Mt. Sinai Program Lets Some Pre-Meds Swap Orgo for Shakespeare
Students in the Humanities and Medicine Program get spots in med school as long as they meet certain requirements -- but don't take the usual pre-med pre-requisites.
AMA launches seminar series on health care payment models
The educational events are part of the Association's work to help physicians understand the impact of health system reform.
Cholesterol screening recommended for all children
Screening only children with a family history of premature cardiovascular disease could miss about a third of youths with high LDL cholesterol, a study says.
A.M. Vitals: Merck Profit Falls 52% On Merger, Restructuring Costs
Also: high-risk pool regs are out; vote held up by motion to repeal provision of health-care overhaul; Republicans want HHS to edit HealthCare.gov.
Got a Limited Screening Budget? Then Colonoscopy’s Not Your Test.
The study relies on computer simulations to gauge cost-effectiveness.
PODS Moving and Storage continues U.S. expansion, announces sale of Asheville, N.C. franchise
With successful franchise locations operating throughout the U.S., Australia and Canada, PODS Enterprises, Inc. (Portable Moving and Storage), today announced the sale of franchising rights for the Asheville, N.C. market.... more
Who Are The Pharma Social Media "Wright Brothers (Sisters)"?
I just received an email from MM&M announcing that the Finalists for its 2010 Awards have been chosen. When I clicked on the link in the email, I was taken to a Web page where a silent video showed the "rigorous judging process" (see screen sh...
Health reform tasks could overwhelm agencies, former federal official says
HHS, CMS and other departments must issue more than 40 health reform regulations, some of which will be complex and controversial.
Med school tuition proposal: Take percentage of paycheck
Students would commit to paying part of their future income rather than pay as they attend school.
A.M. Vitals: Aetna Reports Earnings Jump, Contracts Out PBM Business
Also: tobacco and obesity in public-health funding competition; UnitedHealth in talks to buy Executive Health Resources; coordinating care to save money and boost quality.
Seniors Understand Very Little About The Health Overhaul Law, Poll Finds
The Hill: "The majority of the nation's seniors have little understanding of what the Democrats' newly enacted healthcare law actually does, according to poll results released Monday...
A Reckoning for REMS: FDA’s Risk Program in the Spotlight
How stringent should the requirements be for drugs with safety concerns?
Health Blog Q&A: Mayo Clinic’s New Center for Social Media
Why does the Mayo Clinic need a center devoted to explaining how to use blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?
Incidence of Breast Cancer and Its Subtypes in Relation to Individual and Multiple Low-Penetrance Genetic Susceptibility Loci [Original Contribution]
Context There is limited evidence on how the risk of breast cancer and its subtypes depend on low-penetrance susceptibility loci, individually or in combination. Objective To analyze breast cancer risk, overall and by tumor subtype, in relation to...
The Do-It-Yourself House Call
Insurer-endorsed remote-monitoring technology leads heart patients to take their own readings at home.
How DO You Pronounce "Boehringer Ingelheim"?
Yesterday, while at ExL's 6th Annual Public Relations & Communications Summit, I discovered that I was NOT the only person who had difficulty pronouncing "Boehringer Ingelheim," the name of a well-known, but difficult to pronounce German pharm...
Using Social Media in a Crisis: Distribute a Product Safety Widget Is One Idea
The "Social Media During a Crisis" roundtable discussion lead by Deborah Sittig (@GreenRoomMedia), Partner at Green Room Public Relations, was one of the most interesting events for me at ExL Pharma's 6th Annual Public Relations & Communicatio...
WellCare to pursue legal action against former executives
The Florida-based Medicare and Medicaid contractor is now a plaintiff alongside shareholders seeking damages for alleged fraud.
Medicare anti-fraud effort leads to record arrests
More than 90 people, including physicians, are charged with fraudulent activity involving more than $251 million in false claims to Medicare.
Media Blackout Imposed by Media People!
I spent yesterday at Pfizer headquarters in NYC attending and speaking at ExL Pharma's 6th Annual Public Relations & Communications Summit. I met some of my Twitter pals there including Ray Kerins (@RayKerins), Steve Woodruff (@swoodruff), Mar...
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