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- Flu pandemic disproportionately infects, kills young people; are some getting preferred treatment?
- Overhyped, almost hysteriaand blogs like these of course add to that. All in the name of $.Money needs to be made pharma, existence needs to be legitimized (health boards & governments), and the media of course needs to sell. Yep, the incentives point to one direction.Problem is, there is no...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Flu Pandemic, death rate, H1N1 flu
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Could diabetes fight the obesity epidemic?
- Nice one, Dana.When are you going to write something relevant - like IT - on this site?There is no IT in this blog. Just pointing out the obvious.When will you learn to use google?This is among the worst medically releated post you have written. And please stop quoting the...
- Tags: Exenatide, diabetes, GLP-1, secretion
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- JAMA studies push the need for H1N1 flu shot
- Still fighting that war eh, Dana? :)Get over it man.Interesting piece of information:Recent news in Canada:"Four Canadian studies involved about 2,000 people, health officials told CBC News. Researchers found people who had received the seasonal flu vaccine in the past were more likely to get sick with the H1N1 virus."So......
- Tags: H1N1 flu, flu, regular flu
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- The T-Mobile-Microsoft Sidekick data disaster: Poor IT management going mainstream
- Always have local copies of your dataThe above is why it is a bad idea to put your fate in someone else's hands when you have a choice. By default, keep your data processing and data stores local, and then use cloud services when they suit you. All these kiddies...
- Tags: Federal government, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, agency, FDA, job
- Discussion threads 2009-10-11
- Flu shot controversy illustrates compliance problem
- I refuse the flu shot every year...and definately will be refusing the H1N1. As a young adult with a healthy immune system I see no point. Sure I may get the sniffles - but diet, exercise, and such take care of most of it. Who knows what is ACTUALLY in...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SECURITY, compliance, flu shot, flu
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Do we have a deadly date with El Nino?
- Some newly published research from Texas A & M indicates: 1) El Nino events are not getting stronger due to climate change 2) The 1918 El Nino encouraged the flu pandemic that year 3) There may be lesson to learn this year as we have an El...
- Tags: Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- We ferret out the latest flu questions
- Genes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in piGenes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in pigs for at least a decade, according to researchers who have sequenced the genomes of more than 50 samples of the virus. The findings...
- Tags: H1N1 flu, latest flu, flu
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- eMachines EZ1601-01
- Declaring the eMachines EZ1601-01 the best all-in-one Nettop we've seen is kind of like saying swine flu is our favorite vaccination-resistant virus. We haven't been shy about our distaste for this entire Nettop product category, and while eMachines has wrapped this system around an uncommonly large display for its $399...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, DVD, eMachines Inc., eMachines EZ1601-01, ASUS
- Product reviews 2009-08-17
- England rolls out online flu pandemic service; Crashes after 8 minutes
- The UK Government has rolled out the National Pandemic Flu Service in England today. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have decided to opt out of the service as demands in numbers are significantly less than that of England. According to the BBC, the UK may have over...
- Tags: Health Care, Site, England, H1N1 Flu, Service, UK Government, Flu Service, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Flu turns dangerous
- Flu turns dangerousEffect MeasurePreparation for this has been a topic of expert discussion over at http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure for several years.This flu is NOT turning dangeorusWe still have only had a HANDFUL of people die from this virus or get seriously sick. Stop with the 'doom and gloom' fear postings, PLEASE.... you...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, AIDS viru, flu, AIDS, vaccine, AIDS VACCINE
- Discussion threads 2009-07-19
- There's a little pig in each of us
- That's genetically speaking. A new paper just posted on Nature indicates we must monitor pig populations to track the evolution of influenza virus. So far the current swine flu pandemic is underwhelming but the next one.... Here's the title and the multiple authors: "Origins and evolutionary...
- Tags: H1N1 Flu, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Technological transmogrification: the evolution of language
- Technology is an ever-growing and developing social construction - from the Archimedes screw to the Blu-ray disk. Not only with technology, our language has evolved to a point where entirely new dialects and words have been plucked out of nowhere and thrust into everyday life; unlike Icelandic which is one...
- Tags: Word, Virus, Meat Product, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Security, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Spam And Phishing, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-05-23
- The Chan flu crisis
- The Chan flu crisis?? I thought this crisis was pretty muchover with. That this strain isn't any more deadly than that of the regular seasonal flu. I have heard there is some concern over whether or not it will mutate in time for the 2009-10 flu season, but as of...
- Tags: flu crisis, Chan flu crisis, Chan
- Discussion threads 2009-05-22
- The how long and why of China flu panic
- China was successful in limiting the spread of the SARS virus with quarantine, thermal scans at airports and special SARS checkpoints. But it did cost some government officials their jobs, and the 2003 Womens World Cup was moved to the U.S., where it played to low attendance. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: SARS, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- News to know: Windows 7; Top student laptops; Facebook; Larry Page's commencement speech
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7? Larry Page's fine commencement speech. Andrew...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, Larry Page, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Swine Flu tracking? There's an app for that
- Swine Flu tracking? There's an app for thatMore Media ScaremongeringI'm sorry, but the whole media is in pure FUD mode right now re: H1N1.Hell, I know a pandemic is scary, but quite frankly the fear of getting sick will be worse than the disease.And here's another useless app that I...
- Tags: FUD, H1N1 flu
- Discussion threads 2009-05-01
- Swine Flu tracking? There's an app for that
- "There's an app for that" has never been more true. Not only are Macs being used to track the Influenza A(H1N1) virus (formerly “Swine Fluâ€) on the desktop, but it's now being used to track the deadly virus on the iPhone too. TechCrunch reports...
- Tags: H1N1 flu, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- Macs on the front lines tracking Influenza A(H1N1) virus
- Macs on the front lines tracking Influenza A(H1N1) virusTracking the H1B Visa virus.From what the spokesman said only the Mac has the platform to fully meet all of their needs on the software. Unix rocks!Outside of my statement in the Subject line, I will resist jumping into the political...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, computer, H1N1 flu, Macs ARE, Microsoft Windows, operating system, virus
- Discussion threads 2009-05-01
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