http://www.gooznews.com/ en-us 2008-05-08T08:38:34-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001052.html In the mid-1990s, the National Institutes of Health ran a clinical trial in Africa testing whether a new antiretroviral drug to combat AIDS worked to prevent mother-child transmission. The trial created an ethical uproar because the control group received a... Drugs gooznews 2008-05-08T08:38:34-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001051.html The New England Journal of Medicine asked Steffie Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein, long-time advocates of single-payer national health insurance, to review two new books that offer radical prescriptions on two issues that are central to meaningful health care reform:... Health Care gooznews 2008-05-08T07:19:36-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001050.html As I awaited the results from Indiana last night, I was stunned by the lack of curiosity about Lake County, Indiana shown by the commentators on CNN. I spent a year of my life reporting for the Hammond Times, now... Politics gooznews 2008-05-07T08:11:40-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001049.html Medicare recently launched a durable medical equipment competitive bidding program that could save taxpayers and patients $1 billion a year through lower prices on motorized wheel chairs, oxygen tanks and inhalers -- three major Medicare cost centers often associated with... Drugs gooznews 2008-05-06T17:56:34-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001048.html I went to hear Arianna Huffington speak Monday evening, shortly before she made news by claiming in an online column that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain told her shortly after the 2000 election that he hadn't voted for George W.... Journalism gooznews 2008-05-06T08:32:39-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001047.html Health care reform entails more than health insurance reform, although you wouldn't know it by listening to the candidates of both political parties. Achieving affordable universal coverage will depend on holding down the relentless rise in health care costs, and... Health Care gooznews 2008-05-05T07:38:42-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001046.html The development of a blood substitute -- a liquid that has a long shelf life, does not need refrigeration and does not cause infection -- would provide a potentially lifesaving option for surgical and trauma patients with shock from loss... Drugs gooznews 2008-05-05T07:05:11-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001045.html Today's New York Times leads with a story documenting inadequacies in a growing number of health insurance policies. Rising co-pays, deductibles and caps on coverage are leaving many families with huge and unpayable bills despite thinking they were insured for... Health Care gooznews 2008-05-04T10:07:38-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001044.html A new one is up at the Medical Humanities blog. Check it out!... Health Care gooznews 2008-05-02T08:14:24-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001043.html No one should be surprised by the Government Acccountability Office report out yesterday showing that the six million Americans who opened Health Savings Accounts have an average household income two-and-a-half times the national average ($139,000 versus $57,000). The economics of... Health Care gooznews 2008-05-01T08:04:39-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001042.html What was most notable about presumptive Republican nominee John McCain's health care plan unveiled Tuesday was the campaign's unrealistic assessment of its impact on people with life-threatening conditions like cancer, the millions of Americans with chronic disease like diabetics, or... Health Care gooznews 2008-04-30T08:41:57-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001041.html Niacin or Vitamin B, commonly available as an over-the-counter supplement, works fairly well to lower bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol with one major problem -- it causes severe flushing in many people. Merck thought combining it with an anti-flushing... Drugs gooznews 2008-04-30T06:48:41-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001039.html No, this isn't a column about the imminent elimination of my hometown Wizards from the NBA playoffs. I was remiss last week by not commenting on World Malaria Day. More than a million people around the world die each year... Essential Drugs gooznews 2008-04-29T07:57:44-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001040.html If you didn't see the story in yesterday's Wall Street Journal on hospitals demanding upfront payments for cancer treatment, it is must reading. It documents what can happen when individuals have to buy their own insurance and get seriously ill... Health Care gooznews 2008-04-29T07:40:15-05:00 http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001038.html Allow me to introduce readers to PM, who will be guest blogging in this space from time to time. PM follows developments at the FDA closely. Last week's surprise decision from the Food and Drug Administration that it will require... Drugs gooznews 2008-04-28T17:44:16-05:00