When your doctor quits

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The news that Dr. Marcus Conant has quit practicing medicine is a blow to healthcare here in the Bay Area. And a sad symbol of all that is wrong with healthcare – and in particularly, the way we treat primary care practitioners – in America today. It would be […]

Can You Involuntarily Become a Drug Addict?

It’s hard to look at the mug-shot of the 60-year-old woman charged with tampering with forensic drug evidence (basically, stealing police-confiscated cocaine) without wondering how things got to this point. I mean, surely they weed out the felons, and the known addicts, and do a background check, and then make you pee in a cup […]

Fights fungus, Fights cancer: Itraconazole

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An antifungal drug, Itraconazole, may turn out to be useful in the fight against some forms of cancer. Researchers at Stanford University have found that Itraconazole slows the growth of tumors in mice. The researchers were specifically looking for existing drugs that were already FDA approved that might […]

Twitter Updates for 2010-03-18

Thanks for the RT love: @nursingpins, @zennie62 #

Twitter Updates for 2010-03-18

Thanks for the RT love: @nursingpins, @zennie62 #

Twitter Updates for 2010-03-18

Thanks for the RT love: @nursingpins, @zennie62 #