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.

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.

“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.”

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

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.

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

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?

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.”

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

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.