Prescribe the wrong dose and some drugs won’t work. Or the patient is as good as dead. Consider the rat-poison-turned-blood-thinner warfarin, also known as Coumadin. Too much and a patient can bleed to death, too little and he can throw a clot and have a stroke. Given the considerable consequences of improper dosing for patients-and […]
Taking a sledge hammer to a car might seem like an illogical way to protest a tax hike on tobacco. But it sure feels good, especially to people who are stuck inside the economic pressure cooker that is Connersville. So on April 1, the day a 158-percent increase in the federal cigarette tax took effect, […]
Indiana and Purdue universities are well-positioned to take advantage of the $11.5 billion available for life sciences and
biotech research from the federal stimulus package.
Indiana is becoming not only a hotbed of “pharmacogenomics” research, but also a trailblazer in finding practical ways to
use it on the practitioner level.
With economists predicting the statewide unemployment average will reach 10 percent this year, the experience of a hard-hit
city like Connersville offers a glimpse of what lies ahead for other manufacturing-reliant Hoosier communities.
Rating doctors via online services helps consumers make better health care decisions.
Dr. Barry Eppley, an Indianapolis surgeon, says an online crusade by a disgruntled former patient is taking a toll on his
practice, and he’s suing her.
With American ingenuity, we can achieve universal health care coverage without the bloated administrative costs found in our
system of private insurance companies.
PROGRAMS Let’s Move Together: A nationwide movement led by the Arthritis Foundation that encourages people to move to prevent or treat arthritis. Encourages participation in a local Arthritis Walk. Life Improvement Series Programs: Taught by nationally certified instructors, the Arthritis Foundation’s Life Improvement Series empowers people with arthritis through aquatic, exercise and self-help programs that […]
The Indiana chapter of the Arthritis Foundation works to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure
of arthritis and related diseases.
First-quarter profit at Zimmer Holdings Inc. dropped 16 percent, but came in slightly ahead of analysts’ expectations. The Warsaw-based maker of orthopedic implants this morning announced earnings of $202 million, or 91 cents per share, for the three months ended March 31. In the same period last year, Zimmer earned $1.02 per share. Excluding extraordinary […]
Several Indianapolis businesses are taking steps to protect against the spread of swine flu as the number of confirmed cases in the United States continues to rise. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday reported 403 confirmed cases across 36 states – 124 more than were confirmed the day before. Worldwide, the number […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Several Indianapolis businesses are taking steps to protect against the spread of swine flu as the number of confirmed cases in the United States continues to rise. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday reported 403 confirmed cases across 36 states – 124 more than were […]
Amid the aroma of its lobby coffee shop and soothing tones of its player piano, the Indiana Heart Hospital sits at the center of significant changes in how Indianapolis’ hospitals and doctors do business. The 56-bed facility in Castleton was launched in 2003 as a forprofit venture between Community Health Network and its cardiovascular physicians. […]
Doctors joining hospital payrolls Specialists reacting to major changes in reimbursement Amid the aroma of its lobby coffee shop and soothing tones of its player piano, the Indiana Heart Hospital sits at the center of significant changes in how Indianapolis’ hospitals and doctors do business. The 56-bed facility in Castleton was launched in 2003 as […]
Specialist physicians, who have traditionally been fiercely independent, are more and more coming on as employees of hospitals.
Scott [email protected] Taking science from the laboratory to the commercial market takes too much time and is littered with potential pitfalls along the way. That’s the message Bill Cook, one of the state’s most successful businessmen, delivered this morning at the fourth and final event of the 2008-09 Indiana Life Science Collaboration Conference Series at […]
Taking science from the laboratory to the commercial market takes too much time and is littered with potential pitfalls along the way. That’s the message Bill Cook, one of the state’s most successful businessmen, delivered this morning at the fourth and final event of the 2008-09 Indiana Life Science Collaboration Conference Series at IUPUI. Cook […]
These days, many of the nation’s biggest banks need bailouts to avoid bankruptcy. But plenty of institutions far from the limelight of New York and other banking centers continue to make money and manage their affairs well. Which Indiana-based bank does it best? Merchants Bank of Indiana, whose main office is in Carmel, books better […]
Clarian Health and the Indiana University School of Medicine want to turn 1,500 or more doctors into employees under a new group called the Indiana Clinic. Bringing so many physicians together from all specialties could allow them to improve quality, reduce costs and perhaps boost Clarian’s central Indiana market share. It also is likely to […]
