Blue Cross Wants to Pay Per Patient in Mass.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts wants to start paying doctors and hospitals a flat fee per patient per year, the Boston Glo...

1,000 Genomes Project Will Help Identify Further Research For Diabetes
The 1,000 Genomes Project, which is launched today by an international consortium of scientists, aims to identify every genetic varian...

Setting Priorities: Diabetes Doesn't Always Come First
In the middle of an interview with a surgeon, my a target= _blank ......

Diabetes and Alcohol: Do the Two Mix? (Part 1)
A nice glass of Chianti a cold beer on a hot summer day celebrating with a flute of......

Scientists Discover Why We Wear High Heels
Telegraph.co.uk reports that scientists may have found the formula for having perfect legs: they need to be long in proportion to your...

Embryo-friendly technique produces stem cells similar method to PGD used
Yahoo! News recently reported a story about a new technology for developing embryonic stem cells. The company, Advanced Cell Technology...

No primary care: Will you sign my forms?
See what is happening as more specialists are taking on primary care responsibilities: Would you be my primary care doctor? Special...

Human-animal embryo hybrid testing given go ahead in UK
Early embryos yield stem cells,(photo courtesy of BBC news www.bbc.co.uk/news) The Uk s fertility regulator Human Fertilisation and...

Go Go Grapefruit?
Remember the Grapefruit Diet from that wonderful decade the 80s? I just read a new variation of the diet a half grapefruit with eve...