The Obama Administration Gets Into the Pre-Approval Business: "Coming Between You and Your Doctor"
Unless you are a national T.V. reporter, vacuous socialite Paris Hilton or a leading official in the Obama Administration, you probably already know that health insurers do not deny coverage of medical services based on cost. Instead, payment (or non-payment) for healthcare services is based on an assessment of “medical necessity,” which, in turn, is [...]
Cuba defeats Canada 3-0
According to the schedule page of the 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship website, Cuba defeated Canada by the score of 4-0. The winning pitcher for the criollos was Omar Luis who went the full nine innings and struck out ten and gave five bases on balls. Cuba collected six hits and Canada four. Cuba will [...]
More Friends on Facebook Does NOT Equal a Larger Amygdala
Bottom image adapted from Fig. 2 of Schumann et al. (2010). Neuroanatomy of the human amygdala postmortem. Nissl-stained section of amygdala nuclei. The amygdala is a subcortical structure located within the medial temporal lobes. It consists of a number of different nuclei, or collections of neurons delineated by commonalities in morphology and connectivity. The amygdala [...]
Steroids and insulin in septic shock
Despite the recent diminution in the indications for corticosteroids in septic shock, they are still used in limited situations, particularly when hypotension is refractory to pressor agents. When glycemic control deteriorates during the use of steroids should it be approached differently? A new JAMA study looked at this question and investigated the effect of fludrocortisone [...]
Special issue: Recent advances in testbed driven networking research
International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems 5(1/2) 2010 Papers from TridentCom 2009, the 5th International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks & Communities, held in Washington DC, USA, 6-8 April 2009. A virtual ad hoc network testbed Novel results on SCTP multihoming performance in native IPv6 UMTS-WLAN environments [...]
