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OnTimeRx v2.6.4 (Mobile)

OnTimeRxNEW v2.6.4 for Palm devicesNOW works with desktop software for Data Transfer.OnTimeRx - THE BEST medication reminder and healthcare organizer available just got BETTER!.OnTimeRx should be your constant companion, whether you take one pill a day or a palm-full. OnTimeRx turns your PDA into a reliable medication reminder for people...

Tags: Mobile, PC, Palm Inc., Pill, OnTimeRx, Trial Version, PDAs, Palm OS, Handhelds, Desktops, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Expanding the pill business model

Naltrexone costs about $4.50/day, the price of a single pint of Guinness at my local pub. Cancer drugs cost much, much more. How do we apportion that cost among patients, insurers, employers and taxpayers? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Compliance, Pill, Cancer, Insurance, Healthcare, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Risks and potential in the polypill

The polypill revolution can mean enormous growth for the pharmacy regimen that has developed in the U.S. over the last 20 years, at a price much of the world can afford. The help it gives branded drug companies in extending patents is nothing compared to what it can do for...

Tags: Blood Pressure, Patent, Pill, Regimen, Polypills, Caduet, Cadila, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-31

(Gallery: Feeling sick? Take a pill with a chip )

(Gallery: Feeling sick? Take a pill with a chip )Smart pill, but......has Phillips developed a way for the pill itself to be retrieved for re-use, or does all that silicon just get dissolved and "discarded" normally, forcing the user to buy another one or more?RE: (Gallery: Feeling sick? Take...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, pill, Gallery, chip

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Placebos the right prescription for the overwrought

The best family doctors are psychologists and trusted friends, not just gatekeepers. Some things can't be cured. People die. Conduct a practice in the real world and you learn that. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Patient, Dr., Doctor, Pill, British Medical Journal, AMA

Blog posts 2008-10-24

Pills 1.0 (Mobile)

Pills is a small yet entertaining game traditionally played with two players, both with two hands at least four fingers on each. The goal of the game is to eliminate your opponents fingers with your fingers in a game of addition. Each player (in this case, you and the computer)...

Tags: Mobile, Pill, Computer, Opponent, Skyler Lipthay, Pills, Games, Productivity, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-22

Byetta and Januvia in battle of press releases

For patients, the real difference is that Byetta is a twice-daily shot and Januvia a once-daily pill. Advantage Merck. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Merck & Co. Inc., Pill, Januvia, Byetta, Manufacturing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-10

More bad news on diabetes

The standard protocol for prediabetes thus remains weight loss and exercise. The oldest pill in the doctor's bag, metformin, is your only choice if you can't follow that advice. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Pill, News, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Talk therapy becomes a luxury

The mind is the most complex organ ever created. Treating it is as much art as science. There are no guarantees with any treatment regimen. So why are insurers forcing pills down your throat? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Patient, Pill, Therapy, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Herb does not ease ADHD

Taking St. John's Wort for ADHD is no better than a placebo. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Pill, Kid, ADHD, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-11

A necklace that checks the pills you take

I'm sure you've already failed to take some pills ordered by your physician. In fact, one in three adults forgets to take their medicines, and for lots of different reasons. Now, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a solution for this problem which costs billions of dollars...

Tags: Patient, Device, Sensor, Pill, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-08

A camera in a pill to detect cancer

This is not the first time that the idea of swallowing a pill with a camera inside to detect early signs of cancer has been tried read this article for example. But now, researchers at the University of Washington UW have developed a device specifically designed to detect esophageal cancer,...

Tags: Device, University Of Washington, Resolution, Pill, Image, Camera, Cancer, Fiber, UW, Casing, Endoscope, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-25

The red wine cure, now in a pill

The red wine cure, now in a pillYes, Chianti please....glasses klinking..salute!ntRE: The red wine cure, now in a pillI am not sure about red wine but a friend of mine told me that he had started taking resveratrol based on a doctors suggestion about six weeks ago. My friend was...

Tags: Resveratrol, red wine, wine, pill

Discussion threads 2007-11-30

Today's Debate: Do you take advantage of good insurance?

I have "the good insurance." But when some doctors see my policy I fear they also see a sign on me reading "sucker." I had one practitioner, I won't mention his name or specialty, whose assistant really knew how to work the system. He...

Tags: Doctor, Health Care, Pill, Insurance, Financial Planning, Healthcare, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-05

Today's Debate: Is the cost villain really tech?

Was it something I said? All of a sudden medical device makers are feeling some serious heat. As the AdvaMed meetings in Washington moved yesterday from the trade show to the issues conference, a lot of people were getting quite defensive. "You might hear...

Tags: Benefits, Dana Blankenhorn, Enterprise Software, Health Care, Healthcare, Human Resources, Paperwork, Pill, Software, Vertical Industries

Blog posts 2007-10-04

Diet Pills And Weight Loss 1 (Windows)

Diet pills are very tempting things if you want to lose weight, especially if you have tried several conventional weight loss diets without success. Diet pills are divided into two types prescription-only diet pills and over-the-counter otc diet pills. Prescription Diet Pills. These pills are diet drugs. These pills are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Pill, Fitness Attitudes, Diet Pill, Federal Government, Government

Software downloads 2007-07-30

Blue Pill hacker challenge update: It's a no-go

Blue Pill hacker challenge update: It's a no-goOr...They miss, they pay. If they detect it, she pays. Remember, "100 percent undetectable" are her words._rWhy not make it interesting...$384,000 if her rootkit is really undetectable after six months work. $0 if they detect it.$200 an HOUR, not...

Tags: Processors, Rutkowska, pill, hacker challenge

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

Rutkowska faces '100ò0undetectable malware' challenge

Rutkowska faces '100ò0undetectable malware' challengeOh what would I do...She is given a choice between two identical laptops. After reading some of her research, the best way to tell would be to check the latency of the laptops and see which one lags more. I think that if anyone...

Tags: Rootkits, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, malware, JoAnna, Blue Pill, Red Pill, pill

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

Photos: Medication reminders of the future

Technology is offering a hand to people who need to be reminded to keep up with taking their pills.

Tags: pill, photograph

Image galleries 2007-06-05

Photos: Medication reminders of the future

Technology is offering a hand to people who need to be reminded to keep up with taking their pills.

Tags: pill, photograph

Image galleries 2007-06-05