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December 15, 2008
I haven’t been able to read all of these in-depth. But I found the topics interesting, so I thought I’d pass them along.
FROM THE CDC
Cancer
Men’s lung cancer incidence and death rates have been decreasing since the early 1990s.
Women’s lung cancer incidence rates have been increasing since 1975, but death rates have stabilized.
Overall, cancer death rates were highest for African Americans and lowest for Asian American/Pacific Islanders.
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081202.htm
HIV
HIV Transmission Rates Have Declined
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/factsheets/transmission.htm
FROM THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Medicine and the Law
Physician Assisted Death is uncommon. Instead of Soylent Green, there is increased interest in palliative care.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/24/2513?query=TOC
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES
“New” and “Innovative”
This is an old idea, not glitzy and seldom used. If you want to really study how to make an improvement, look at the resilient, the survivors. For all you nurses out there – watch the video to see how a NURSE came up with a simple way of disposing of an MRSA contaminated gown.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/magazine/14ideas-section3-t-005.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
Ethics, Medical Writing, and Pharma
Medical “Ghostwriting” is still hot
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/business/13wyeth.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
Drugs
Serevent and Foradil banned by the FDA. Advair and Symbicort are given the okay.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/health/policy/12fda.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
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