From Arthritis to Zoster

It’s time to set the record straight. Although there will be strident voices to the contrary, Canadians aren’t flocking to the US in order to get good medical care. In fact, it appears that medical care in Canada—in all the ways that really count—is better than what most Americans receive.
One glaring issue that is conveniently overlooked […]

“We are getting very close to knowing we are in a pandemic situation, or to declaring that we are in a pandemic situation.”
That’s what we heard today, June 10, 2009, from Keiji Fukuda, World Health Organization flu chief.
A week ago, as H1N1 hopped happily from person to person in Britain, Spain, Japan, Chile, and Australia, the ”wafflespeak” […]

Approximately one month ago, the US Department of Justice filed a complaint against Forest Labs in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, alleging that the company has marketed the drugs Celexa and Lexapro for unapproved pediatric use and for paying kickbacks to physicians to induce them to prescribe the drugs. (Link to DOJ Release)
Now we learn […]

Not surprisingly, another study has demonstrated a connection between inflammation and symptomatic coronary artery disease.
Even less surprisingly, the study supports the use of statins—namely, Crestor—to invoke a 50% reduction in the risk of heart attack for people who exhibit signs of inflammation in their arteries.
I say, “…less surprisingly,” because the study was funded by AstraZeneca […]

Thomas Skutella, a professor at the Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine in Tuebingen, Germany, today announced that stem cells derived from testicles are probably as versatile as those harvested from embryos. Skutella’s team postulates that testicular stem cells could be used to propogate a plethora of personalized replacement tissues…
…if you happen to be male.
This discovery […]