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- The key barrier to health care reform
- The key barrier to health care reformReducing residenciesHey, at least Georgia [b]has[/b] residencies. Arizona's University Hospital has, thanks to Andrew Weil, turned all of its general practice residencies into NCCAAM-funded "alternative health care" training programs.If you think it's bad now, wait until your insurance only covers "therapeutic touch" and...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, barrier, health care, residency, physician
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Update that wishlist - I just tried a MacBook Air
- I took a group of students to Cambridge yesterday for a field trip. I turned them loose in Harvard Square for a while, we wandered around MIT, and took in the Museum of Science. The most interesting part of the trip for me, however, was a stop at...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Multitouch, Keyboards, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Most commonly searched health conditions in February 2008
- Search Term Queries, 000 Pregnancy 8,841 Cancer 7,718 Flu 1,824 Depression 1,807 Diabetes 1,758 Addiction 1,407 Herpes 1,340 HIV 976 Anxiety 910 Stroke 872 HPV...
- Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, NB
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- How fast should news destroy a business?
- It seems to be happening more-and-more. Today it's Singulair. (Picture from Walgreens.) It has been linked today with increased risk of suicide. Who will it be tomorrow? Maybe it's a product of how little testing drugs now get before FDA approval,...
- Tags: Drug, Federal Government, Strategy, Government, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- With a name like Optimist Prime, it's gotta be good
- Recently, I gave a big thumbs up to the ShaggyMac screen protector as a highly effective way to prevent smudges, prints, and damage to the glossy LCD screens that are so commonplace on mainstream laptops. Often, if we're in the trenches, we spend our time just keeping things running...
- Tags: LCD, Laptop Computer, Screen Protector, Mist, Monitors & Displays, Keyboards, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- Forget health insurance. Who needs an Rx? Just drink the water.
- Forget health insurance. Who needs an Rx? Just drink the water.everything's all right, MacSure, everything's fine...all cancer rates are falling, sterility among breeding age adults in US and Europe is not a concern and the drop in male babies v. females means nothing, and thre increrase in "allergies"...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, beverage, health insurance, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-03-15
- Will privacy keep Health 2.0 from the starting gate?
- Will privacy keep Health 2.0 from the starting gate?No sale, thank you.Without HIPPA-like protections in place then I won't bother with it. Your health care is not some trivial lifestyle junk like a MySpace or Facebook page. You can and will be discriminated against if there are no clear privacy...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, SECURITY, Health 2.0, privacy, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Time to regulate drug prices?
- Time to regulate drug prices?Some time ....ago I read an interesting article that gave the facts on this.I stated:The people in the US PAY the MOST for drugs effectively underwriting the cost of the R&D and obscene profits for ALL global drug manufactures. While In the rest of the world,...
- Tags: Research & Development, Branding, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Benefits, R&D
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Lasers for analyzing our breath?
- According to the Optical Society of America OSA, U.S. researchers have shown it is possible to use lasers to analyze our breath to detect diseases such as asthma or cancer. This technique -- hold your breath -- is called 'cavity-enhanced direct optical frequency comb spectroscopy.' It is based on research...
- Tags: Breath, Laser, Molecule, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Baby aspirin and the Vytorin scandal
- Baby aspirin and the Vytorin scandalBan Drug TV Commercials?I think it has reached the point where Drug commercials dominate the TV air waves and provide a public disservice many mixed signals.That isn't meant as a blanket indictment of Pharmaceutical companies in general, but it would interesting if you put it...
- Tags: TVs, Now IT, TV industry, Vytorin, Vytorin scandal, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-01-18
- CES: My day one highlight? A surge protector
- CES: My day one highlight? A surge protectorKudos for hiliting an important issuePhantom power drains are a big problem, kudos for calling attention to it. If the numbers are correct, think of the cancer,asthma,and developmental development causing pollution we can stop producing by using 10% less energy from fossil fuels....
- Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Cable, protector, surge protector, Consumer Electronics Show
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- The karaoke cure
- My kids hate my singing. Whenever I open my voice, in a car or at home, they instantly tell me to zip the lips. They are typical. Professional singers perform much better than the rest of us. We think of singing as audience members,...
- Tags: Kid, Telecommunications, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- Dems: White House fudged climate change data
- Dems: White House fudged climate change dataHmmm Pot calling Kettle Black?And, the democrats have been doing *what* with their data?Let's see worst case earliest Climate Change Catastrophe in 50 years? or more?Terrorists attacking America... More probable more sooner...Gasoline to get to and from work at $5 a gallon because of...
- Tags: climate change data, Dems, White House
- Discussion threads 2007-12-11
- Living green in Manhattan: no toilet paper, no elevator
- This is the story of one man and his family. Living on the Ninth Floor of a Manhattan apratment building. And it is a test of will. No toilet paper. Nothing wrapped in plastic. No rides in the elevator. This is real-life research being done...
- Tags: Toilet, Elevator, Global Warming, Manhattan, Beavan, Food & Beverage, Leadership, Blogging, Manufacturing, Management, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Coal pollution lawsuit settled as the whole game has changed
- Coal pollution lawsuit settled as the whole game has changedYeahno one focuses on acid rain pollution anymore because it's been demonstrated to be bogus; the result of more precise measuring technology. But don't let that get in the way of your drive to have us all riding horses and burning...
- Tags: particle, pollution, pollution lawsuit, game
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- That sweet smell may be dangerous
- Environmental groups are raisisng a stink over those nice-smelling air fresheners. Today Walgreen's announced it will pull some air freshener products off their shelves. Then the company will have its own independent testing done. The Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups tested the air...
- Tags: NRDC Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-09-20
- A replacement for the good old stethoscope?
- According to BusinessWeek, an Israeli startup, aptly named Deep Breeze, has developed a high-tech replacement for the 200-year-old stethoscope. This noninvasive device can draw in seconds an image of your lungs by listening to its vibrations. The Vibration Response Imaging VRI system could already be used in Israel, in Europe...
- Tags: U.S., FDA, BusinessWeek, Israel, Vibration, Image, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-08-08
- Don't trash your laser printers just yet!
- Don't trash your laser printers just yet!At home, switch it off when not printing.......that's what I do with my laser printer (HP 1018)! :-)Don't panicFor corn sake, don't panic.Where's the evidence?Anecdotal evidenceWell, I'll provide a bit of anecdotal evidence, although nothing as serious as lung cancer. I have asthma,...
- Tags: Printers, laser, printer, laser printer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Your computer's making you sick
- A new study from Britain's Imperial University says your computer and other electronics could be making you sick. A London newspaper says the study's going to be published in August. The research will blame electrical charges from computers, TVs, stoves and other electrical appliances for giving people asthma,...
- Tags: research, green tech, Blogroll, air pollution
- Blog posts 2007-07-28
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