Teens Dealing with Cancer Find an Ally in The Whos Daltrey | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS

Teens Dealing with Cancer Find an Ally in The Whos Daltrey | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS.

The article advocates creating cancer treatment spaces just for teenaged patients. They tend to get lumped with either children or adults and neither solution quite meets their specific needs. Musician Roger Daltry helps Britain’s Teenage Cancer Trust raise funds.

Memento Mori: Technology Design for the End of Life

To be Held in Conjunction with ACM SIGCHI 2012May 5-10, 2012 in Austin, Texas

via Memento Mori: Technology Design for the End of Life.

This claims to be the first conference to address technology needs for end of life care.

Impact of CONSORT extension for cluster randomised trials on quality of reporting and study methodology

Ivers, N. M., Taljaard, M., Dixon, S., Bennett, C., McRae, A., Taleban, J., . . . Donner, A. (2011). Impact of consort extension for cluster randomised trials on quality of reporting and study methodology: Review of random sample of 300 trials, 2000-8. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 343, d5886-d5886. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d5886

“The quality of reporting of cluster randomised trials improved in only a few aspects since the publication of the extension of CONSORT for cluster randomised trials, and no improvements at all were observed in essential methodological features.”

Health care in Japan: Not all smiles | The Economist

Health care in Japan: Not all smiles | The Economist.

Healthcare in Japan is cheaper than in the US. People live longer and are generally healthier, too. But it has its problems. Read.

Pain And A Broken Epidural: A Mom Feels Alone And Helpless During Labor : The Baby Project : NPR

Pain And A Broken Epidural: A Mom Feels Alone And Helpless During Labor : The Baby Project : NPR.

An interesting article about a mother’s experience with health care. I’ve heard some of these inane questions myself but I wasn’t in pain.

4 Ways iPads Are Helping People With Disabilities

4 Ways iPads Are Helping People With Disabilities.

The article suggests that iPads are a fun way to exercise motor skills and also learn.

Tax Soda, Subsidize Vegetables – NYTimes.com

Tax Soda, Subsidize Vegetables – NYTimes.com.

The author suggests taxing unhealthy food to push consumers to eat more healthy food.

“But public health is the role of the government, and our diet is right up there with any other public responsibility you can name, from water treatment to mass transit. “

How do you feel about that?

Eating One’s Peas and Other Dilemmas | Washington Week

Eating One’s Peas and Other Dilemmas | Washington Week.

As journalists focus on budget talks, Gwen Ifill discusses the choices journalists make to decide what to cover. She points out that the public does nto always show interest in or care about the stories chosen for publication. Should this matter? She sums it up well in the following statement:

“You don’t have to care, but ignorance has its own price.”

 

Doctors To Pregnant Women: Wait At Least 39 Weeks : NPR

Doctors To Pregnant Women: Wait At Least 39 Weeks : NPR.

Induced labor prior to 39 weeks increases the likelihood that babies will need to go to intensive care.

More Medical Schools Are Screening Applicants Closely for People Skills – NYTimes.com

More Medical Schools Are Screening Applicants Closely for People Skills – NYTimes.com.

Medical school has added entrance exam-interview in which candidates are evaluated for their people skills. The interview is designed to see how well they respond when someone disagrees with them, something that happens when working in teams.Teamwork is important in today’s healthcare system.