by e-Patient Dave | Mar 31, 2012
When Medicine Really Gets Personal:Â The DIY Clinical Trial – Health Blog – WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/03/30/when-medicine-really-gets-personal-the-diy-clinical-trial/
by Jon Lebkowsky | Mar 29, 2012
Consumer Reports notes that medical devices are rarely tested to determine whether they’re safe. Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project is gathering stories from patients who’ve had a problem with an implant or a medical device. The Project is...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Mar 28, 2012
Guest blogger, e-patient and SPM member Nancy Finn takes on the tough topic of how to reduce the cost of health care delivery. With all the talk this week about Obamacare and whether or not the Supreme Court will declare the law constitutional, partially...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 27, 2012
SPM member Eve Harris, on her “Healthy Piece of My Mind” blog, has a potent post on yesterday’s Supreme Court decision about the BRCA1 and BRCA2 patents held by a private company. The patents have restricted patients’ and families’ access...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 26, 2012
Since November I’ve been blogging on my personal site about what happens when a patient tries to help control costs, in my cost cutting edition posts. Most recently I noted that this stuff takes time, especially since our glorious American healthcare system...
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