Posted in Dolan Media, Health Care on Jun 20th, 2008
June 16th was “Anatomical Donor Appreciation Day” in the state of Maryland. Our Dolan Media outlet in the state, The Daily Record, has a wonderful multimedia post on its blog, On The Record, with photos and audio of an annual burial service held for Marylanders who donated their bodies to science. The interviews with the […]
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Sorry to have been such a quiet poster the past few days…been under the weather.
Here are a few stories from Dolan Media I wanted to get out of bed for.
The state-run Healthcare Group Arizona was supposed to be a self-sufficient health insurance plan for small businesses. Instead, “it’s in financial meltdown,” according to a […]
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Posted in Health Care, Pharma, Sports on Nov 2nd, 2007
What does it mean for the FDA’s drug-approval process if, as this Economist article implies, the placebo effect is responsible for the apparent effectiveness of some of the drugs it approves?
The story triggering this thought is about sports medicine. It describes a study comparing painkilling effects of morphine with a placebo on athletes. […]
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