Dr. Scott Monteith: On a New Wonder Drug on the Market info

Dr. Scott Monteith: On a New Wonder Drug on the Market in healthy blog. I've posted several guest posts by Dr. Scott Monteith, a psychiatrist/informaticist, at Healthcare Renewal.These include the Mar. 2011 post "On 'The Best Compromise' on Physicians and Use of Troublesome Health IT", the Jan. 2011 post "Interesting HIT Testimony to HHS Standards Committee, Jan. 11, 2011, by Dr. Monteith" and the Dec. 2010 post "Meaningful Use and the Devil in the Details: A Reader's View".Here's a new guest

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Health: Toxic bosses can make us sick

Toxic bosses can make us sick in healthy blog. A mean person with no boundaries and power over us. Ah—what a dream. Madeline Vann, MPH, Everyday Health, says bosses who throw things, screamers, people who crave chaos in order to excel, all can hurt those under them.Bullies—a lot of them—bullies with no playground. They can “correct” you in front of others, steal your ideas, talk behind your back, the possibilities are endless.Lynn Taylor, author of Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant, is

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Cybernetik Über Alles: Computers Have More Rights Than Patients? info

Cybernetik Über Alles: Computers Have More Rights Than Patients? in healthy blog. What medical devices are shielded from liability?Here we have a proposal from a member of the U.S. Congress to shield health IT software, a medical device (per FDA's Director of CDRH - the Center for Device and Radiological Health and others), and its users from liability through an apparently unique special accommodation.This from iHealthBeat:Thursday, October 27, 2011Bill Would Establish New Legal Protections

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Health: You are officially off the hook for...

You are officially off the hook for... in healthy blog. Do you like that Suze Orman person—who screeches "DENIED" at people when they want to spend a buck? I am not a fan. But I do think we need someone to say yes or no on things. Just not her, with her orange canvas outfits.I saw a story in Working Mother (Nov 2011) about things you can take off your To Do List. What a great idea to cut stress!The magazine says you can remove:Zumba ClassScrapbookingLearning to knitHosting a dinner partyThese

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Cybernetik Über Alles: Computers Have More Rights Than Patients? info

Cybernetik Über Alles: Computers Have More Rights Than Patients? in healthy blog. What medical devices are shielded from liability?Here we have a proposal from a member of the U.S. Congress to shield health IT software, a medical device (per FDA's Director of CDRH - the Center for Device and Radiological Health and others), and its users from liability through an apparently unique special accommodation.This from iHealthBeat:Thursday, October 27, 2011Bill Would Establish New Legal Protections

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Health: You are officially off the hook for...

You are officially off the hook for... in healthy blog. Do you like that Suze Orman person—who screeches "DENIED" at people when they want to spend a buck? I am not a fan. But I do think we need someone to say yes or no on things. Just not her, with her orange canvas outfits.I saw a story in Working Mother (Nov 2011) about things you can take off your To Do List. What a great idea to cut stress!The magazine says you can remove:Zumba ClassScrapbookingLearning to knitHosting a dinner partyThese

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Cybernetik Über Alles: Computers Have More Rights Than Patients? info

Cybernetik Über Alles: Computers Have More Rights Than Patients? in healthy blog. This from iHealthBeat:Thursday, October 27, 2011Bill Would Establish New Legal Protections for EHR AdoptersOn Wednesday, Rep. Tom Marino (R-Penn.) introduced legislation (HR 3239) that would create certain legal protections for Medicare and Medicaid providers who have implemented electronic health record systems, the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader reports.The bill -- called the Safeguarding Access for Every Medicare

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Health: Breathe, people

Breathe, people in healthy blog. In the 1970s, I had a job, but also went to a yoga ashram for class every evening—we learned yogic breathing, in which your stomach comes out instead of being sucked in. The way babies breathe, their tummies going up and down.Since women don’t like to stick their stomachs out, and since people get more stiff and armored, we gradually forget how to breathe.Sometimes I find myself barely taking in any air—just now, for example.We need oxygen and that

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Health: Breathe, people

Breathe, people in healthy blog. In the 1970s, I had a job, but also went to a yoga ashram for class every evening—we learned yogic breathing, in which your stomach comes out instead of being sucked in. The way babies breathe, their tummies going up and down.Since women don’t like to stick their stomachs out, and since people get more stiff and armored, we gradually forget how to breathe.Sometimes I find myself barely taking in any air—just now, for example.We need oxygen and that

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Health: Breathe, people

Breathe, people in healthy blog. In the 1970s, I had a job, but also went to a yoga ashram for class every evening—we learned yogic breathing, in which your stomach comes out instead of being sucked in. The way babies breathe, their tummies going up and down.Since women don’t like to stick their stomachs out, and since people get more stiff and armored, we gradually forget how to breathe.Sometimes I find myself barely taking in any air—just now, for example.We need oxygen and that

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Canada Online Drugs Store

In the middle of the coldest winter and you get cold at that time then you must need the drug to cure your cold. Remembering the winter out there must be very cold, you have to be lazy to purchase the drugs you need and you wish the drug will come to your house. Today this wish is not an impossible thing anymore. You can get the pharmacy delivery service through online drugs store. Shopping for the drugs today is not something difficult anymore. The land based drugs stores are not the only

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Health: Do not reuse needles--got that?

Do not reuse needles--got that? in healthy blog. Every time I read about infections, someone says a hospital or clinic has reused needles. Can we just agree that is really, really dumb and stupid?Laura Landro, WSJ, Oct 25, 2011, says the Centers for Disease Control is launching a new website for cancer patients and caregivers. Prevent infections! Cancer patients are vulnerable. For one thing, chemo can lower the number of protective white cells.And, I might add— cancer patients ENOUGH

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Health: Do not reuse needles--got that?

