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Hospital Delirium

About one third of elderly patients in hospitals experience and inexplicable disorientation called “hospital delirium.”  Infections, surgery and medications [MORE]

Hand Washing with Room Temperature Plasma

Plasma Hand Sanitizer
One might not expect a researcher from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (Garching, Germany) to [MORE]

Digital Patients: Digital Care, Denmark

Denmark’s national health system is tax-financed, even if perceived to be “free.”  For that reason, the Danish government has [MORE]

Motion Analysis – the “New Vital Sign”

Senors to Detect Walking Patterns
For roughly 20% of elderly people who fall and sustain a hip fracture, death occurs within [MORE]

Data Mining Drug Use

As concerns rise for an impending H1N1 influenza pandemic, law permits data mining of, say, Tamiflu sales as a way [MORE]

Testing Tumor Origins

Among cancer’s mysterious phenomena is a tumors’ ability to metastasize while they remain too small to be detected, and the [MORE]

Ups and Downs in Storefront Clinics

Telemedicine is still looking for its economic footing.  CVS Caremark is temporarily closing ninety of its 550 MinuteClinics now that [MORE]

Shocking Images

If you were shocked by Duke geneticist Allan Roses estimate about the ineffectiveness of prescription medicines, you’ll be similarly disturbed [MORE]

Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy

The idea that a patient’s own blood might be used to grow new soft tissue and repair bone is considerably [MORE]

FDA Policy on Class III Devices

The Obama administration likely will have the FDA review its approval processes for all Class III medical devices (i.e. those [MORE]

Bedsores on the Rise

In the wake of Medicare’s new rule that it will no longer reimburse hospitals for patients’ pressure ulcers acquired during [MORE]