It seems that as of October 1, 2008, Medicare will no longer be reimbursing hospitals for eight conditions that befall patients who are hospitalized, and that might have been reasonably prevented using certain evidence-based measures. These eight conditions include: * Pressure ulcers (bed sores) ... Read more →

Imagine a world without chemotherapy. Imagine a world where cancer could be fought without side effects. Imagine a world where it didn’t matter how far along your cancer had progressed, treatment could still be rendered and completely effective. The New England Journal of Medicine recently published... Read more →

Have you ever experienced a freezing sensation after eating an ice cream cone? You’re with a group of friends eating the dessert, and suddenly you have a severe headache that lasts for a brief amount of time. You’re not alone because billions of individuals have endured this common reaction... Read more →

Millions of older adults suffer from significant memory loss, despite the lack of a diagnosis of dementia-causing disease. This memory loss can lead to a significant decline in quality of life and often remains undiagnosed and untreated. Recently, however, scientists have begun to study the role of glucose... Read more →

An intracranial aneurysm can be defined as a thin sac that develops in the brain through the swelling of a weakened blood vessel. As the swelling increases, the wall of the blood vessel (aneurysm) becomes weaker and runs the risk of causing a stroke if it ruptures in the patient’s brain. Most patients... Read more →

Welcome to our latest round of Drugs and Pharmacology with our seventh edition. Today, we dispel marijuana myths, help protect you from medical errors, and get to the bottom of the autism-vaccine controversy. If you were left out in this round, just leave a comment with your blog entry. Don’t worry,... Read more →

The genetic basis for Alzheimer’s disease has been a focus of research in recent years, and the gene most studied so far has been the ApoE gene, which codes for apoprotein E, a blood protein concerned with the transport of lipids in blood. Specifically, ApoE is thought to be associated with the... Read more →

When a person suffers from a stroke, usually the blood supply to part of their brain is abruptly disrupted and as a consequence brain cells die due to the lack of oxygen and nutrients. The more severe the stroke, the more likely the families have to listen to heartrending terminology from the doctors.... Read more →