Do not reuse needles--got that? in healthy blog. Every time I read about infections, someone says a hospital or clinic has reused needles. Can we just agree that is really, really dumb and stupid?Laura Landro, WSJ, Oct 25, 2011, says the Centers for Disease Control is launching a new website for cancer patients and caregivers. Prevent infections! Cancer patients are vulnerable. For one thing, chemo can lower the number of protective white cells.And, I might add— cancer patients ENOUGH

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Health: Do not reuse needles--got that?

Do not reuse needles--got that? in healthy blog. Every time I read about infections, someone says a hospital or clinic has reused needles. Can we just agree that is really, really dumb and stupid?Laura Landro, WSJ, Oct 25, 2011, says the Centers for Disease Control is launching a new website for cancer patients and caregivers. Prevent infections! Cancer patients are vulnerable. For one thing, chemo can lower the number of protective white cells.And, I might add— cancer patients ENOUGH

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Health: Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor?

Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor? in healthy blog. Anahad O’Connor, NYT, Oct 24, 2011, reports on a decent-sounding study that suggests that letrozole (Femara) improves the odds of survival to a greater degree that the gold-standard followup medicine tamoxifen.I am not a doctor, I do not play one on TV, but this may be worth talking to your doctor about.Sixty percent of breast cancers are sensitive to estrogen or estrogen-receptor positive. This study in The Lancet Oncology, financed

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What the Pfizer (V)? - Few Consequences of a Long History of Bad Behavior info

What the Pfizer (V)? - Few Consequences of a Long History of Bad Behavior in healthy blog. The recent in-depth investigation by Fortune reporters of 10 years of dysfunctional leadership at Pfizer, the "world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company," raised many issues about leadership and governance in health care (see our post here).  In a series of posts, we then discussed lack of transparency in Pfizer's communication about management performance here, how bad

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Health: Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor?

Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor? in healthy blog. Anahad O’Connor, NYT, Oct 24, 2011, reports on a decent-sounding study that suggests that letrozole (Femara) improves the odds of survival to a greater degree that the gold-standard followup medicine tamoxifen.I am not a doctor, I do not play one on TV, but this may be worth talking to your doctor about.Sixty percent of breast cancers are sensitive to estrogen or estrogen-receptor positive. This study in The Lancet Oncology, financed

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Health: Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor?

Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor? in healthy blog. Anahad O’Connor, NYT, Oct 24, 2011, reports on a decent-sounding study that suggests that letrozole (Femara) improves the odds of survival to a greater degree that the gold-standard followup medicine tamoxifen.I am not a doctor, I do not play one on TV, but this may be worth talking to your doctor about.Sixty percent of breast cancers are sensitive to estrogen or estrogen-receptor positive. This study in The Lancet Oncology, financed

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What the Pfizer (V)? - Few Consequences of a Long History of Bad Behavior info

What the Pfizer (V)? - Few Consequences of a Long History of Bad Behavior in healthy blog. The recent in-depth investigation by Fortune reporters of 10 years of dysfunctional leadership at Pfizer, the "world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company," raised many issues about leadership and governance in health care (see our post here).  In a series of posts, we then discussed lack of transparency in Pfizer's communication about management performance here, how bad

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Health: Old-age commune--with pool guy

Old-age commune--with pool guy in healthy blog. My sister and I oversee our mother’s care in assisted care—and have for 17 yrs. She cannot manage on her own. She can pay $ 3000 a mo—we will never be able to when it comes our turn. And our turn is sort of here, we are both quakier that she is.So….My friends and I jokingly talk about banding together and taking care of each other—maybe with a cute employee to fetch our prescriptions, cook, clean the pool (a must), and mix the Cosmos at

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Health: Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor?

Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor? in healthy blog. Anahad O’Connor, NYT, Oct 24, 2011, reports on a decent-sounding study that suggests that letrozole (Femara) improves the odds of survival to a greater degree that the gold-standard followup medicine tamoxifen.I am not a doctor, I do not play one on TV, but this may be worth talking to your doctor about.Sixty percent of breast cancers are sensitive to estrogen or estrogen-receptor positive. This study in The Lancet Oncology, financed

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Health: Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor?

Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor? in healthy blog. Anahad O’Connor, NYT, Oct 24, 2011, reports on a decent-sounding study that suggests that letrozole (Femara) improves the odds of survival to a greater degree that the gold-standard followup medicine tamoxifen.I am not a doctor, I do not play one on TV, but this may be worth talking to your doctor about.Sixty percent of breast cancers are sensitive to estrogen or estrogen-receptor positive. This study in The Lancet Oncology, financed

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Health: Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor?

Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor? in healthy blog. Anahad O’Connor, NYT, Oct 24, 2011, reports on a decent-sounding study that suggests that letrozole (Femara) improves the odds of survival to a greater degree that the gold-standard followup medicine tamoxifen.I am not a doctor, I do not play one on TV, but this may be worth talking to your doctor about.Sixty percent of breast cancers are sensitive to estrogen or estrogen-receptor positive. This study in The Lancet Oncology, financed

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Health: Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor?

