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MONDAY

hNBIC Editors: Published items (items 1 to 50)
December 8, 2008
TV’s Boston Legal: An Overmedicated Society  Pharmalot
The revolution will be televised.
Yin Yang of Healthcare  Disruptive Women in Health Care
Transforming health through genetics

 

TUESDAY

hNBIC Editors: Published items (items 1 to 50)
December 9, 2008
We Have Comparative Effectiveness Research—Now It’s Time to Use It   Health Beat
"What if we had a Federal Comparative-Effectiveness Research Institute?"
Smart people have better sperm  Dienekes' Anthropology Blog
Scientists analyze "the association between intelligence and health."

WEDNESDAY

hNBIC Editors: Published items (items 1 to 50)
December 10, 2008
Know Your Chances  Schwitzer health news blog
How To See Through The Hype In Medical News, Ads, And Public Service Announcements [and Blogs]
The International Embryome Initiative  Future Current
"Embryomics," the study of cell lineages that make up the developing human, with an Open Source database at A Doctors View of PBMs and Pharmacy Hassles  EverythingHealth
(Pharmacy Benefits Managers)
MyMedLab -- Evolution of DTC Lab Testing  Crossover Healthcare
Branded testing for "patient aggregators"
Patients Aren’t Looking At Hospital Quality Data -- But They Should Be  Better Health
"...if the public knew what we know about hospitals, they’d pay a lot closer attention..."

THURSDAY

hNBIC Editors: Published items (items 1 to 50)
December 11, 2008
Generic drugs Getting cheaper, But Sales are down  The Medical Quack
Dollar sales down by 2.7 percent, prescriptions filled increased by 5.4 percent.
Familybuilder Announces DNA Testing  The Genetic Genealogist
"Although this isn’t many markers, $3.52 per marker is a great price."
Safeway Foodflex: Somewhat flexible  Ted Eytan, MD
"Our food record is as important and maybe more important than our biomedical record."
Twitterview Today about Health 2.0  ScienceRoll
This may not be the easiest-to-follow interview format.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Case Study Exploring the Battle Lines of Science Based Medicine  Science-Based Medicine
"As long as [Complementary and Alternative Medicine] is supported, [Evidence-Based Medicine] will remain difficult to practice."
The world's newest oldest mom: 70 years old.  Slate Magazine - Human Nature
Persistent fertility -- with interventions -- in India.
Do FDA Regs Preempt Lawsuits?  GoozNews
Litigation and innovation.
The impact of gene patents on the future of personal genomics  Genetic Future
Important discussion: recreational genomics vs diagnostic genomics. Great comment thread.
Before We Can Add Years to Life, We Must Add Life to Years  Future Current
"Does prevention of telomere shortening extend our lifespans?"
The Glass Trojan Horse -- Transparency as Good Medicine  Crossover Healthcare
Good line: "A glass Trojan Horse would not have worked."