Kathleen Sebelius was confirmed has been confirmed as the Secretary of Health and Human Services by the US Senate by 65-31 vote.  She was nominated for the position about a month ago.  The general thought is that her nomination was delayed by Republicans because of her view on abortion right. In a statement, Sebelius said [...]

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With the new research, medicine has taken one more step from arts towards science.  A new research by Sharon Zlochiver, a biomedical engineer at Tel Aviv University (TAU), shows the potential of new hope for potential heart attack victims. Zlochiver can not only predict when a heart attack will occur, but he can also help [...]

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Lawmakers from both parties say the shortage of health care professionals is already having serious consequences. “We don’t have enough doctors in primary care or in any specialty,” said Representative Shelley Berkley, Democrat of Nevada.  This has started to raise question about national preparedness for taking care of aging population. The aging population primary needs [...]

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Predicting the future is very difficult given what we have seen in the pace of technological advances.  Healthcare, though, in many areas has lagged behind.  However, still it has come a long way.  A true testimonial to this is the LASIK surgery.  The technology existed in the defense industry for LASER guided bombs. It took [...]

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I read an article few days back.  I guess it was in WSJ.  The article talked about the number of physicians losing licenses due to their inappropriate practices have gone down.  The article made the claim that this is an indication of lack of resources to investigate the problems. It as one might imagine a [...]

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