Breast cancer followup--ask your doctor? in healthy blog. Anahad O’Connor, NYT, Oct 24, 2011, reports on a decent-sounding study that suggests that letrozole (Femara) improves the odds of survival to a greater degree that the gold-standard followup medicine tamoxifen.I am not a doctor, I do not play one on TV, but this may be worth talking to your doctor about.Sixty percent of breast cancers are sensitive to estrogen or estrogen-receptor positive. This study in The Lancet Oncology, financed

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NIST on the EHR Mission Hostile User Experience: Blame the User? Nyet... info

NIST on the EHR Mission Hostile User Experience: Blame the User? Nyet... in healthy blog. I have often had to respond to those who claim that EHR's don't cause medical errors, users do. That subset of the health IT irrationally exuberant seem common in the health IT industry and pundit channels.NIST (The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology) has recently issued a draft report "NISTIR 7804: Technical Evaluation, Testing and Validation of the Usability of Electronic Health

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NIST on the EHR Mission Hostile User Experience: Blame the User? Nyet... info

NIST on the EHR Mission Hostile User Experience: Blame the User? Nyet... in healthy blog. I have often had to respond to those who claim that EHR's don't cause medical errors, users do. That subset of the health IT irrationally exuberant seem common in the health IT industry and pundit channels.NIST (The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology) has recently issued a draft report "NISTIR 7804: Technical Evaluation, Testing and Validation of the Usability of Electronic Health

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Why 99 Percent of the Irrationally Exuberant About Health IT Need To Be Removed From Healthcare info

Why 99 Percent of the Irrationally Exuberant About Health IT Need To Be Removed From Healthcare in healthy blog. At Roy Poses' cross post "Why 99 percent of health care should be angry" over at the KevinMD blog, I introduced a comment into the "eruption of controversy" (his term here) caused by his post.My comment was on the topic of government and health IT: scotsilv 3 days ago

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Why 99 Percent of the Irrationally Exuberant About Health IT Need To Be Removed From Healthcare info

Why 99 Percent of the Irrationally Exuberant About Health IT Need To Be Removed From Healthcare in healthy blog. At Roy Poses' cross post "Why 99 percent of health care should be angry" over at the KevinMD blog, I introduced a comment into the "eruption of controversy" (his term here) caused by his post.My comment was on the topic of government and health IT: scotsilv 3 days ago

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Steve Jobs: Computer Geniuses and Medical Mysticism, a Very Bad Combination info

Steve Jobs: Computer Geniuses and Medical Mysticism, a Very Bad Combination in healthy blog. Brilliant computer innovators may not be so brilliant in all domains. It is well known, and well documented for many decades, that pancreatic cancer is often extremely aggressive and detected relatively late due to lack of early symptoms. Its detection should lead to aggressive treatment ASAP, such as radiation/chemotherapy or the Whipple procedure, if the person is to survive.I consider this

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"Peer Benchmarking," the "Lake Wobegone Effect," and Outsize Executive Compensation: the Amgen Example info

"Peer Benchmarking," the "Lake Wobegone Effect," and Outsize Executive Compensation: the Amgen Example in healthy blog. We recently discussed why health care's 99 percent may have reason to be upset with the one percent, the elite that run health care organizations. Once cross-posted on the KevinMD blog, it caused an eruption of controversy. This included some anonymous commentators who insisted that top leaders' made contributions to health care that were so heroic that their compensation

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Health: Secret plan to kill us

Secret plan to kill us in healthy blog. I am trying to decide on a new Medicare plan—or maybe I will keep the old one. I am increasingly convinced, however, that this process is a nefarious plan to frustrate seniors and raise their BP to fatal levels.First, I made the decision to get an HMO—a so-called Advantage plan—when my supplemental went up and up in price. I loved that supplemental—I wanted to marry it. But it was too expensive.So…I decided to ride the Advantage plans down—the

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not info

"24", This Computer Project Was Not in healthy blog. A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention.I think if the words "FBI" were replaced with "hospitals" and "healthcare IT", this could be a study of IT failure in the latter organizations. Many of the familiar issues are there:The Failure of Virtual Case File and the FBIBackgroundThe FBI first sought to embrace technology in the 1980s during the onset of computer availability and hoped to

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Health: Candy you hate? Seriously?

Candy you hate? Seriously? in healthy blog. Yup—the Loyola Center for Fitness is so worried you will bolt down the Halloween candy, it advises only buy the kind you hate.Also, delay buying it—less time for it to call to you from the garage or wherever.Don’t get chocolate—people eat that. That means YOU!Eat a healthy meal so you won’t be hungry, Loyola says.Chew sugarless gum.Oh—and I love this one—keep the wrappers so you can see how much you ate.Also, confiscate the candy. Dole

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not info

"24", This Computer Project Was Not in healthy blog. A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention.I think if the words "FBI" were replaced with "hospitals" and "healthcare IT", this could be a study of IT failure in the latter organizations. Many of the familiar issues are there:The Failure of Virtual Case File and the FBIBackgroundThe FBI first sought to embrace technology in the 1980s during the onset of computer availability and hoped to

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not info

"24", This Computer Project Was Not in healthy blog. A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention.I think if the words "FBI" were replaced with "hospitals" and "healthcare IT", this could be a study of IT failure in the latter organizations. Many of the familiar issues are there:The Failure of Virtual Case File and the FBIBackgroundThe FBI first sought to embrace technology in the 1980s during the onset of computer availability and hoped to

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not info

"24", This Computer Project Was Not in healthy blog. A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention.I think if the words "FBI" were replaced with "hospitals" and "healthcare IT", this could be a study of IT failure in the latter organizations. Many of the familiar issues are there:The Failure of Virtual Case File and the FBIBackgroundThe FBI first sought to embrace technology in the 1980s during the onset of computer availability and hoped to

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Health: Disabled can get slighted on tests, treatments

