Medical Cost Estimators Help Consumers Shop Around
Often, consumers have no idea how much a given medical procedure costs until they’re hit with the bill.
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Enhanced Provider Directories Match Patients Up with Doctors
With the new healthcare reform bill, about 30 million people are about to need doctors.
Bringing a Personal Touch to Treatment Decisions
Having a detailed overview of the patient’s life and health could aid in determining the mechanisms that caused a disease to develop.
Immune-Based Treatments for Brain Cancer Post Impressive Early-Stage Results
Approximately 19,000 individuals in the US are diagnosed with primary brain cancers each year.
Monitoring Devices Keep an Eye On Patient Health
Even in the most attentive hospitals, patients don’t have a doctor or nurse by their side 24/7.
The Role of Diagnosis In Clinical Decision-Making
Before a physician can prescribe pills or recommend a therapy, the patient must be diagnosed.
Unique Patient Care Model Seeks to Alleviate Primary Care Crisis
The U.S. healthcare system is facing a problematic shortage of primary care physicians.
Compulsive Eating Similar to Drug Addiction, Researchers Say
A new study from the Scripps Research Institute has shown that the molecular mechanism that causes drug addiction is the same mechanism that drives people to compulsively eat.
FDA, Clinical Trial News: $ABIO, $GENZ, $KV-A, $SLXP
Shares of ARCA Biopharma (NASDAQ:ABIO) are soaring today on news of an issued patent that includes the methods of treating heart failure patients with Gencaro (bucindolol) based on genetic testing.
Small Devices May Pack a Big Punch
According to e-zine Electronics Components World, the global market for portable medical devices is expected to reach $250 million by 2013.