March 2008

Nanomedicine researchers from UCLA and Northwestern University have teamed up to develop nanoscale polymer thin films that provide efficient localized drug delivery to ‘cloak' implants, rendering them invisible to the body's immune system.

When speculating about what my practice might look like 20 years from now, I of course immediately imagined a healthcare utopia untainted by health insurance companies and medical malpractice lawyers.

As of this writing (late February 2008), the presidential campaign is in full swing. Although Senator John McCain has virtually wrapped up his quest to become the Republican Party nominee, Democratic Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are still struggling to win their party's nomination.

It's now clear that, regardless of the outcome of this year's Presidential contest, taxes on your income and savings will increase substantially over the next few years.

Here in the Northeast, March is a month of anticipated change. After the short, cold, and dark days of February, March means still having some daylight left as we leave the office, the occasional spring tease of a mild day, and often the first signs of spring growth on the trees.

Healthcare is undergoing a transformation that is placing more responsibility and decision-making in the hands of patients. In this new healthcare world, physicians need tools that improve the...

Groups of researchers are working on a big fix for the Internet. But some want to replace it entirely. If you think it doesn't make sense, think again. It could reshape the way the healthcare industry conducts its e-business.

The Physician Office of the Future: 2020

Dr. Zankman discusses his involvement in a research project that requires participating physicians to digitally record patient visits for uploading to a national databank.

What does the future hold for healthcare? To find out, we spoke with E-futurist Douglas Goldstein. Set aside your visions of crystal balls and tarot cards; he's not that kind of futurist.

Science fiction stories about robots usually fall into one of two categories: "good robots" or "bad robots." In the future, we're told, the machines will either be our obsequious servants, quietly following our orders according to an ingrained code of ethics, or our malevolent adversaries, hell-bent on eradicating humankind.