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Thursday, 21 July 2011
OrganizedWisdom CEO explains the launch of Startup Health (transcript)
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with OrganizedWisom CEO Steve Krein. David E. Williams:����������� This is David Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business Blog.� I?m speaking today with Steve Krein, CEO of OrganizedWisdom.� Steve, I understand that you have some news to announce about Startup Health. Steve [...]
Health Wonk Review is up at the Health Affairs Blog
The Health Affairs blog has done a very nice job of curating the latest installment of the Health Wonk Review. You’ll find a roundup of posts on various health care topics including Medicare, health IT and ethics. Share
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Acute and Chronic Pyelonephritis ? Symptoms and Treatment
Pyelonephritis The kidneys are bean-shaped structures in the abdominal cavity that are roughly the size of a human fist. They are one of the most important excretory organs of the body. These renal structures are located at the paravertebral gutter, lying at a retriperitoneal position. The basic unit of this excretory organ is the nephrons ? responsible for filtering blood and removing the body?s waste products. These renal structures are complex reprocessing structures that filter approximately 190 liters of blood and process 2 liters of metabolic wastes and excess water per day. The surplus water and wastes would become urine that is stored in the bladder until released through urination. [...]
Source: http://www.allhealthsite.com/acute-and-chronic-pyelonephritis-symptoms-treatment.html
Health Care Reform on Judicial Fast Track
The wheels of justice, as the clich� goes, grinds slowly. Given the complexity of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act this poses a bit of a problem. Federal District Court judges are reaching contrarian conclusions concerning the constitutionality of the PPACA. Everyone knows the validity of the health care reform law will be decided [...]
Source: http://alankatz.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/health-care-reform-on-judicial-fast-track/
Diaphoresis
Diaphoresis The body performs best if its temperature is around 37� Celsius (98.6� Fahrenheit). The body?s internal temperature is closely monitored by the hypothalamus. Once the temperature reaches a point where homeostasis is compromised, the hypothalamus will try to lower it by the triggering the sweat mechanism. Sweating is the body?s inherent method of regulating temperature that is why people would sweat more if the temperature outside is high, when doing exercises or when responding to circumstances that would make them afraid, embarrassed or angry. The amount of sweat produced would depend on the number of sweat glands a person has. Normally, a person has around 2 ? 4 million [...]
Ex-AOL TimeWarner CEO Levin on DTC in health care
Jerry Levin, former CEO of AOL TimeWarner was interviewed on stage at the DTC National Conference in Boston this morning by Steve Krein, CEO of OrganizedWisdom, where Levin serves on the board. In this excerpt from the discussion, Levin discusses: His personal interest in personalized health care information after his diagnosis with Parkinson?s Lessons for [...]
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Rate Regulation Grants Announced by HHS
Carriers set health insurance premiums based on several criteria. The single biggest component is the expected cost and utilization of medical services. Then there?s the need to cover overhead (such as operations, sales costs, marketing and armies of lawyers to deal with regulation) and profit (or retained earnings for non-profits). Insurers know they don?t operate [...]
Source: http://alankatz.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/rate-regulation-grants-announced-by-hhs/
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