Analysis of:
Chemical In Male Sweat Increases Cortisol And Sexual Arousal In Heterosexual Women (www.medicalnewstoday.com)
I anticipate that this interesting study will receive more spin than a whirling dervish. Isn't attracting women, the fundamental question that drives the males of our species?
Analysis of:
Reps. Kennedy, Ramstad Promote Mental Health Parity Bill (www.medicalnewstoday.com)
Society has still not recovered from the Descartian dichotomy of mind and body. Face it: they are two sides of the same coin!
Analysis of:
Medicare Benefit Appears to Slow Spending Growth on Drugs (www.washingtonpost.com)
Managed care has squeezed healthcare costs pretty much as far as they can go and still maintain a semblance of quality. Negotiating drug costs is an easy remaining way to further cut costs.
Analysis of:
Some Employers Are Offering Free Drugs (www.nytimes.com)
If I were a corporate leader, I would bargain with the pharmaceutical industry to get bargain rates for medications and distribute them free, so that my employees would have resources to pay for the best healthcare providers.
Analysis of:
Tests show morphine eases coughs (news.bbc.co.uk)
Opioids do many things pharmacologically including inhibit the cough reflex, thus its standard use in cough syrups. Using morphine is analogous to using a bulldozer instead of a shovel.
Analysis of:
Keeping tabs on medicine (www.newsobserver.com)
The assumption that people make is that medical implants should be governed in the same way as car parts. Would you be satisfied with that when it came to an implant that was placed within your body?
Analysis of:
NEWER ANTIPSYCHOTICS FALL SHORT FOR MANY WITH ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA, NIMH STUDY FINDS. (www.neurotodayonline.com)
This study is just an extension of the trend in many other diseases. The new generation of antipsychotics are not a panacea, but they are expensive.
Analysis of:
Health Care's IT Revolution: The drive to implement electronic health records is attracting a brace of big-name outfits (www.businessweek.com)
The basic premise is that if you increase access to information you enhance quality and reduce costs. Think again!
Analysis of:
GlaxoSmithKline And XenoPort Announce Agreement On Late-stage Compound For RLS And Neuropathic Pain (www.medicalnewstoday.com)
Gabapentin is particularly effective for neuropathic pain--should it be made more bioavailable I would predict potential upside in the marketplace.
Analysis of:
Varenicline- Novel agent to help smokers quit (www.currentpsychiatry.com)
Varenicline actually works to help smokers stop smoking without the use of nicotine. Nicotine is highly addictive--the component of cigarettes which causes addiction. It clearly makes sense to replace nicotine.