Author Archives: Sarah Goodwin

More health news portals for physicians

Turns out more and more entrepreneurs are looking to provide health information and news to physicians. I wonder how successful these products are, and if it is the nurse and physician’s assistant reading on behalf of the physician. I noticed this portal that HealthDay news service created called Physician’s Briefing – Today’s News. This provides all health news, but cancer ...

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Cancer Innovations: a new product

I was scouting for something with Google tonight and found the site: Cancer Innovations. According to the About Us page it is "an educational resource developed by cancer specialists for people interested in the latest research and treatment options for various types of cancer. The site provides information for those looking to expand their knowledge about how to recognize symptoms ...

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Feds: improve cancer therapy

Shortcuts to cancer discovery and moving this quickly through to approval, this is a topic we care about at ACS. The Food and Drug Administration, the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced this past week the Oncology Biomarker Qualification Initiative – an agreement to collaborate on improving the development of cancer therapies and the ...

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Futurist interview in SF Chonicle

This interview with Paul Saffo from the Institute for the Future is an interesting read. The San Francisco Chronicle says: "What follows is an edited version of an hour-long interview in which Saffo balanced his fears – notably of an anti-modern, fundamentalist backlash – against a more hopeful view that technology will elevate moderation over extremism – even if the ...

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