Disabled can get slighted on tests, treatments in healthy blog. David Song, writing in the Harvard Crimson, tells of a paraplegic woman who could not weigh herself to get the proper amount of chemo.Another woman with cerebral palsy was duct taped to keep her still—they did not have Velcro straps.OK, you already have a problem—but what if you get another one that requires treatment. Will you get it?What if you can’t get in a scanner or MRI, or even onto a table?Women with disabilities may

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Health: Disabled can get slighted on tests, treatments

Disabled can get slighted on tests, treatments in healthy blog. David Song, writing in the Harvard Crimson, tells of a paraplegic woman who could not weigh herself to get the proper amount of chemo.Another woman with cerebral palsy was duct taped to keep her still—they did not have Velcro straps.OK, you already have a problem—but what if you get another one that requires treatment. Will you get it?What if you can’t get in a scanner or MRI, or even onto a table?Women with disabilities may

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not info

"24", This Computer Project Was Not in healthy blog. A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention.I think if the words "FBI" were replaced with "hospitals" and "healthcare IT", this could be a study of IT failure in the latter organizations. Many of the familiar issues are there:The Failure of Virtual Case File and the FBIBackgroundThe FBI first sought to embrace technology in the 1980s during the onset of computer availability and hoped to

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not info

"24", This Computer Project Was Not in healthy blog. A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention.I think if the words "FBI" were replaced with "hospitals" and "healthcare IT", this could be a study of IT failure in the latter organizations. Many of the familiar issues are there:The Failure of Virtual Case File and the FBIBackgroundThe FBI first sought to embrace technology in the 1980s during the onset of computer availability and hoped to

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not info

"24", This Computer Project Was Not in healthy blog. A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention.I think if the words "FBI" were replaced with "hospitals" and "healthcare IT", this could be a study of IT failure in the latter organizations. Many of the familiar issues are there:The Failure of Virtual Case File and the FBIBackgroundThe FBI first sought to embrace technology in the 1980s during the onset of computer availability and hoped to

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Health: You probably need a new pillow

You probably need a new pillow in healthy blog. Karen Haywood Queen writes about pillows in the Costco Connection for October. Signs you need a new pillow are: You wake up with a sore back or neck. Your pillow is so flat, you have to bend it to get any loft. Or maybe it was from a bargain bin. Or maybe you heard someplace that pillows can get infested with microscopic ickies.A good pillow can last 20 years, a cheapie only 3.The biggest pillow is not always the best. Seventy percent of people

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Health: You probably need a new pillow

You probably need a new pillow in healthy blog. Karen Haywood Queen writes about pillows in the Costco Connection for October. Signs you need a new pillow are: You wake up with a sore back or neck. Your pillow is so flat, you have to bend it to get any loft. Or maybe it was from a bargain bin. Or maybe you heard someplace that pillows can get infested with microscopic ickies.A good pillow can last 20 years, a cheapie only 3.The biggest pillow is not always the best. Seventy percent of people

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not info

"24", This Computer Project Was Not in healthy blog. A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention.I think if the words "FBI" were replaced with "hospitals" and "healthcare IT", this could be a study of IT failure in the latter organizations. Many of the familiar issues are there:The Failure of Virtual Case File and the FBIBackgroundThe FBI first sought to embrace technology in the 1980s during the onset of computer availability and hoped to

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Health: You probably need a new pillow

You probably need a new pillow in healthy blog. Karen Haywood Queen writes about pillows in the Costco Connection for October. Signs you need a new pillow are: You wake up with a sore back or neck. Your pillow is so flat, you have to bend it to get any loft. Or maybe it was from a bargain bin. Or maybe you heard someplace that pillows can get infested with microscopic ickies.A good pillow can last 20 years, a cheapie only 3.The biggest pillow is not always the best. Seventy percent of people

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not info

"24", This Computer Project Was Not in healthy blog. A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention.I think if the words "FBI" were replaced with "hospitals" and "healthcare IT", this could be a study of IT failure in the latter organizations. Many of the familiar issues are there:The Failure of Virtual Case File and the FBIBackgroundThe FBI first sought to embrace technology in the 1980s during the onset of computer availability and hoped to

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Health: Wise Traditions Conference

Wise Traditions Conference in healthy blog. Hey buckaroos.  Just a reminder that I will be one of the featured speakers at this year's Wise Traditions Conference - the annual conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation.  I have been asked to speak about metabolism, and I will also have a booth set up where you can do everything from quiz me on 80's movie lines (last night I was told to "watch out for potholes" and knew that one right away) to test your whiz.  Anyway, several of

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Health: Good time--or eye infection

Good time--or eye infection in healthy blog. Please do not stick weird crap into your eye. Listen to Auntie Star now. She is missing two-eyed vision and believe me, she liked having it.I am talking about “funny” contacts for Halloween—to make you look like a bloodshot zombie, steel-eyed robot or a cat or something.All contacts require fitting and proper care. Including ones to make you cuter or uglier.Huge risk—huffs one doctor. You could ulcerate your cornea.Ew—I did that because a

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not info

"24", This Computer Project Was Not in healthy blog. A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention.I think if the words "FBI" were replaced with "hospitals" and "healthcare IT", this could be a study of IT failure in the latter organizations. Many of the familiar issues are there:The Failure of Virtual Case File and the FBIBackgroundThe FBI first sought to embrace technology in the 1980s during the onset of computer availability and hoped to

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Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization Business info

Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization Business in healthy blog. Two uncritically positive biographical features on UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann MD appeared within the last two weeks, one in the New York Times, suggesting the game is afoot.  That game appears to be the Chancellor's new strategic direction for the university.  A New Strategy for "Increasing Collaborations" with IndustryPer the NY

