Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- Will second patent medicine era end in 2009?
- The cure for today's patent medicine craze is universal health care. Let everyone back into the market and the pseudo market dries up. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Cure, Health Care, Patent Medicine, Quack Cure, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-31
- Costco patent medicine works?
- Can you put chondroitin in a sugary soda? Maybe we could call it Dr. Costco. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Food, Costco, Patent Medicine, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Today's Debate: How much power to patients?
- Sometimes, watching TV, I feel like I'm back in the late-19th century heyday of patent medicines. (Picture from the McCord Museum in Canada.)Whole cable channels are held aloft by phony treatments for impotence, hair loss, fatty thighs, wrinkles, and some maladies which seem wholly invented. Restless Leg Syndrome?Now, with the...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Dana Blankenhorn, patient, patent medicine, health care, malady
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
Additional Resources
- How a software engineer tried to save his sister and invented a breakthrough medical device
- A CREDIT TO ENTREPENEURSThis is the stuff of history; Thomas Edison, Alexander Fleming, John Logie Baird.I lost my sister to cancer at age 36yrs so he has my heartfelt sympathy and utmost admiration Robert Goldman is the kind of person who should be nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine.RE:...
- Tags: software, GoldMan, breakthrough medical device
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist
- 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. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- Should drug companies know what the doctor prescribed
- One of the big controversies heading for the Supremes Court's docket soon will probably be the case of IMS Health vs. Ayotte. It's an interesting test case on what data can do for medicine, asking whether we want it done or not. At issue...
- Tags: Patient, Data, Doctor, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- What Obama promised open source health IT
- What Obama promised open source health ITIf Governement is not open source, then they are creatinga monopoly that will bleed us all dry and provide an environment of big brother. The biggest problem with heath care is cost. Time to limit lawsuits and lower malpractice insurance. Time...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, open source, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- Glucose Tracker - log and monitor your blood glucose levels (Desktop companion BB) (Mobile)
- Measuring your glucose level can help you and your doctor control diabetes and its many complications. We suggest that persons with diabetes begin keeping a daily log of their glucose readings. It's a good idea to take readings at different times of day: the ideal glucose levels are: 70 to...
- Tags: Software, Desktop, Monitor, Mobile, Data, Biology, Diabetes, CSV File, SoundTells, Glucose Tracker
- Software downloads 2009-04-13
- IBM - Wantin' and Gettin' Stimulus Money
- Give them the same consideration that GM, Chrysler, etc. are getting IBM has a PR problem. Asking for stimulus money from the U.S. government while transferring jobs overseas is not going over well in the U.S. CNN picked up on it and ran this on-air story recently....
- Tags: IBM Corp., Stimulus Money, Government, Vertical Industries, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Not all the statin news is good
- A CNBC anchor joked today about "putting statins in the water" but not all the news which came about about statins today was good, especially if you're long the stock. (Picture of rosuvastatin molecule from Wikimedia.) Statins do not help dialysis patients, and they are no longer the...
- Tags: Stock, News, Crestor, Investment, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Open source patent law panhandling
- Open source patent law panhandlingthen someone should help thenIBM should step up and provide aid just the step up to MS ..you Wanna war punk ill give you one and push it until the case is done prove it one and for all .... prepare the way...
- Tags: Operating systems, Tom-Tom, Microsoft Corp., TomTom, Linux, SCO Group Inc., patent, Octoshaft, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-03-05
- Will second patent medicine era end in 2009?
- Will second patent medicine era end in 2009?Good pointI couldn't agree with you more, except for the fake diet pills market, which is huge, because no actual medicine exists right now that really works except strong stimulants. My prediction: When a real effective diet pill is finally created...
- Tags: Vertical industries, OTHER INDUSTRIES, patent medicine era end, certainty, era end, government, food
- Discussion threads 2008-12-31
- Is probiotics a scam?
- Some of the claims made by probiotics advocates remind me of the patent medicine craze of the 19th century. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, Bacteria, Probiotics, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Ready for real Indian medicine?
- Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Costco patent medicine works?
- Costco patent medicine works?QuestionsWhat about this product makes it work?Will it work for me/everyone?Is there a certain age group this helps more?RE: Costco patent medicine works?Hi Dana,Glad you found that Glucosamine and Chondroitin works for you. If you are already tired of swallowing a handful of medications, supplements and vitamins...
- Tags: patent medicine work, Costco
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Primary Care Medicine Recommendations (PCMRec) (Mobile)
- Primary Care Medicine Recommendationspowered by Skyscape Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins PCMRec is the handheld version of Primary Care Medicine Recommendations, a decision support tool that provides detailed specific recommendations for the screening, workup, and management of more than 200 unique clinical recommendations that represent the latest and best approaches...
- Tags: Mobile, Skyscape Inc., Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
- Software downloads 2008-06-03
- A stick and personal care for those who can afford it
- Lorne Stitsky has a dream. It's the comfortable life internists enjoyed generations ago. A small number of patients, whom he can know intimately and who will depend on him as families did way back when. You can almost hear Randy Newman's Dayton Ohio 1903 playing in the...
- Tags: Patient, Dr., Lorne Stitsky, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Statin era over?
- The era of statins, drugs like Zocor and Lipitor which lower cholesterol levels, may be ending. The FDA's decisions over the last week to reject Merck's Cordaptive and Isis' Mipomersen, coupled with a demand that the makers prove the drugs improve heart outcomes, looks like a turning...
- Tags: Gram, Blood Pressure, Merck & Co. Inc., Lipitor, Healthcare, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Is Stiglitz the official economist of open source?
- If anyone may be deemed the official economist of open source, it's probably Joseph Stiglitz right. Stiglitz, 65, was a co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics for work he did on the impact of asymmetric information. His paper said markets can be...
- Tags: Patent, Economist, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- New protective cups for sportsmen
- As Popular Science reports in 'The Cup Stops Here,' 'the most important piece of male athletic gear, the protective cup, hasn't changed much over the years.' After looking at a bunch of protective cups available from $8 to $25, the reporter thinks he has found the winner. The NuttyBuddy™ has...
- Tags: Patent, Player, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
Enterprise Applications
-
Check out some of the easiest and most powerful ways to boost productivity
while saving money on your application infrastructure. See ZDNet's
comprehensive
Enterprise Application
resource center, now!
- New Online Dashboard
-
-
Read about top issues IT decision-makers face every day, plus get cost effective solutions to real life IT problems.
Oracle Topline
-
White Papers and Webcasts
Read about top issues IT decision-makers face every day, plus get cost-effective solutions to real-life IT problems.
Doc delivers the scoop on today's enterprise content management, printer maintenance, and all other issues related to document management. It's the DocuMentor Blog.
