“We’re not getting what we pay for,” says Denis Cortese, president and chief executive of the Mayo Clinic. “It’s just that simple.”
“Our health-care system is fraught with waste,” says Gary Kaplan, chairman of Seattle’s cutting-edge Virginia Mason Medical Center. As much as half of the $2.3 trillion spent today does nothing to improve health, he says.
Not only is American health care inefficient and wasteful, says Kaiser Permanente chief executive Read the rest of this entry »

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggests that people with advanced colon cancer who have a particular gene mutation won’t benefit from the medication cetuximab (Erbitux).
While the drug can add months to the lives of people without a mutation in a gene called K-ras, those who have the mutation won’t see any benefit from this additional therapy, reports the study, which is published in the Oct. 23 issue of the
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“We believe Read the rest of this entry »

The report, which is the work of Brookings’ Partnership for the Americas Commission, offers especially pointed criticism of the way the drug war has been waged.
Contrary to government claims, the use of heroin and cocaine in the U.S. has not declined significantly, the report says, and the use of methamphetamine is spreading. Falling street prices suggest that the supply of narcotics has not declined noticeably, and U.S. prevention and treatment Read the rest of this entry »

HUBER HEIGHTS — A pair of thieves forced their way into a Walgreen’s store at 6495 Old Troy Pike early Monday morning, Nov. 17, and stole prescription drugs from the store’s pharmacy, according to a news release from the Huber Heights police.
Police responded to an intrusion alarm at the store at 1:17 a.m., and when officers arrived they found evidence that someone had forced a door open to gain entry. Officers set up a perimeter around the Read the rest of this entry »

If you no longer have employer-sponsored coverage, you’ll find the marketplace for medical insurance awfully daunting. Here are some tips
If the rocky economy has cost you your job, chances are pretty good that you have joined the
who don’t have health-care insurance coverage. Welcome to the complex world of private medical insurance.
All you have to do is type in your age and Zip Code at an insurance site like ehealthinsurance.com and you Read the rest of this entry »