Shared by John Sharp — Biomedical research is complicated. For patients, the pace of progress can be frustratingly slow. Two announcements last month -- one about biomarkers, the other about stem cell research -- left many of us feeling that for every promising discovery, there are even greater setbacks.
Shared by John Sharp — A Cleveland Clinic cancer biologist is one of the organizers of the first International Workshop on XMRV that will be held this week at the National Institutes of Health. The meeting on XMRV, a retrovirus transmitted through bodily fluids, is expected to draw more than 200 people.
Shared by John Sharp — Some patients at the Cleveland Clinic and its regional hospitals are trying out a newly revamped patient gown -- designed with input from fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg and her team.
Shared by John Sharp — Kaiser Permanente's 10-year, $4 billion investment to plan, implement and optimize an electronic health record system - the largest and one of the earliest comprehensive non-governmental systems of its kind - is the subject of the new book 'Connected for Health: Using Electronic Health Records to Transform Care Delivery.'
Shared by John Sharp — Healthcare organizations need to adopt clear-cut social media policies and educate staff about how to comply, says Jonathan Teich, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at Harvard University.
Shared by John Sharp — Economic Burden for Informal Caregivers of Lung and Colorectal Cancer Patients -- Van Houtven et al. 15 (8): 883 -- The Oncologist
Shared by Gilles Frydman — NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Social Network Analysis and Health (R21) PAR-10-146. OBSSR