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Bird Flu Infection info

Bird Flu Infection in healthy blog. Avian influenza (Bird flu)Bird flu is an infection caused by bird influenza (flu) virus. It is occur naturally in birds. Wild birds carry the viruses in their intestines, but generally do not get sick from them. However, bird flu is very infectious among birds and can make some domestic birds, including hens, ducks, and turkeys, very sick and kill them.Humans and Bird flu:There are several subtypes of type A influenza viruses. These subtypes vary because of

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Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization Business info

Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization Business in healthy blog. Two uncritically positive biographical features on UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann MD appeared within the last two weeks, one in the New York Times, suggesting the game is afoot.  That game appears to be the Chancellor's new strategic direction for the university.  A New Strategy for "Increasing Collaborations" with IndustryPer the NY

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Bird Flu Infection info

Bird Flu Infection in healthy blog. Avian influenza (Bird flu)Bird flu is an infection caused by bird influenza (flu) virus. It is occur naturally in birds. Wild birds carry the viruses in their intestines, but generally do not get sick from them. However, bird flu is very infectious among birds and can make some domestic birds, including hens, ducks, and turkeys, very sick and kill them.Humans and Bird flu:There are several subtypes of type A influenza viruses. These subtypes vary because of

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Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization Business info

Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization Business in healthy blog. Two uncritically positive biographical features on UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann MD appeared within the last two weeks, one in the New York Times, suggesting the game is afoot.  That game appears to be the Chancellor's new strategic direction for the university.  A New Strategy for "Increasing Collaborations" with IndustryPer the NY

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Diabetes Affects Kidney info

Diabetes Affects Kidney in healthy blog. Tips to control Diabetes and retain a healthy kidney:Did you know...Diabetes affects the kidney? Diabetic nephropathy is one of the significant specific complications of diabetes. Around 30 to 50 percent of people with kidney failure are diabetics.Uncontrolled high blood sugar for long span of time produces functional and later structural changes in the kidneys. But what is unfortunate is that the changes occurring in kidneys are not clinically

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Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization Business info

Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization Business in healthy blog. Two uncritically positive biographical features on UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann MD appeared within the last two weeks, one in the New York Times, suggesting the game is afoot.  That game appears to be the Chancellor's new strategic direction for the university.  A New Strategy for "Increasing Collaborations" with IndustryPer the NY

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Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization Business info

Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization Business in healthy blog. Two uncritically positive biographical features on UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann MD appeared within the last two weeks, one in the New York Times, suggesting the game is afoot.  That game appears to be the Chancellor's new strategic direction for the university.  A New Strategy for "Increasing Collaborations" with IndustryPer the NY

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Diabetes Affects Kidney info

Diabetes Affects Kidney in healthy blog. Tips to control Diabetes and retain a healthy kidney:Did you know...Diabetes affects the kidney? Diabetic nephropathy is one of the significant specific complications of diabetes. Around 30 to 50 percent of people with kidney failure are diabetics.Uncontrolled high blood sugar for long span of time produces functional and later structural changes in the kidneys. But what is unfortunate is that the changes occurring in kidneys are not clinically

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President of the American College of Physicians on Electronic Medical Records info

President of the American College of Physicians on Electronic Medical Records in healthy blog. I've taken so much flak over the years for being an anti-EHR "zealot" or similar canards that I am simply posting a link to this essay by Virginia L. Hood, MBBS, MPH, FACP, President of the American College Of Physicians (ACP) with only one comment:Electronic Medical Records have Yet to Fill Their Potentialhttp://www.acpinternist.org/archives/2011/10/presidents.htmFrom the October ACP Internist,

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President of the American College of Physicians on Electronic Medical Records info

President of the American College of Physicians on Electronic Medical Records in healthy blog. I've taken so much flak over the years for being an anti-EHR "zealot" or similar canards that I am simply posting a link to this essay by Virginia L. Hood, MBBS, MPH, FACP, President of the American College Of Physicians (ACP) with only one comment:Electronic Medical Records have Yet to Fill Their Potentialhttp://www.acpinternist.org/archives/2011/10/presidents.htmFrom the October ACP Internist,

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Health: Wait--those pills may have expired

Wait--those pills may have expired in healthy blog. I once got a cough in the night—tried water, tea, and finally a slug of some old goo in the cabinet—which resulted in a banging case of the trots.Don’t take expired drugs. Misty Vo wrote about this in the AZ Republic, Oct 14, 2011. First—says Ms Vo—they determine expiration in a variety of ways. Some companies study the stability of the drug and its potency over time.Others use mathematical formulas.When the drug reaches the date, it

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An Open Letter to the Joint Commission on Their Fiduciary Responsibilities Concerning Health IT info

An Open Letter to the Joint Commission on Their Fiduciary Responsibilities Concerning Health IT in healthy blog. An open letter to the Joint Commission. Emphasis in the original:From: S SilversteinSent: Friday, October 14, 2011 9:21 AMTo: MGiuntoli, Anita; Chassin, Mark; Legaspi, Shirley; McKee, Ana; Schyve, Paul Cc: Subject: "Diary of EHR-Initiated Tragedy"Dear Joint Commission,Now that Medicare's QIO has found my mother to have been a victim of care that "did not meet applicable

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Diabetes Affects Kidney info

Diabetes Affects Kidney in healthy blog. Tips to control Diabetes and retain a healthy kidney:Did you know...Diabetes affects the kidney? Diabetic nephropathy is one of the significant specific complications of diabetes. Around 30 to 50 percent of people with kidney failure are diabetics.Uncontrolled high blood sugar for long span of time produces functional and later structural changes in the kidneys. But what is unfortunate is that the changes occurring in kidneys are not clinically

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Health: Life's a bowl of...

