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...numbers and news about home prices, unemployment, foreclosures and the subprime-mortgage crisis have blurred your vision and made your ears bleed throughout the past year, this report will help boil it all down to what's essential - and it'll also throw in some graphic elements, if you're more of a visual learner. But don't expect any groundbreaking information. Since the center is research-based, much of what it has published in The State of the Nation's Housing has been reported or analyzed before. The report does, however, offer some interesting insights into how the "echo...
...medicine is hard to practice without evidence. There are studies showing that generic and over-the-counter drugs for hypertension, heartburn and psychosis are often just as effective as costlier brand-name alternatives; that stents can work miracles when inserted quickly after heart attacks but don't seem to help much as preventive measures; that the areas with the most hospital beds, imaging machines and specialists spend the most on excess hospital stays, MRIs and specialty care. But the big money in medical research goes to testing new drugs and cutting-edge technologies, not to comparing existing treatments. Drug companies...
...disease management and generally avoid treating patients like pinballs. "It's a team sport here," says David Lewallen, a Mayo orthopedic surgeon. "A bunch of tennis players doing their own thing just doesn't work - it's too expensive, and it's bad medicine. We only do things to help the patient, and we're all looking over each other's shoulders...
...Helping organize the pushback against the drive for data has been former House whip and legendary Democratic operator Tony Coelho, an epileptic who helped write the Americans with Disabilities Act and now leads the Partnership to Improve Patient Care. The partnership is an odd coalition of the drug companies, devicemakers and medical specialists who stand to lose the most from evidence-based medicine, joined by a variety of patient groups (some of whom also receive industry funding) concerned about access to care. Coelho says he welcomes effectiveness research if it can help doctors and patients make more informed decisions...
...Islamists that has killed hundreds, including several senior government figures, and displaced more than 100,000 - adding to the millions of Somalis already living as refugees and dependent on food aid. After the meeting, Sharmarke said, "In this critical time of our history, I think you might help. We are dealing with a threat that can engulf the entire region. Our security forces need military assistance, and we hope the world [will] do its part very urgently...