Health Wonk Review: 16 April 2008 Edition

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• The Health Wonk Review is up

  July 24, 2008 in Carnivals

  The latest edition of the Health Wonk Review is up at David Williams’ …

• Medicare Part D data available

  July 24, 2008 in Data, Pharmaceuticals

  For researchers interested in studying the Medicare prescription drug benefit, CMS has claims data for Medicare Part D.  Academy Health also has a useful powerpoint presentation …

• Your doctor says you have six months to live. Should you believe him?

  July 23, 2008 in Information

  Your doctor says you have six months to live. How accurate is this figure? Do you really have 4 moths to live? One year? A paper by …

• Americans have the best cancer survival rates

  July 22, 2008 in International Health Care Systems, Medical Studies

  On Friday I reported that the U.S. scored poorly on the Commonwealth Fund’s National Scorecard. Those in favor of universal health care are probably rejoicing. “The …

• Roche to buy Genentech?

  July 21, 2008 in Current Events, Pharmaceuticals

  In “Does Roche have Genentech’s Rx?”, NPR’s Marketplace reports on Roche’s bid to purchase all of Genentech, a firm that developed the three best-selling cancer drugs in the …