This NYT article is mostly about the proliferation of prenatal gene tests and the ethical/legal isses that they bring up. When should the tests be done? Who decides? What is the role of the physician; what’s the prerogative and role of the patient? What about legal consequences for docs? What about the cost of tests? It’s a lot of issues, ...

WSJ.com – Coalition Floats Ideas to Tame Rocketing Costs of Health Care It seems that a group of 100 “companies, unions, consumer groups and political leaders called for establishing an independent board to help bring the growth of medical spending in the U.S. to the rate of economic growth in the next five years.” It’s “nonpartisan.” Yeah, right! Sounds like ...

New discovery could provide tool to detect whether a cancer will develop and spread This seems like more than your average grain of scientific finding about cancer. When a physician discovers cancer in a patient, the first thing the doctor wants to know is whether that cancer has spread, or “metastasized.” This metastasis signifies that the patient has entered a ...

HBS Working Knowledge: Marketing: Your Customer: Use Them or Lose Them Kind of a good companion to the one below.