Category Archives: Future Medicine

Debra Ollivier: Victoria Sweet: On 'God's Hotel,' Slow Medicine And The Future Of Healthcare

God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine is a fascinating book about physician Victoria Sweet’s 20-year experience working at Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco — a ramshackle but charming former almshouse where Sweet was able to practice what she calls “slow medicine.” In an era when doctors spend an average of 10 minutes with patients, slow medicine takes into account, among other things, what Sweet describes as “the fundamental healing process — or what happens naturally when the body is given enough time.” A captivating counterpoint to the efficiency-obsessed and compromised model of medicine that dominates America’s healthcare system today, God’s Hotel offers an alluring glimmer of hope. “There are many places where the personal and the inefficient are, in fact, efficient,” said Sweet. “Way more efficient.” Written in deliciously literary prose, the book has garnered generous praise out of the starting gate, best exemplified by Dr Continue reading

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Dani Lecher focuses on future in medicine

Park City High School sophomore Dani Lecher is planning to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine at the Berkeley University and Stanford University this summer where she hopes to learn about career options in medicine. According to Lecher, she’s always been interested in the medical field and hopes to better define her interests by attending the 10-day forum in July Continue reading

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Stimulus best medicine for UK, says BoE's Bean – FT

LONDON (Reuters) – A highly stimulatory monetary stance is the "the best medicine" to help rebalance Britain's economy, Bank of England deputy governor Charles Bean said in an opinion piece in the Financial Times on Friday. Bean defended the bank's … Continue reading

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Many young doctors worried about future of medicine

A Physicians Foundation survey notes that a majority of physicians younger than 40 are personally optimistic but professionally pessimistic about the health care system.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=future+medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Two Winners Take Grand Prize in Penn Medicine's MyHeartMap Challenge

PHILADELPHIA — Two Philadelphia-area residents have been named the winners of Penn Medicine's MyHeartMap Challenge, the citywide crowdsourcing contest aimed at locating and mapping all of the lifesaving automated external defibrillators in Philadelphia.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=future+medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Tomorrow's Medicine (preview)

Over the past few years researchers have taken advantage of unprecedented advances in biology, electronics and human genetics to develop an impressive new tool kit for protecting and improving human health. Sophisticated medical technology and complex data analysis are now … Continue reading

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Stimulus best medicine for UK, says BoE's Bean – FT

LONDON (Reuters) – A highly stimulatory monetary stance is the “the best medicine” to help rebalance Britain's economy, Bank of England deputy governor Charles Bean said in an opinion piece in the Financial Times on Friday. Bean defended the bank's stimulatory policy stance, which has come under renewed criticism as Britain slid into its second recession since the financial crisis Continue reading

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University of Alabama at Birmingham names new chair of the Department of Medicine

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama –The University of Alabama at Birmingham said today Dr. C Continue reading

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UM School of Medicine study finds vaginal microbes vary over time among healthy women

Public release date: 2-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Karen Robinson karobinson@som.umaryland.edu 410-706-7590 University of Maryland Medical Center The delicate balance of microbes in the vagina can change drastically over short periods of time in some women, while remaining the same in others, according to a new study led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute for Genome Sciences and the University of Idaho. Continue reading

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Medical students to receive Doctor of Medicine Degrees from Marshall University

Medical students from Marshall University’s Joan C. Edwards School of medicine will receive a Doctor of Medicine degree. Continue reading

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Tomorrow's Medicine (preview)

Feature Articles | Health See Inside A look at some of the most promising medical devices now in development By The Editors, Nancy Shute, Ferris Jabr and Katherine Harmon | May 2, 2012| Image: Photographs by Dan Saelinger Over the past few years researchers have taken advantage of unprecedented advances in biology, electronics and human genetics to develop an impressive new tool kit for protecting and improving human health. Sophisticated medical technology and complex data analysis are now on the verge of breaking free of their traditional confines in the hospital and computer lab and making their way into our daily lives. Continue reading

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Research and Markets: Personalized Medicine: Companies, Trends and World Market

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dublin – Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/vw2h92/personalized_medic) has announced the addition of the “Personalized Medicine: Companies, Trends and World Market” report to their offering. This broad, high-level report analyzes the expanding Personalized Medicine market. Continue reading

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An Animation to Help You Imagine Your Genomic Future

Faster, cheaper genome sequencing, we are told, is leading us quickly to a day when we will all be able to make health choices based on knowledge of our complete DNA sequence. If you?re having a hard time imagining that future, ??station, WBUR, has produced a 5-minute animated video, The DNA Doctor Will See You … Continue reading

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Dr. Larry Shapiro, Top Florida Hair Transplant Physician, to Lecture in Orlando at A4M about Help Hair Shake and in …

Leading Florida hair transplant physician Dr. Continue reading

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Researchers Gain Better Understanding of the Mechanism Behind Tau Spreading in the Brain and the Progression of …

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have gained insight into the mechanism by which a pathological brain protein called tau contributes to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. Continue reading

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Massachusetts changed how we provide health care. Now it wants to change how we pay for it.

BOSTON – When Massachusetts Health and Human Services Secretary Judy Ann Bigby began trying to image the future of health care, she started by digging deep into the past. Continue reading

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Experts hope discovery will help those with cystic fibrosis

A small team from UNC Wilmington believes it could have discovered the future of medicine, thanks to a toxin called Brevenal.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=future+medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Medicine Tree roots the present day Salish to their aboriginal homeland

April 26, 2012 By B.L. Azure MEDICINE TREE There is something in the air in the aboriginal homeland of the Bitterroot Salish that touches the heart and lifts the spirit, Louie Adams told the 150 or so folks at the spring journey to the Medicine Tree last Thursday. The Medicine Tree is nestled in the narrow valley gouged by the Bitterroot River south of Darby a few miles from the Idaho border. Continue reading

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Josh Feinberg: Jews and Medicine: Trailing the Magic Bullet (PHOTOS)

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Retiring doctor paints bright future for medicine

WILLINGBORO When he retired, Dr. Edwin Messey didnt just put down his stethoscope. He picked up a paintbrush. Continue reading

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