The case of Jennifer Mee demonstrates (if one can assess this from press coverage) that new medical knowledge reaches doctors slowly, if at all. Afflicted with what is called, technically, "intractable hiccups," the teenage Ms. ...

Advantages of Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery
Healthbase is a medical tourism facilitator that connects patients to leading ... Healthbase provides a wide range of medical procedures through its partner ... Over two hundred medical procedures are available in various categories: ...

AP Rediscovers Existing NASA Medical Documents
Duct-Tape, Tranquilizers Part Of NASA's Plan For Mentally Unstable Astronauts In Space, AP. "It turns out NASA has a detailed set of written procedures for dealing with a suicidal or psychotic astronaut in space. ...

Allscripts to Integrate Over 60 Medical Devices Into TouchWorks ...
Allscripts , the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced agreements to connect more than 60 medical devices using its new Universal ...

Garmin, Mayo Clinic Make Medical Help Wireless
The Olathe company, best known for navigation gear, on Thursday formally launched a new phone-based application that gives consumers wireless access to medical information from the Mayo Clinic. Called Mayo Clinic InTouch, ...

Another Medical Update Post
... I am just a tad on the edgy side. Trying to keep busy and keep my mind off of it. Wish me luck, I am going to watch a movie or perhaps I will hit the library so I can possibly forget for a while. I hate medical stress.

TV exec talks about developing medical shows
Baer is aware that medical dramas are often educational tools. "On the show, you get DNA tests back ... Many plots are also reality-based, from case studies in medical journals, according to Baer. I caught up with Baer after his talk at ...

Mayo Clinic Puts Emergency Medical Information On Cell Phones
Mobile phone subscribers can have medical information at their fingertips through a new software application announced ... The application enables a user to be automatically guided by GPS to the nearest emergency medical care facility. ...

Medical marijuana
The US Food & Drug Administration s (FDA) position on medical cannabis is incorrect, dishonest and a flagrant violation of laws requiring the government to base policy on sound science, claims Joe Elford, Chief Counsel for patient ...

SA supports medical amnesty
Blasi and Morris, both freshmen, presented the Medical Amnesty Clarification Act, which would ask College administrators for a formal clarification of the newly-adopted amnesty policy, according to Blasi. The Freshman Orientation Act, ...