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Sunday, 3 April 2011
Continua?s Chuck Parker on connected health (transcript)
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Continua Health Alliance Executive Director Chuck Parker. David Williams:����������� This is David Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business Blog.� I?m speaking today with Chuck Parker,� Executive Director of the Continua Health Alliance.� Chuck, thanks for being with me today. Chuck [...]
PPACA: ?It?s in there!?
If you’re my age you may recall the Prego spaghetti sauce ads from the 1980s. “It’s in there,” replied the convenience-seeking housewife whenever the husband questioned whether the sauce had a particular ingredient. The same thing is true of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It contains everything you might expect, like the individual [...]
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Biliary colic ? Symptoms and Treatment
Biliary Colic Bile, a substance that helps in fat digestion, is produced at the liver and stored at the gallbladder. After a meal, bile is secreted from the gallbladder to the common bile duct where it goes into the small intestine and is mixed with partly digested food.� An obstruction in its normal flow would cause spasms in the bile duct, an attempt to remove the cause of the blockage. This pain usually occurs a few hours after the consumption of a meal rich in fats and is termed biliary colic. The term ?colic? is in fact misleading since the pain felt in this condition is not intermittent but felt [...]
Source: http://www.allhealthsite.com/biliary-colic-gallstones-pain-symptoms-treatment.html
Resistance Band Workout ? You Do It Anywhere
Do you want to work out, but don?t have a lot of space for weights or machines? Resistance band workout may be your solution. They allow you to exercise your muscles in the comfort of your own home. Resistance bands were originally used in physical therapy settings and for the elderly, but have since been [...]
Source: http://www.fitnesshealthzone.com/fitness-exercise-equipment/resistance-band-workout/
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Obama Budget Addresses Malpractice Reform
In his State of the Union address last month, President Barack Obama offered to work with Republicans on malpractice reform. That forum is not a place for details, so there’s been some question as to how far the President was willing to go on this issue. The budget the President introduced this week provides some [...]
Source: http://alankatz.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/obama-budget-addresses-malpractice-reform/
Rerun: Avastin instead of Lucentis: Something?s not quite right
I?m taking a break from blogging this week so am rerunning some favorite posts from 2010. Please visit the original post to comment. Sometimes bio/pharma companies cry wolf over regulations, for example when they claim that the emergence of bio-generics or bio-similars would devastate their businesses by lowering the incentive for investment. But other times [...]
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