Should health care be bailed out?
When is it medicine's turn to take government money?With the banking and auto industries bailed (or soon to be bailed) out, emergency physician Edwin Leap wonders when medicine gets its turn. After all, many hospitals are struggling under th...
How Hurricane Ike destroyed a medical center
Last month's hurricane hit the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston particularly hard, with the institution suffering $700 million in damage:
Should Medicare cover a virtual colonoscopy?
Merrill Goozner writes that the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) - the somewhat impotent American version of a comparative effectiveness body - has concluded that CT, or "virtual", colonoscopies are not cost effective. I've written in th...
Its About Time !
The Money that is being taken in by athletes, race car drivers and sports is just crazy, let alone what the goverment gets and waste on things. How can we let one of are own be dumped off on the side walk from one hospitole to another because of no ins...
Pharmaceuticals - Global Strategic Business Report
The global outlook series on Pharmaceuticals provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings The report provides a bird’s eye view of the pharmaceutical industry, and highlights global trends imp...
Classical and Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs Using ExpDesign Studio
This book introduces pharmaceutical statisticians, scientists, researchers, and others to ExpDesign Studio software for classical and adaptive designs of clinical trials It includes the Professional Version 5 0 of ExpDesign Studio software that frees phar...
Snapshots India Pharmaceuticals 2008
Snapdatas Snapshots India Pharmaceuticals 2008 provides 2007 year-end market size data, with 2008 estimates, 5 years of historical data and five-year forecasts. The Snapshots report gives an instant overview of the Indian pharmaceutical market and covers...
Pharma Poland Online
Pharma Poland Online provides news, articles and market data on the pharmaceutical market in Poland, from manufacturers and distributors to medical devices and research developments We have been covering this sector in detail since 2004 and an archive is ...
Dopamine Transporters : Chemistry, Biology, and Pharmacology
Understanding the dopamine transporter can lead to new therapies for neurological disorders This book consolidates current information on the dopamine transporter (DAT) in relationto medicinal chemistry and synthesis, biology and pathology, and pharmacolo...
Market Report on China’s Biopharmaceutical Industry, 2008-2010
The data of this report partly comes from such authorities as State Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Health and industry associations, and our research center which has various first-hand materials through field research and interview with specialists The r...
GPCR - Drug Targets
G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR) - Drug Targets report covers the types of GPCR Families and the various Ligands targeting GPCRs The GPCR families covered include Rhodopsin, Secretin, Glutamate and Other The Ligands targeting GPCRs include Peptides or P...
Stem Cell Research in Cardiology
This report specifies the importance of Stem Cell Research in Cardiology The study is segmented by Source (Allogenic and Autogenic) and by Type (Bone Marrow Stem Cells, Embryonic Stem Cells, and Other) Projections and estimates are graphically illustrated...
Tissue Sealants
Tissue Sealants report covers the sources of Sealants and the various applications of tissue sealants in the market The Sources of Tissue Sealants covered include Homologous Sealants, Synthetic Sealants and Autologous Sealants The applications of Tissue S...
Dementia with that martini?
The UK might have an insidious epidemic on its hands, one that is nursed by beer, wine and spirits. Alcohol-related dementia may be an under-recognized health problem that will only worsen as alcohol gets cheaper and attitudes about drinking relax, war...
How many more scans are doctors ordering today?
Lots more. The explosion in the number of CT and MRI scans is a major driver of health care spending:The number of MRI procedures per 1,000 Medicar...
