Letters: Afghanistan, Medical Records, Stress and More

Letters: Afghanistan, medical records, stress and more

Filed under: drug treatment programs in san diego

Salvatore Scafidi, San Diego. Reading the article about OpenNotes, “Patients' access to doctor's notes shown to improve quality of care” (Health, Dec. 11), reminded me of a doctor who dictated the treatment notes into his handheld device intermittently …
Read more on North County Times

Isis Pharmaceuticals Adds More Deals to Partnership Portfolio

Filed under: drug treatment programs in san diego

Isis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ISIS) has long followed a strategy of spreading its broad drug development program (the company lists 21 drugs in clinical trials) among a variety of pharmaceutical partners. It's a strategy that enables Isis to generate a …
Read more on Xconomy

UC San Diego and Verizon Team to Improve Tuberculosis Care

Filed under: drug treatment programs in san diego

… to TB treatment. As part of an innovative philanthropic health care program targeting reduction of health care disparities in diverse communities around the United States, the Verizon Foundation has provided the University of California, San Diego …
Read more on UCSD Medical Center

4 Promising Biotech Stocks To Consider Now

Filed under: drug treatment programs in san diego

Organovo Holdings, a San Diego-based company that focuses on regenerative medicine, uses 3D printers, called bioprinters, to produce human tissue for medical research and regenerative therapies. Traditional 3D printing, which is also known as additive …
Read more on Seeking Alpha

Heroin Addiction-2.wmv – San Diego County authorities are seeing an increase in heroin abuse and it has many parents and health officials concerned. Scripps Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program offers free weekend workshops to educate parents about the signs of drug use and ways to prevent drug experimentation in the first place.