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A surprise in nature's operating system

A surprise in nature's operating systemGenetic manipulation"Can we encode the HIV virus into the human genome, rendering it harmless, and should we?"I know it's "too geeky" for some, but in the Star Trek Deep Space 9 series they had a character, Dr. Bashir, who had been born with abnormally low...

Tags: Biotechnology, RNA, DNA, antibiotic, bacteria, genetic manipulation, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-11-29

Colloidal silver touted as MRSA cure

Colloidal silver touted as MRSA cureColloidal SilverTaken in part from wiki entry [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloidal_silver]here[/url][i]"...o As a supplementAdvocates of colloidal silver claim it to be a useful supplement to their diet, providing them with improved health and well being and among other things a low incidence of colds and flu.[citation needed] These...

Tags: Federal government, Vertical industries, Benefits, FDA, MRSA

Discussion threads 2007-10-31

Forget global warming, stop MRSA terrorism and get rich

Forget global warming, stop MRSA terrorism and get richNovel AntibioticsMRSA is a real problem. I work in a microbiology lab with a researcher who takes a particular interest in novel antibiotics, and have taken quite an interest in these little critters. I have learned alot from him but...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, SECURITY, global warming, MRSA, antibiotic, bacteria, ear infection

Discussion threads 2007-10-17

Additional Resources

What price disclosures deliver is transparency

A new think tank study dismisses a proposal from Iowa Republican Charles Grassley to require disclosure of medical device pricing. (Picture from the PiperReport.) The hit piece was commissioned by AdvaMed, the device industry trade group, and claimed that there is little market competition, that search costs are...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Nanotechnology-based chicken feed?

In order to keep healthy the 200 million chicken raised in South Carolina -- and the humans who ate them -- Clemson University researchers are using nanoparticles. They call this intelligent chicken feed. They have built 'nanoparticles that mimic the host cell surface and lock to targeted pathogens. The particles...

Tags: Clemson University, Professor, Patent, Nanoparticle, Tzeng, Nanotechnology, Healthcare, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-23

MRSA still vulnerable to soap

MRSA still vulnerable to soapSoap worksI agree! Soap does work. And, you don’t have to use some super-duper antibiotic soap. 97% of all bacteria are beneficial to human development. Only 3% are harmful. For 60 years we have been trying to kill all the bacteria. It doesn’t work! They just...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, bacteria, MRSA

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

Conversations between bacteria

Did you know that bacteria 'talked' with each other by using small molecules to coordinate their behavior and decide when it's a good time to infect you? A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how UK researchers are working toward a Rosetta stone for microbes' secret language (scroll...

Tags: Bacteria, Molecule, Biotechnology, Web Site Development, Productivity, Security, Internet, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-13

Colloidal silver touted as MRSA cure

Two companies are claiming they have a solution of colloidal silver that can cure MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staph infection which is panicking the U.S. media. (Picture from Altered States, a New Zealand site which offers colloidal silver as a general remedy.) LifeSilver and MRSA Medical both claim their "patented"...

Tags: Infection, Remedy, Security, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-31

MRSA alarm is now nationwide, but many docs seem unconcerned

MRSA alarm is now nationwide, but many docs seem unconcernedMRSA in the USI read this article and it was like reading something from the UK.....but five years ago. I suggest you all stop writing anything and Google our experience of MRSA so you can start from our body of...

Tags: Insurance, MRSA

Discussion threads 2007-10-26

Today's Debate: What model will close the health literacy gap?

Pfizer has put out a study today with a very scary number. $236 billion. (Picture from Craig Lefebvre's Social Marketing blog.) That's the high end of their estimate for what a lack of health literacy costs the U.S. every year. The lower, more-often reported number, is $106...

Tags: Pfizer Inc., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, E-health, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-24

Information lag turns deadly in MRSA case

While I was getting my prescriptions renewed this morning my pharmacist made a point of showing me a poster that has been on his door, in front of patients' noses, for over a year now. It was a warning about MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staph infection now panicking...

Tags: Infection, Health Care, Pharmacist, MRSA Horse, Vertical Industries, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-19

Forget global warming, stop MRSA terrorism and get rich

File this one under Law of Unintended Consequences. Everything you do will have some environmental effect you cannot forsee. Decades of antibiotic use and we now have some killer bacteria that are anti-antibiotic. That terrorizes me pretty well. They say the bacteria especialy like us...

Tags: Infection, Terrorism, Bacteria, Global Warming, MRSA, Security, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-16

Techies shunned as workers fix own IT problems

Techies shunned as workers fix own IT problemsThe real issue...The real issue here is why users would rather try the DIY approach before calling tech support, and the consequences of doing so.Time and experience. How many times does a user have to call tech support and be asked, "Have...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, information technology, worker, tech support, PC, DIY, computer

Discussion threads 2007-05-11

Talkative botnet herder taunts security researchers

Talkative botnet herder taunts security researchersThis hacker is an idiot[i]So why attack the Symantec anti-virus program? A lot of businesses and universities run the application, making it a prime target for exploitation.[/i]Why on earth would he target something just because it had a lot of marketshare? Doesn't he know that...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, security, Symantec Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-03-08

Despite federal commitment to e-records, many doctors lag behind

Despite federal commitment to e-records, many doctors lag behindmedical records and privacyIn the good old days, you'd come in for a cold, and I'd write "Chest cold....penicillin"...Then we had to write the exam, so it was c/o green sputum, cough HEENT: cold, throat red no exudate, Pulm:Rhonchi. Rx Amoxicillin.Then we...

Tags: Sales tools, cold calling, Chest cold

Discussion threads 2006-10-16

Reducing the cost of health care

Reducing the cost of health careGreat... More personal information for someone to steal...NTThere's only one way to fix Health Care...And that's to fix the out-of-control pharmacutical companies.The first thing that needs to happen is to outright BAN advertising by the pharmacutical companies. We, the patients, are paying for all...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, patient

Discussion threads 2005-06-28

They don't teach security in biology class

They don't teach security in biology class"Study " by Wright brothers"For example, the Wright brothers studied the flight of birds in designing planes with flexible, twisting wings and an aerofoil shape to provide lift."This is naive version of the story that is popular between many people and mostly Americans.What really...

Tags: Wright Brothers, Gustave Whitehead, Click Open, biology, security

Discussion threads 2004-04-13