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How common are medical kickbacks?

Wright Medical Technology has been subpoenaed in a probe of kickbacks on joint replacement systems going back almost 10 years. (Picture from a fine 1999 article about contracts between consultants and device makers.) The company is best-known for its ads starring former tennis player Jimmy Connors. Yesterday it...

Tags: Device Manufacturer, Patient, Difference, Laser, Wright Medical Technology, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-12

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Fixing a broken patent system

Fixing a broken patent systemReform?Patent reform is meaningless unless software patentability is abolished and it remains first to invent. First to file tends to reward companies with deep pockets. Not necessarily the actual innovator.Sourcing has astronomical elasticity. Example: Compression RDK_aa3.4.6..i2Bill Gates owns most anything to be said and made for...

Tags: Patent Reform, sourcing, patent system, inventor, patent, continuation, software

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Boron buckyballs are coming

Boron buckyballs are comingBoron BuckyballsTHis could be the beginning of the technology needed to advance the research into effective methods of containing nuclear waste. Boron is quite effective as a neutron sponge, it's structure absorbs those extra neutrons generated in a reactor core and could be effective in surrounding...

Tags: Semiconductors, reactor, NanoApex, nanotechnology, Boron, carbon, nuclear waste

Discussion threads 2007-04-24

Comcast offers $66 billion for Disney

Comcast offers $66 billion for DisneyWhy can't...Why can't companies just leave companies alone?? Oracle and Peoplesoft.... now Comcast and Disney. I just got back from a weeklong cruise on Disney, and can't imagine hunting down Comcast logos instead of "hidden Mickeys"-DisillusionedUm, Wow!...Now it will really be a Mickey Mouse cable...

Tags: Cable, Digital music, Digital media, Disney Corp., Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-02-11

The Washington Manual™ Obstetrics and Gynecology Survival Guide (Mobile)

The Washington Manual Obstetrics and Gynecology Survival Guidepowered by Skyscape Authors: Washington University School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Jason Wright MD & Solange Wyatt MD Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Prepared by Washington University house staff and faculty, this electronic survival guide provides all the essential obstetrics and gynecology...

Tags: Washington, Mobile, Skyscape Inc.

Software downloads 2003-12-19