Life's a bowl of... in healthy blog. CHERRIES! I love them. I will admit upfront the Cherry Marketing Institute is behind this!Oh, so what—cherries are the bomb. Yet—you people are slacking…the top fruits people eat are oranges, bananas, apples, and watermelon.Still, only one in five of you are getting the 1-2 cups of fruit a day the national nannies recommend.People have…wait for it…”Fruit Fatigue,” says Elizabeth Ward, MS, RD, author of MyPlate for Moms, How to Feed Yourself and

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Diabetes Affects Kidney info

Diabetes Affects Kidney in healthy blog. Tips to control Diabetes and retain a healthy kidney:Did you know...Diabetes affects the kidney? Diabetic nephropathy is one of the significant specific complications of diabetes. Around 30 to 50 percent of people with kidney failure are diabetics.Uncontrolled high blood sugar for long span of time produces functional and later structural changes in the kidneys. But what is unfortunate is that the changes occurring in kidneys are not clinically

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Health: Life's a bowl of...

Life's a bowl of... in healthy blog. CHERRIES! I love them. I will admit upfront the Cherry Marketing Institute is behind this!Oh, so what—cherries are the bomb. Yet—you people are slacking…the top fruits people eat are oranges, bananas, apples, and watermelon.Still, only one in five of you are getting the 1-2 cups of fruit a day the national nannies recommend.People have…wait for it…”Fruit Fatigue,” says Elizabeth Ward, MS, RD, author of MyPlate for Moms, How to Feed Yourself and

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Another Month, Another Set of Legal Settlements, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, and Jury Findings Adverse to Large Health Care Corporations info

Another Month, Another Set of Legal Settlements, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, and Jury Findings Adverse to Large Health Care Corporations in healthy blog. Another month, another series of adverse legal rulings suggesting misbehavior by large health care organizations.  In alphabetical order,...Baxter, McKesson, Teva Pay Punitive DamagesAs reported by Bloomberg,A jury said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. unit and two other drugmakers must pay $ 162.5 million in punitive damages for

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Another Month, Another Set of Legal Settlements, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, and Jury Findings Adverse to Large Health Care Corporations info

Another Month, Another Set of Legal Settlements, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, and Jury Findings Adverse to Large Health Care Corporations in healthy blog. Another month, another series of adverse legal rulings suggesting misbehavior by large health care organizations.  In alphabetical order,...Baxter, McKesson, Teva Pay Punitive DamagesAs reported by Bloomberg,A jury said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. unit and two other drugmakers must pay $ 162.5 million in punitive damages for

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Health: Knife in the heart

Knife in the heart in healthy blog. Peanut butter is going to become scarce and spendy.Oh, whatever! Why don’t our masters just mark up ramen to $ 5?I shouldn’t give them ideas.Seems…oh woe…there was a failure in last year’s peanut crop—too hot or something.Peter Pan, Jif, Smuckers—the lot—are raising prices by as much as 40%!A ton of raw peanuts has gone from $ 450 to $ 1,150!Ninety percent of households eat the stuff—good protein source.Oh—and this is nifty—chocolate

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Health: Visiting health service? I don't THINK so

Visiting health service? I don't THINK so in healthy blog. Are we too cynical? Can one be TOO cynical? Now, when I get a letter from the bank or my health plan—much less the G—I know it is not to help me and will possibly work against me.I got a letter from my Medicare so-called “Advantage” plan saying they would call me to make an appointment for a doctor to come to my house to assess my “wellness.” Then that doctor would report back to “my” doctor about my health. Of course, I

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Health: Visiting health service? I don't THINK so

Visiting health service? I don't THINK so in healthy blog. Are we too cynical? Can one be TOO cynical? Now, when I get a letter from the bank or my health plan—much less the G—I know it is not to help me and will possibly work against me.I got a letter from my Medicare so-called “Advantage” plan saying they would call me to make an appointment for a doctor to come to my house to assess my “wellness.” Then that doctor would report back to “my” doctor about my health. Of course, I

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Health: Visiting health service? I don't THINK so

Visiting health service? I don't THINK so in healthy blog. Are we too cynical? Can one be TOO cynical? Now, when I get a letter from the bank or my health plan—much less the G—I know it is not to help me and will possibly work against me.I got a letter from my Medicare so-called “Advantage” plan saying they would call me to make an appointment for a doctor to come to my house to assess my “wellness.” Then that doctor would report back to “my” doctor about my health. Of course, I

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Health: Knife in the heart

Knife in the heart in healthy blog. Peanut butter is going to become scarce and spendy.Oh, whatever! Why don’t our masters just mark up ramen to $ 5?I shouldn’t give them ideas.Seems…oh woe…there was a failure in last year’s peanut crop—too hot or something.Peter Pan, Jif, Smuckers—the lot—are raising prices by as much as 40%!A ton of raw peanuts has gone from $ 450 to $ 1,150!Ninety percent of households eat the stuff—good protein source.Oh—and this is nifty—chocolate

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Health: Knife in the heart

Knife in the heart in healthy blog. Peanut butter is going to become scarce and spendy.Oh, whatever! Why don’t our masters just mark up ramen to $ 5?I shouldn’t give them ideas.Seems…oh woe…there was a failure in last year’s peanut crop—too hot or something.Peter Pan, Jif, Smuckers—the lot—are raising prices by as much as 40%!A ton of raw peanuts has gone from $ 450 to $ 1,150!Ninety percent of households eat the stuff—good protein source.Oh—and this is nifty—chocolate

