From MedPage Today:
- President Promotes ‘Patient-Powered’ Genomics Project. Imagine if physicians could select a personalized cure for a particular patient’s cancer in one easy step.
- Match Not to Blame for Low Resident Salaries. Resident salaries are low, but it’s not the match’s fault.
- Mixed Results for Obamacare Tests in Primary-Care Innovation. Medical homes are a simple, compelling idea: Give primary-care doctors resources to reduce preventable medical crises for diabetics, asthmatics, and others with chronic illness — reducing hospital visits, improving lives, and saving money. But it’s not so easy in practice.
- First Comes Pain, Then Comes Insomnia. Musculoskeletal pain increases the risk of insomnia at 3 years, but onset of insomnia may be mitigated by improving physical and social function in older adults with pain.
