October 30, 2009
The Mayo Clinic Petitions the Supreme Court regarding Medical Method Patent
As a patent attorney, born and raised in Rochester, MN, and having received life saving surgery and medical care from the Mayo Clinic, I am particularly interested in a current petition for Supreme Court to hear a medical method patent case in which the Mayo Clinic is challenging the patent eligibility of Prometheus Labs‘ U.S. […]
Tags: Prometheus
October 30, 2009
Ask Dr. H Column: Cure For Alzheimer’s Disease May Inflame The Situation
Q: Is there any cure for Alzheimer’s disease on the horizon? D.W., New York, N.Y. A: At present, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease and no way to stop its progression. FDA-approved medications like Aricept and Exelon can only temporarily slow the progressive memory loss of Alzheimer’s disease. An exciting piece of cutting-edge research […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease
October 30, 2009
Study Eases Arthritis Drug Cancer Fears
Rheumatoid arthritis patients who take the biologic drugs Remicade, Humira, and Enbrel do not appear to have an increased risk for developing cancer in the first few years of use, researchers in Sweden report. The study is one of the largest and longest population-based investigations ever into the cancer-causing potential of the drugs, known […]
Tags: arthritis, Cancer, Rheumatology
October 30, 2009
Mayo Moments Postpone Date For Heart Surgery
God bless you A week of being examined, undergoing tests and consulting with a dozen doctors and a dozen nurses at the fame Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., propelled me to postpone undergoing open-heart surgery on Oct. 26 at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where I was to have a heart pump implanted in […]
October 30, 2009
More than 200,000 calls flooded Mayo Clinic’s H1N1 switchboard Wednesday morning as worried people sought vaccine that’s been in short supply. “On Tuesday, Mayo Clinic announced additional H1N1 vaccination clinics for children and pregnant women, and the response has been overwhelming,” says an internal Mayo communique provided to the Post-Bulletin… Mayo spokesman Bryan […]
Tags: appointment lines, H1N1 vaccine
October 30, 2009
Doctor’s office design makes a difference
U.S. researchers suggest room design can improve the quality of a visit to the physician’s office. The randomized trial, published in Health Environments Research and Design Journal, found physicians felt they were able to share more information and patients felt they had better access to information in an experimental office design in which the […]
October 30, 2009
October 30: Health Care Reform News
The Doctor Is In: Are seniors funding health care reform? Senior citizens are worried. The insurance lobby recently began running ads claiming that seniors enrolled in private Medicare plans could lose some benefits. Last week brought news that basic Medicare premiums could rise 15 percent next year for some beneficiaries… In a New Yorker […]
Tags: health care reform, Health Policy