Biomarkers and heart risk

I watched a news report last week that claimed that a relationship had been identified between heart risk and a set of three biomarkers. An abstract of the paper, titled, Aggregate Risk Score Based on Markers of Inflammation, Cell Stress, and Coagulation is an Independent Predictor of Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes, is available. A description of […]

Health care cost variability and mortality

The federal government recentlyreleased some detailed data on the variability of health care costs across the hospitals in the Untied States. Much was made of just how much variability there was even for hospitals in the same geographic area. Kitware, Inc. posted an interactive graphic visualization of the data for the treatment of pneumonia and […]

Drinking and Driving – Let the Battle Begin

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a report yesterday titled: Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Alcohol – Impaired Driving. There were numerous recommendations and a good bit of data on a number of actions that could be taken to reduce traffic fatalities related to alcohol consumption. One recommendation garnered a good deal of media […]

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