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Eight Ways To Cut Your Doctor`s Bill The rise in health care costs--especially in the share paid by the patient--is an incentive to bargain down prices. ForbesDoctors Fight Patent On Medical Knowledge I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes 'Doctor's groups, including the AMA and too many others to list, are supporting the Mayo Clinic in the case Prometheus v. Mayo. The Mayo Clinic alleges that the patents in question merely recite a natural phenomenon: the simple fact that the level of metabolites of a drug in a person's body can tell you how a patient is responding to that drug. The particular metabolites in this case are those of thiopurine drugs and the tests are covered by Prometheus Lab's 6,355,623 and 6,680,302 patents. But these aren't the only 'observational' patents in medicine — they're part of a trend where patents are sought to cover any test using the fact that gene XYZ is an indicator for some disease, or that certain chemicals in a blood sample indicate something about a patient's condition. There are even allegations that certain labs have gone so far as to send blood samples to a university lab, order testing for patented indicators, then sue that univer SlashdotAfrica HIV city care questioned More HIV/Aids patients in Africa could be treated if funds were switched from lab testing to care in villages, study suggests. BBCDoctors missing consciousness in vegetative patients A new comparison of tests for detecting consciousness suggests that around 40 per cent of people diagnosed as being in a vegetative state are in fact 'minimally conscious' NewScientist.comWorld swine flu deaths hit 700 Pregnant women may be advised to stay home if outbreak worsens in autumn, chief medical officer saysMore than 700 people have died from the swine flu virus worldwide since H1N1 emerged in April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.Twenty-nine of those deaths have been in the UK but the WHO is no longer giving country-by-country breakdowns.The global death toll is about 300 up on the 429 reported two weeks ago but since then countries have been told there is no longer any need to report infections.The figure compares with 262 confirmed deaths from bird flu in 15 countries since 2003.The WHO report of deaths came as Britain's chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, said pregnant women, cancer patients on chemotherapy and others with weakened immune systems may be advised to stay away from crowds for 'a few weeks' when the swine flu pandemic reaches its height, probably this autumn.Mothers-to-be are at present not being recommended to cut back on normal activities such as going to GuardianNo Race Disparities In Risk Of AIDS And Death In HIV Patients In Kaiser Permanente System Kaiser Permanente researchers found no disparities by race or ethnicity in risk of AIDS and death among HIV-infected patients in a setting of similar access to care. This is despite lower Anti-Retroviral Therapy adherence among Hispanics and African-Americans compared to whites. Researchers also saw a trend toward better outcomes for Hispanics. Medical News TodayBits: Betting on Health Care Start-Ups That Cut Costs Chrysalis Ventures invests in start-ups that aim to make health care more productive, cost-effective and accessible to patients. International Herald TribuneGenes Linked To Chemoresistance Identified By Researchers Two genes may contribute to chemotherapy resistance in drugs like 5-fluorouracil, which is used in liver cancer treatment, according to Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers. Liver cancer is a highly aggressive form that has limited therapeutic options. One of the key challenges with cancer treatment is that patients can develop resistance to chemotherapy. Medical News TodayPuzzling Increase In Produce Allergies If you have allergies, you probably check the pollen counts every day. But now you may need to check something else: your refrigerator. As CBS 2's Anne State reports, doctors say more patients are having problems with produce, and exactly why this is happening is still a puzzle. cbs2chicago.comConcern over Broadmoor `failings` Broadmoor high-security hospital is criticised by a health watchdog over its high suicide rate and failure to protect patients. BBC1 2 3 |
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