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Reports that the editor of `Science,' Floyd E. Bloom, is expressing reservations about a proposed online biomedical archive known as E-biomed. Questions regarding issues of quality control and the survival of print journals, both scientific and medical; Charge that the United States National Institutes of Health would gain too much control and power; Bloom's praise of certain proposed features of E-biomed.

Focuses on the efficacy of a drug manufactured by Novartis AG used to treat malaria. Results of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal to treat malaria with the pesticide DDT to kill mosquitoes and the Chinese-herb inspired drug artemisinin; Potential benefits of the drug, whose results in the South African project will be published in the Public Library of Science Medicine; Cure rate among people in KwaZulu-Natal attributable to artemisinin; How artemisinin differs from previous malaria medicines; Comments from Karen Barnes, author of the project's paper and assistant professor at University of Cape Town; Efforts of Barnes to persuade Novartis to slash the price of the medicine.

LOS ANGELES - A man paralyzed by gunfire more than a decade ago can shake hands, drink beer and play "rock, paper, scissors" by controlling a robotic arm with his thoughts, researchers reported. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Physicians, if writing a scientific paper on glioblastoma multiforme, must explain how deadly this brain cancer is (median survival of just over two years) and how little we can do to fight it (current standard of care increases survival by less than three months). Then they detail precisely how their discovery will meet the need for improved therapy. Sadly, in the last 20 years, we have not succeeded in significantly improving the prognosis for patients diagnosed with GBM. Brittany Maynard is profoundly aware of this. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Researchers seeking new medical treatments need to be much stricter in their animal studies and make their results - and especially their failures - more accessible if they are to improve the chances of finding drugs for Alzheimer's disease and other conditions that have been notoriously stubborn to treat, according to a new paper from Stanford. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Stanford engineers have developed a paper-thin device that, when taped over a person's wrist, can monitor the pulse and may someday provide a safe, nonintrusive way for doctors to track patients' heart health. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In March 1967, Dr. Hip Pocrates started his sex-and-drugs column in the Berkeley Barb underground newspaper. Before long it was in Sunday papers everywhere. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Until recently there was little proof that medical errors spike in the summer when new medical trainees start working at teaching hospitals -- a phenomenon known as the ''July effect.'' But a new review has found evidence that death rates do increase in July, and that many patients stay in the hospital longer than in other months. The paper, published Tuesday in Annals of Internal Medicine, is believed to be the first systematic review of the data from previous studies. While the analysis found inconsistencies among nearly 40 studies examined, the data produced by the largest and best-designed ones indicated that patient death rates in teaching hospitals increase by 8 percent in July. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers news briefs related to medicine in the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services officers proposed to distribute billion of dollars for stimulus to upgrade paper medical records to electronic files. Senior officers at the Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospitals restricted of outside pay as outside directors in Boston. A Senate bill that contends the television advertising for prescription drugs are opposed by the lobbying groups and broadcasters.

A successful class of innovative cancer drugs that often extend the lives of patients might also have a surprising aftereffect that allows the disease to resurface, UC San Francisco scientists reported in a research paper Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

To the Editor: Re ''Our Pen-and-Paper Doctors'' (editorial, June 24): [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Discusses the creation of two peer-reviewed online journals on biology and medicine by a group of prominent scientists. Goal of quickly placing scientific papers in the public domain; Challenge to publishing practices of journals like 'Science' and 'Nature'; Intent of providing a vast electronic library which has no subscription fees; Comments of Dr. Harold E. Varmus, chairman of the nonprofit publisher, Dr. Michael B. Eisen and others; Background on the publishing venture; Arguments of academic publishers.

