Health | -An evaluation of Birmingham Own Health telephone care management service among patients with poorly controlled diabetes-

Abstract | An evaluation of Birmingham Own Health telephone care management service among patients with poorly controlled diabetes. A retrospective comparison with the General Practice Research Database.. This article is available freely via Open Access. Please click on the above link to view it fully. Abstract (provisional)   Background Telephone-based care management programmes have been [...]

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Epilepsy | -Exciting research development in treatment of children with epilepsy-

Research from the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital has shown improved long-term IQ in children with drug-resistant epilepsy after temporal lobe surgery in childhood. In around 30% of children with epilepsy, seizures are resistant to medication effects. This type of epilepsy, called temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), is often caused by [...]

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Cancer | -How Fireflies Help Us Understand Cancer-

I’m back with the promised follow-up to the firefly post.  But before I get to fireflies and luciferase, I have to start with cancer cells and metabolism.  So how are fireflies and cancer cells related?  I promise it will all come together in the end. Normal cells in our bodies respond to signals around them [...]

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Obese | -Not All Obese People Die From Fatness. Well, Duh-

Most of us know how inaccurate the BMI is as a measure of fat & health. A 16-year prospective study just released shows that obesity alone does not determine mortality down the road.The study followed 29,533 volunteers from the Cooper Clinic in Dallas over an average of 16.2 years; 6,224 were considered obese; the obese [...]

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Storytelling Is A Part of P2P Healthcare (via Enabling Healthy Decisions)

P2P (or peer-to-peer) is a popular topic in healthcare today.  It builds on both the social components of behavioral modification along with the social networking trends. About one-third of Americans who go online to research their health currently use social networks to find fellow patients and discuss their conditions, and 36 percent of social network users [...]

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Scientists Developing New Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer.

PHILADELPHIA — Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer may have an alternative therapy when they develop resistance to trastuzumab, also known as Herceptin, according to a laboratory finding published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Jacek Cap … Read More via AACR News Related articles Pertuzumab Combined With Herceptin [...]

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Cancer And Tall Women: Interview With Brenda Wilson – CEO Cancer Council SA.

An interesting study run by Oxford University, shows that women who were taller than average had a higher risk of getting cancer. Tim Brunero spoke to Brenda Wilson, CEO Cancer Council SA, and he asked her to explain the findings of the study. Cancer Council South Australia Download Interview … Read More via Radio Adelaide [...]

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A Few Stats On Seniors And Technology.

This is from a WSJ article earlier this year, but I thought it made a few key points about seniors and technology (which is relevant for your Medicare strategy). … Read More via Enabling Healthy Decisions

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