Same day mastectomy service

When I had my surgery I had a bilateral mastectomy and bilateral oophorectomy (ovaries removed), not exactly quick surgery. The next morning the nurses were talking about discharge. I politely (ha ha) refused citing many facts not the least of which was that I was still on a morphine pump.
Now I learn that the House [...]

Genetic Discrimination?

The United States Senate and House have passed legislation banning discrimination on the basis of people’s genetic details. It would allow only patients and their doctors to access data obtained through genetic testing. Employers, unions and health insurance companies would be forbidden from discrimination via genetic information.
The Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy called it the “the [...]

FDA urged to reverse policy

Patients, Doctors, Pharmacists Praise Bipartisan House Resolution On Compounded Hormones Containing Estriol
The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists joined hundreds of thousands of women and doctors in applauding the introduction of H. Con. Res. 342, a bipartisan resolution stating that “the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new policy restricting women’s access to medications containing estriol does [...]