The article discusses medical ethics. Doctors should learn as much as possible about the scientific-technological skills of medicine, while maintaining the wisdom to integrate these skills into what are fundamentally moral and interpersonal relationships with their patients. The greatest distinguishing characteristic of primary care medicine-family medicine, general pediatrics, and general internal medicine is that the subject of care is the person, not a particular disease, not a specific body part, and not just a physical body. Though metaphysics is not a frequent topic of conversation in primary care training programs, all good primary care doctors know that their first responsibility is the ongoing care of the person. In the arena of modern biomedicine, attempts to integrate the interpersonal aspect of healing into patient care are looked upon, at best, as an extracurricular activity.

The article discusses the draft paper, entitled "The place of biomedical science in medicine," submitted by a blue ribbon committee headed by Lewis Thomas to the President's Biomedical Research Panel. In its report, the panel warned about the financial difficulties facing the universities and medical schools. According to the article, the panel was tasked to review the health-research programs of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

A calendar of events related to medicine and health to be held in 2013 in St. Charles, Missouri is presented including the O'Fallon Whole Blood and Platelet Drive, breast-feeding classes, and a Heart Health Screening.

Focuses on the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University created by Rita Charon, professor of clinical medicine at the university. Goals of the innovative program; Information on the experiences of medical student Stephen Lee-Kong on his encounters with patients; Background on the development of the program; Advantages of hearing the narratives of the patients.

Presents excerpts of two books. `PC, M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine,' by Sally Satel; `The Other Side of Eden: Hunters, Farmers, and the Shaping of the World,' by Hugh Brody.

Calls for tenure to medical journal editors. Dismissal of Jerome P. Kassirer, editor of `The New England Journal of Medicine'; Growing commercialism of the Massachusetts Medical Society, which owns the journal; Effect of the Internet on medical publishing.

Byline: Michael Hingston In 1952, Roald Dahl volunteered for a medical experiment being run out of New York's Presbyterian Hospital. By this point, the 36-year-old had already started to make [...]

Medical guidelines are considered an effective method to inform physicians about current medical practices and to reduce variation among physicians' treatments. Many software programs integrate medical guidelines with patient medical records so that physicians and insurers can track outcomes and physician practice profiles. However, automated medical guidelines could pose a threat to patient safety if guidelines are designed for cost control rather than quality treatment., Edward Zalta, MD,-believes the key to improving clinical care is within his grasp -- literally. A hand-held computer, no larger than a medical chart, is running software that can take [...]

Non-steroidal aspirin-like drugs act by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis, but suffer from side effects, in particular gastrointestinal bleeding which has been responsible for some 16,000 deaths annually in the US consequent [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to revise its policy concerning the regulation of medical software. In 1989, the FDA issued a policy stating that stand-alone medical software would be exempt from active regulatory scrutiny. However, the agency plans to release a new policy in Sep 1996. Under the new policy, the level of regulation of software will depend on the level of risk the software poses. Such a policy may cripple efforts of develop innovative new software for hospital information systems and patient records., When you hear the term 'medical device,' what comes to mind? Probably high-tech instruments like lasers or laparoscopes. While most physicians and patients take comfort in knowing that the safety [...]

Israeli researchers describe what they believe to be the first successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium simae infection in AIDS patients. M. simiae is an opportunistic acid-fast bacillus that was originally [...]

Having your own Web site can help educate and satisfy patients. Creating one is easier than you may think; it can even be free. WITH MORE THAN 100 million people [...]

More than 180 resolutions will be considered by the House of Delegates of the American Medical Assn when it convenes in Jun 1997. Coding rules for all carriers under Current Procedural Terminology is part of Resolution 801, and Resolution 804 calls for the overturn of diagnosis-specific requirements under Medicare. Medical record privacy, unreasonable documentation and the confidentiality of patient information will also be discussed., The AMA House of Delegates will consider more than 180 resolutions at this month's Annual Meeting. Summaries of the final group of resolutions that were available at press time appear [...]

Along with the particular medical-information companies we have listed at left, now one can directly access Medline, the computerized bibliography of the National Library of Medicine that contains more than [...]

Bit by bit, Kathy fights for progress Kathy Kemp is battling the odds in her quest for success for her budding medical information service. Kemp is determined to make a [...]