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Health: Knife in the heart

Knife in the heart in healthy blog. Peanut butter is going to become scarce and spendy.Oh, whatever! Why don’t our masters just mark up ramen to $ 5?I shouldn’t give them ideas.Seems…oh woe…there was a failure in last year’s peanut crop—too hot or something.Peter Pan, Jif, Smuckers—the lot—are raising prices by as much as 40%!A ton of raw peanuts has gone from $ 450 to $ 1,150!Ninety percent of households eat the stuff—good protein source.Oh—and this is nifty—chocolate

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Health: Knife in the heart

Knife in the heart in healthy blog. Peanut butter is going to become scarce and spendy.Oh, whatever! Why don’t our masters just mark up ramen to $ 5?I shouldn’t give them ideas.Seems…oh woe…there was a failure in last year’s peanut crop—too hot or something.Peter Pan, Jif, Smuckers—the lot—are raising prices by as much as 40%!A ton of raw peanuts has gone from $ 450 to $ 1,150!Ninety percent of households eat the stuff—good protein source.Oh—and this is nifty—chocolate

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Health: Knife in the heart

Knife in the heart in healthy blog. Peanut butter is going to become scarce and spendy.Oh, whatever! Why don’t our masters just mark up ramen to $ 5?I shouldn’t give them ideas.Seems…oh woe…there was a failure in last year’s peanut crop—too hot or something.Peter Pan, Jif, Smuckers—the lot—are raising prices by as much as 40%!A ton of raw peanuts has gone from $ 450 to $ 1,150!Ninety percent of households eat the stuff—good protein source.Oh—and this is nifty—chocolate

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Health: RBTI Intro Package

RBTI Intro Package in healthy blog. It's here and it's queer!  Get used to it!  I finally released the RBTI Intro Package this morning.  I did the best job I could do of thoroughly covering the basics of the program that Challen Waychoff, N.D., uses to help his clients get some pretty remarkable results.  The package includes the eBook - Introduction to RBTI, as well as the 180DegreeHealth RBTI Cookbook.In addition to those 2 eBooks, there are 8 videos and 9 audio

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New Car: 2012 Nissan Almera news

New Car: 2012 Nissan Almera in car review and vehicle news. Nissan has launched its second eco-car in Thailand after the March, which is also the first sedan bodied eco-car in the market. Named Almera, it revives a name used by Nissan in Europe for its family cars. If it looks familiar, the Thai Almera is what we know as the new Sunny, the big B-segment sedan that made its world debut in

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Health: RBTI Intro Package

RBTI Intro Package in healthy blog. It's here and it's queer!  Get used to it!  I finally released the RBTI Intro Package this morning.  I did the best job I could do of thoroughly covering the basics of the program that Challen Waychoff, N.D., uses to help his clients get some pretty remarkable results.  The package includes the eBook - Introduction to RBTI, as well as the 180DegreeHealth RBTI Cookbook.In addition to those 2 eBooks, there are 8 videos and 9 audio

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New Car: 2012 Nissan Almera news

New Car: 2012 Nissan Almera in car review and vehicle news. Nissan has launched its second eco-car in Thailand after the March, which is also the first sedan bodied eco-car in the market. Named Almera, it revives a name used by Nissan in Europe for its family cars. If it looks familiar, the Thai Almera is what we know as the new Sunny, the big B-segment sedan that made its world debut in

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Health Care's "99 Percenters" info

Health Care's "99 Percenters" in healthy blog. As Occupy Wall Street has gone from an obscure protest covered only on blogs and social media to a national phenomenon, the apparent parallels between the issues it is raising and the issues we have been raising in health care grows.99 PercentersA growing number of protesters are calling themselves the "99 Percenters," (Alter, Jonathan.  Why Occupy Wall Street Should Scare Republicans.  Bloomberg, October 6,

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Health: Robotic surgery--measure twice, cut once

Robotic surgery--measure twice, cut once in healthy blog. Especially if you are facing prostate surgery and especially if your doctor’s hospital has purchased robotic equipment, you may be hearing about robotic surgery.This is not a robot clanking in and leaning over the table—it’s robotic arms and tools being manipulated by a surgeon at the computer.Recently, a writer friend working in a hospital PR dept told me they were really touting the robot and she wasn’t so sure it was always

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Health: Robotic surgery--measure twice, cut once

Robotic surgery--measure twice, cut once in healthy blog. Especially if you are facing prostate surgery and especially if your doctor’s hospital has purchased robotic equipment, you may be hearing about robotic surgery.This is not a robot clanking in and leaning over the table—it’s robotic arms and tools being manipulated by a surgeon at the computer.Recently, a writer friend working in a hospital PR dept told me they were really touting the robot and she wasn’t so sure it was always

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Health Care's "99 Percenters" info

Health Care's "99 Percenters" in healthy blog. As Occupy Wall Street has gone from an obscure protest covered only on blogs and social media to a national phenomenon, the apparent parallels between the issues it is raising and the issues we have been raising in health care grows.99 PercentersA growing number of protesters are calling themselves the "99 Percenters," (Alter, Jonathan.  Why Occupy Wall Street Should Scare Republicans.  Bloomberg, October 6,

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A Diary of Death by EHR info

A Diary of Death by EHR in healthy blog. I've realized that these past posts, when integrated for an upcoming investigation, tell a frightening story that is probably not uncommon in hospitals today. They form a sort of Diary of Death by EHR.I fear that these problems will become far more commonplace under the "incentives" and penalties for "non-meaningful" users of "certified" health IT (incentives = "take our incentives and use this stuff, or we will punish you").These posts should be read

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New Car: 2012 Mazda RX-8 Spirit R news

