Sally Church

Never thought it would be possible to do this, but talked into the Voice recorder on the iPhone for about a minute then emailed it to my Posterous account, which auto posted it to the blog... all within 5 minutes. The sound clarity is pretty clear, was just amazed at what you can do with modern technology these days. - Sally Church

Thanks Graham, have never done a podcast in my life before this so maybe other scientists will give it a try? - Sally Church

This one quotes some absolutely funny snippets from the NYT article this morning on Google Voice, had me in hysterics! - Sally Church

Overall, AHIP says that 6.1 million people had HSA-eligible high-deductible plans in January 2008, and about a quarter of them bought those policies in the individual market, where workers without employer-based coverage seek insurance. But if only half of those people have HSAs, and the rest just bought high-deductible policies because they couldn’t afford anything else, CDHPs are having a relatively small impact on the 47 million uninsured. - Sally Church

The authors illustrate cost-benefit relationships for several cancer drugs, including cetuximab for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, touted as "practice changing" and new standards of care by professional societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology. They ask, "Is an additional 1.7 months [the additional overall survival for colorectal cancer patients treated with cetuximab] a benefit regardless of costs and side effects?" - Sally Church

"The reason preventive care doesn’t save money is simple. To prevent a single stroke, for example, doctors must treat thousands of people who have high blood pressure and therefore are at risk of stroke. The same goes for use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, which can prevent heart attacks." - Sally Church