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Intelligent digital health records have long been the industry's holy grail, though today just 10% to 15% of all charts are electronic. Their appeal is obvious. It costs about $9 every time a doctor pulls a chart, which is often incomplete. When a patient arrives at an emergency room or calls a doctor, there is seldom time to consult his documented medical history. In the event of a drug recall, wading through stacks of files to find patients at risk isn't an option...
...suppressing those competitive beta waves. We want to better ourselves, but also to do better than others; we force ourselves into the gym-rat race. "Genuine Hatha yoga is a balance of trying and relaxing," says Dr. Timothy McCall, an internist and the author of Examining Your Doctor: A Patient's Guide to Avoiding Harmful Medical Care. "But a lot of gym yoga is about who can do this really difficult contortion to display to everyone else in the class." The workout warriors have to realize that yoga is more an Athenian endeavor than a Spartan...
...Ornish published a new study, in the American Journal of Cardiology, stating that 80% of the 194 patients in the experimental group were able to avoid bypass or angioplasty by adhering to lifestyle changes, including yoga. He also argued that lifestyle interventions would save money--that the average cost per patient in the experimental group was about $18,000, whereas the cost per patient in the control group was more than $47,000. And this time, Ornish says, he is convinced that "adherence to the yoga and meditation program was as strongly correlated with the changes in the amount...
...surprisingly, the regulation of a decision as wrenching as suicide creates many gray areas. In the Netherlands, cancer patient Lenie Lemckert, 68, says the Dutch requirement that the patient experience unbearable suffering is inhumane. "Is the fact that your situation is hopeless not enough?" Lemckert asks. In Oregon, because patients must be able to swallow pills in order to kill themselves, many worry about waiting past the point they can ingest substances. State officials wonder whether the law violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by excluding those who can't swallow. "And can a family member lift...
Animal studies have already shown that a protein called nerve growth factor is vital to keeping cholinergic cells healthy. Using gene-therapy techniques, the San Diego team transformed samples of their patient's skin cells into NGF mini-factories. They then implanted the modified cells into their patient's brain. If all goes well, the deterioration of the cholinergic cells could slow or even stop...