Since Insiders’ Cures is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, we like to keep an eye on our two local hubs of medicine–Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. JHU is one [...]
Category: CAM
In appreciation of Senator Arlen Specter
This week, the nation lost a great legislator. And Congress sadly lost a great legal mind and expert on the U.S. Constitution. Not to mention a much-needed, often independent voice. I had the [...]
The law and unintended consequences
In keeping with one of this week’s themes on cost-effective health care…I can’t help but point out recent reports on the Affordable Care Act. Just like anything else, sometimes these government [...]
Back to basics–while NIH parties like it’s still 1998
I showed you how the National Institutes of Health’s Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has turned its back on one of the core tenants of its original mission. To research [...]
NCCAM fails at most basic mission
Once again, proof has been provided that when it comes to research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…unfortunately, it seems some things never change. In this case, a new report [...]