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The cult of medical celebrity

We live in a celebrity-obsessed age.(Picture from the Wired blog.) Wealth and fame won't make you happy, but it seems to be all we want. Which is why the idea of being a doctor, let alone a lawyer, is no longer popular. More fun...

Tags: Patient, Camera, Messenger, Weil, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-07

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Lance Armstrong for health czar

Lance Armstrong for health czarLance already has a full-time jobTeam RadioshackWhile I don't......agree with National Health Care, if it's going to be forced upon us I could see Lance fulfilling this position.The idea of wellnessfits in perfectly with Obama-care.Health care reform isn't about health care. It's about the state grabbing...

Tags: Vertical industries, Government, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Lance Armstrong, wellness, health care, Livestrong

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Pilot Linien (Mobile)

Dieses Brettspiel, das leicht zu spielen, aber schwer zu gewinnen ist, ist im Original in Russland entwickelt wie viele andere wunderbare Spiele. Im Original heisst das Spiel: "Farbelinien". Es gibt in der Pilot-Version einige zusaetzliche Ergaenzungen, weil...wir, die Piloten, immer hoeher zu fliegen versuchen... ;-) Wenn Sie etwas Leichtes und...

Tags: Mobile, BEIKS LLC, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-25

Everyday Health and the selling of trust

Whenever some ink-stained wretch goes on the TV to tell me how journalism is dead, I laugh. Journalism -- the organizing and advocating of a place, industry or lifestyle -- is healthier than ever. This is no more true than on the health beat, where in a...

Tags: Business Model, Health Care, Waterfront Media, Wavefront, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-20

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

What's cool on campus? Beer still hot but iPod's the top

What's the best thing on campus since a kegger party? Why the iPod, of course. According to Student Monitor's Lifestyle & Media Study, those white earbuds are even cooler than beer, reports USA Today. Beer isn't even more popular than Facebook.com. "We knew iPods were pervasive on...

Tags: Student Monitor, IPODS

Blog posts 2006-06-08

Outsourcing tutoring

Outsourcing Grades If outsourcing call centers and medical processing makes sense, why not outsource high school and college tutoring to Indian or Chinese workers, as well? That's the issue raised by a fascinating story in the Washington Post this morning, Homework Help, From a World Away." Amit Paley's...

Tags: teacher, tutor, INDIAN

Blog posts 2006-05-15

Can anti-offshoring legislation really help?

As a result of our government's attempts to keep nature from running its course, I have a new motto: The bigger they regulate, the harder they fall. I was reminded by this InfoWorld story that it isn't just the Federal government that's trying to use legislation to keep a lid...

Tags: IT consultancy Keane & Co.

Blog posts 2005-12-05

Torvalds, Linux users unfazed by SCO suits

Torvalds, Linux users unfazed by SCO suitsHmm I want to buy a liscence but....I cant even find the offer on the SCO benelux (Belgum,Netherlands,luxembourg)website. It doesn't even hint at any problems with linux other then in the newssection that comes from the us site.http://www.scobenelux.com/index_products.phpWhat am I to do if I...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, SCOsource business model, SCO Group Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2004-03-04