by Shelley Ross | May 3, 2015 | Archives
A decade-old study shows the inexpensive drug, metformin, is safe and effective in preventing diabetes in adults at high risk for developing the disease. So why aren’t more doctors prescribing it? That’s the question posed by Tannaz Moin, MD, MBA, MSHS,...
by Shelley Ross | Apr 24, 2015 | Archives
TV DOC SAYS HE WISHES HE COULD TAKE BACK SOME SEGMENTS On his syndicated television show and in an interview on NBC’s Nightly News, Dr Mehmet Oz addressed the doctors who are calling for Columbia University to terminate him from his faculty post, calling him a...
by Shelley Ross | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
Calling him a quack, a fake and a charlatan, a group of doctors Wednesday asked Columbia University to remove television talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz from his position of Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. On Friday, Dr....
by Shelley Ross | Apr 14, 2015 | Archives
Dr. Sergio Canavero recently delivered a Ted Talk in Limassol, Cyprus suggesting how a Frankenstein-like human head transplant could be ready within two years. It certainly begs the more-than-obvious question: shouldn’t we master spinal cord re-attachments and...
by Shelley Ross | Apr 9, 2015 | Archives
U of M to Debate New Florida Law Friday The Cure Alliance wants to hear from you. Is “informed consent” enough for terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs? Advocates argue the FDA’s compassionate use process is slow and bureaucratic. Opponents...
by Shelley Ross | Apr 5, 2015 | Archives
Imagine a dinner party of billionaires hosted by PayPal mogul Peter Thiel, 47, worth a reported $2.2B. Then imagine what he and the titans of Google, Facebook, eBay, Napster and Netscape talked about all night long that turned into this story: Here’s the...
