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POPSOmniMD EMR Specialities The OmniMD™ Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Software automates and simplifies the patient record documentation, storage and retrieval process.
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POPSJust Say No To Socialized Medicine True, other developed nations may spend less on health care as a percentage of gross domestic product than the United States does — but so does Sudan. Without considering value, such statistical evaluations are worthless. And one of the primary reasons health care costs more in America is that we are a wealthy country that demands the best. And, we’re investing a lot more in medical research. The United States produces over half of the $175 billion in health care technology products purchased globally. In 2004, the federal government funded medical research to the tune of $18.4 billion. By contrast, the European Union — which has a significantly larger population than the United States — allocated funds equal to just $3.7 billion for medical research.
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POPSThe debate over mammograms for elderly women "The mammography study, published in May in The Journal of Clinical Oncology, looked at the records of more than 12,000 patients aged 80 and older who were given diagnoses of breast cancer from 1996 to 2002. It found that among those who had a mammogram every year or two before their diagnosis, 68 percent found the cancer at an early stage, compared with 33 percent of those who skipped mammograms altogether. "Five years after the breast cancer diagnosis, 75 percent of the frequent screeners were alive, compared with only 48 percent of those who had not been screened for at least five years before their cancer was found. "But those who had frequent mammograms were not only more likely to survive breast cancer, the study’s authors said, they were more likely to survive other illnesses as well, meaning that they may simply have been healthier to begin with."
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POPS125 Fake Cancer 'Cures' You Should Avoid I only clipped the names of the persons/corporations responsible. Watch out for these. See source for the complete list. The products contain ingredients such as bloodroot, shark cartilage, coral calcium, cesium, ellagic acid, Cat's Claw, an herbal tea called Essiac, and mushroom varieties such as Agaricus Blazeii, Shitake, Maitake, and Reishi. These products claim to cure, treat, mitigate or prevent disease, and these products have not been shown to be safe and effective for their labeled conditions of use. Examples of fraudulent claims for these products include: * "Treats all forms of cancer" * "Causes cancer cells to commit suicide!" * "80% more effective than the world's number one cancer drug" * "Skin cancers disappear" * "Target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone" * "Shrinks malignant tumors" * "Avoid painful surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or other conventional treatments"
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POPSOncology on Parade: The Business of Cancer Like Condors viewing from on high, Wall Street analysts have given an overview of their favorite companies with prospects for increased sales from new, successful cancer medicines. It always pays to see the money behind the medicine these days.
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POPSRisco de câncer no trabalho noturno Imagina-se que a perturbação crônica dos ritmos circadianos, que regulam o sono, a temperatura corporal e a secreção de diversos hormônios, predisponha o organismo ao desenvolvimento de células malignas.
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POPSSay Hello to ‘Dr. Nurse’ If you are a caregiver like me you will realize the importance of this new breed of nurses. Physicians and the medical field are resisting this new change. Not only are nurse doctors necessary they will be welcomed with open arms by our aging population.
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POPSCould Grapefruit Juice Cut Drug Costs? The WSJ reports, some researchers are now trying to use grapefruit juice to their advantage. A University of Chicago study is pairing grapefruit juice with rapamycin, which is sold by Wyeth as an immunosuppressant and is being studied to treat cancer.
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POPSCelgene Buying Pharmion For $2.9 Billion This is a sensible move for Celgene, maker of the multiple myeloma drugs Thalomid and Revlimid, and a big payday for holders of Pharmion shares, which had already doubled this year.
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POPSASCO Opens Up It's about time. The annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology is the most important of the year for biotech stocks, but it has been the worst in terms of how it handles information of importance to investors. TheStreet.com's Adam Feurstein, who has done a lot to bring attention to this problem, has the scoop.
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POPSImagine the Possibilities
BRUCE BRYAN, a surgeon, and Gene Finley, an oncologist, think they may have a new weapon in the war against cancer. It's a squirt gun. Not just any squirt gun, mind you. Theirs shoots glow-in-the-dark water. They've also created luminescent cake frosting, radiant hair mousse and greeting cards with lettering like neon. "Watch this," says an associate in a lab coat, swallowing a beaker full of glowing soda pop. "It's protein. Totally harmless!"Dr. Finley landed on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and in an oncology practice at the V.A. hospital here, where he studies the genetics of colon cancer. Dr. Bryan, meanwhile, made some money in real estate, quit his surgery practice in Arizona, began doing pro bono medicine in the Dominican Republic and adopted a low-overhead lifestyle aboard a houseboat. ONE EVENING during a power outage , Dr. Bryan opened a beer. Wouldn't it be cool, he thought, if the beer glowed? And so it began! Read about it, very cool!
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