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How to fix the primary care shortage

Aug 17, 2009
The primary care physician (PCP) shortage has attracted a lot of attention recently, and for good reason. Individual Americans are concerned that they will not have timely access to needed medical care, and policy makers are c...

Does insulin cause cancer, and should you stop taking Lantus?

Nov 30, 1999
The potential link between a specific form of long-acting insulin, known as insulin glargine and branded as Lantus, and cancer, could be gaining momentum.

Why electronic medical records won't improve patient care or cut costs

Dec 3, 2009
Have electronic medical records made a difference in patient care? According to a study looking at digital medical record adoption of 3,000 hospitals, electronic records have made little difference in cost or quality of care. That’s discouraging,...

Pharma, evidence, and trust

Dec 2, 2009
by David Rind, MD A number of the other blogs that have noted the existence of this blog seem to have “Pharma” in their titles in one way or another, and the implication is not that the blogger likes much about Big Pharma. In the late 1990s, when I...

Seeing floaters or flashing lights can be caused by posterior vitreous or retinal detachment

Dec 2, 2009
Originally posted in Insidermedicine The eye is very similar to a camera. Both are optical systems that have lenses in the front to focus light rays onto a film. The retina is the eye’s film. It is a tissue that consists of 10 layers and is about...

iPhone radiology app to diagnose appendicitis

Dec 2, 2009
Originally published in MedPage Today by Kristina Fiore, MedPage Today Staff Writer For years, the pager and cell phone have summoned on-call radiologists to the emergency room. Now this leap in technology: an iPhone App that lets radiologists...

Should patients talk with their doctors using social media?

Dec 2, 2009
As both patients and doctors find themselves increasingly on Twitter and Facebook, more are wondering whether they should be talking to one another using social networking outlets. This issue has come up before, most recently when the New England...

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Does insulin cause cancer, and should you stop taking Lantus?



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