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Week of June 27, 2008

This week's topics include statin sale OTC, electronic patient records, one number for blood pressure, and a skin patch for traveler's diarrhea.

Program notes
0:40 One blood pressure number
1:30 As we age the upper number goes up
2:14 Systolic number most important
3:14 Phase two trial for skin patch vaccine
4:00 Sounding board on OTC sale of statins
5:04 Statins may have broad impact
6:10 Available anywhere OTC?
7:00 Electronic health records available to physicians and consumers
8:20 Google and Microsoft testing
9:03 Privacy is major issue 10:36 End

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