Fortune. Nearly 300,000 American women have been diagnosed with breast cancer this year.
Health Reform: The U.S. Supreme Court will devote an unprecedented week of oral argument over health reform when Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Reporting on Health - The Reporting on Health Daily Briefing*
December 22nd, 2011 by GruntDoc in News
Tags: Clean, Disinfect, French, LiveScience, Maggots, Medicine, Modern, Nature, Open Wound, Surgeons, Wound Healing
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Aah, the French:
The idea of putting maggots into open flesh may sound repulsive, but such a therapy might be a quick way to clean wounds, a new study from France suggests.
via Maggots Clean Wounds Faster Than Surgeons | Wound Healing | LiveScience.
I kid. I think this is a good idea, and it’s natures’ way of saying ‘cleanup on aisle three’. Patients not infrequently will be brought to the ED with awful, non-healing wounds infested with maggots.
We typically kill them off, more because a) the staff is completely grossed out and b) if you’re living at home and have maggots in your wounds, let’s just say your personal hygiene is deeply suspect. Rank, in fact. Needs a decon level bad.
However, there is a legitimate role for biological wound cleaning; I have a WWII surgical book with a chapter in it on growing your own sterile maggots. It’s not an ER thing, but it’s yet another tool in the armamentarium of bad wounds.
*This blog post was originally published at GruntDoc*
December 22nd, 2011 by John Di Saia, M.D. in News, Opinion
Tags: 1-800-Get-Thin, Advertising, Billboards, California, Cosmetic Surgery, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Lap-Band, Medical Device, Negatives, Obese, Overweight, Precautions, Required Information, Risks, Surgery, Warning
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has taken action against eight California surgical centers and the marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN LLC, for misleading advertising of the Lap-Band, an FDA-approved device used for weight loss in obese adults. The FDA issued Warning Letters to Bakersfield Surgery Institute Inc.; Beverly Hills Surgery Center; Palmdale Ambulatory Center; Valley Surgical Center; Top Surgeons LLC; Valencia Ambulatory Center LLC; Cosmopolitan Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery; San Diego Ambulatory Center LLC; and to 1-800-GET-THIN because Lap-Band is a restricted medical device that is misbranded as a result of misleading advertising by these groups. In the letters, the FDA warns that billboards and advertising inserts used by recipients of the Warning Letters to promote the Lap-Band procedure fail to provide required risk information, including warnings, precautions, possible side effects and contraindications. The FDA also is concerned that the font size of information related to risks on the advertising inserts is too small to be read by consumers.
Source: fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements
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We have blogged on 1-800-Get-Thin and Lap-band surgery in general before. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Truth in Cosmetic Surgery*
Just saw this advertised for patients taking Multaq (dronedarone): interactive pill bottle caps called “GlowCaps:”