New Car: 2012 Mazda RX-8 Spirit R in car review and vehicle news. Mazda will build a special edition of its rotary-powered four-door sports car called the RX-8 Spirit R, but it will only be available in Japan. It will be the last special edition RX-8 before Mazda ends production of the world’s only rotary-powered car in June 2012. The Hiroshima-based automaker expects to sell only 1000

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A Diary of Death by EHR info

A Diary of Death by EHR in healthy blog. I've realized that these past posts, when integrated for an upcoming investigation, tell a frightening story that is probably not uncommon in hospitals today. They form a sort of Diary of Death by EHR.I fear that these problems will become far more commonplace under the "incentives" and penalties for "non-meaningful" users of "certified" health IT (incentives = "take our incentives and use this stuff, or we will punish you").These posts should be read

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New Car: 2012 Volkswagen California Beach Van news

New Car: 2012 Volkswagen California Beach Van in car review and vehicle news. Are you a Brit that dreams of sleeping on the beaches of California in a styled camper van? You’re in luck: Volkswagen has unveiled its newest camper van people carrier, the California Beach. The van is essentially a cross between the current VW California and Caravelle vans: the California is VW’s camper van,

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Spied Up Date: 2013 BMW M6 Convertible news

Spied Up Date: 2013 BMW M6 Convertible in car review and vehicle news. The official reveal of the next BMW M6 could be just around the corner, as these spy shots show a barely camouflaged convertible model out testing. A big clue that the M6 might be nearing production readiness is the different paint color. The last few M6 mules we’ve seen have all been black. This one, however, sports a gray

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Spied: 2013 Mercedes S-Class news

Spied: 2013 Mercedes S-Class in car review and vehicle news. Mercedes is developing new technology that can spot a hazard quicker than the human eye. The 6D-Vision system will debut on the S-Class in 2013, and our spies caught a prototype testing it while towing. It can calculate the precise location of a hazard in three dimensions, and the direction and speed of travel in a further three.

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Hot News: Land Rover Plans Hot Evoque news

Hot News: Land Rover Plans Hot Evoque in car review and vehicle news. A hot version - up-to 300bhp – of the new Range Rover Evoque is being assessed for production. The engine is a high-pressure turbo version of the Evoque's Ford-derived 2.0-litre turbo petrol unit.Evoque program director David Mitchell has been driving the engine in an Evoque prototype, although production has yet to get the

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Health: Rake those leaves--forget the gym

Rake those leaves--forget the gym in healthy blog. Exercise does not have to be some hothouse deal in the gym amongst the hardbodies.You can do yardwork, for instance.Now is the time for it. Those leaves won’t take themselves. And let’s face it, leaf blowers are just plain dumb.You should be happy to be outside in nature. They say. Double digging a bed is work! Stretch first, warm up.Concentrate on deep breathing.Rake right-handed 15 times—left-handed 15.Get the kids out there. There is a

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Hot News: Ford to Unveil a New Car in New Delhi Show 2012? news

Hot News: Ford to Unveil a New Car in New Delhi Show 2012? in car review and vehicle news. Rival media outlets have reported this week that Ford will unveil its new Figo light hatch at January’s New Delhi auto show. But Ford Australia is remaining tight lipped.Speaking to motoring.com.au overnight, Ford Australia’s public affairs director, Sinead Phipps said that while there is indeed a

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Health: Rake those leaves--forget the gym

Rake those leaves--forget the gym in healthy blog. Exercise does not have to be some hothouse deal in the gym amongst the hardbodies.You can do yardwork, for instance.Now is the time for it. Those leaves won’t take themselves. And let’s face it, leaf blowers are just plain dumb.You should be happy to be outside in nature. They say. Double digging a bed is work! Stretch first, warm up.Concentrate on deep breathing.Rake right-handed 15 times—left-handed 15.Get the kids out there. There is a

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New Car: 2012 Mitsubishi Delica D:3 news

New Car: 2012 Mitsubishi Delica D:3 in car review and vehicle news. Mitsubishi is set to launch its Delica D:3 passenger minivan, as well as the commercial version called the Delica Van, at the end of October in Japan. As is already known, the new Delica (which gets its name from Delivery Car, with the number 3 chosen by the company to denote a vehicle of minivan size) is a rebadged Nissan NV

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Health: Rake those leaves--forget the gym

Rake those leaves--forget the gym in healthy blog. Exercise does not have to be some hothouse deal in the gym amongst the hardbodies.You can do yardwork, for instance.Now is the time for it. Those leaves won’t take themselves. And let’s face it, leaf blowers are just plain dumb.You should be happy to be outside in nature. They say. Double digging a bed is work! Stretch first, warm up.Concentrate on deep breathing.Rake right-handed 15 times—left-handed 15.Get the kids out there. There is a

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Health: RBTI Lemonade

RBTI Lemonade in healthy blog. Still got a half dozen more video clips of Challen on file.  Here's one with him discussing a few topics briefly, such as why people are "night people," the A through E ranges in RBTI, and the purpose of the lemonade - as well as the dangers with drinking the lemonade if your chemistry is not right.  Also wanted to make some announcements.  Just putting the finishing touches on a dual eBook, video, and audio package introducing the basics of the

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Health: Rake those leaves--forget the gym

Rake those leaves--forget the gym in healthy blog. Exercise does not have to be some hothouse deal in the gym amongst the hardbodies.You can do yardwork, for instance.Now is the time for it. Those leaves won’t take themselves. And let’s face it, leaf blowers are just plain dumb.You should be happy to be outside in nature. They say. Double digging a bed is work! Stretch first, warm up.Concentrate on deep breathing.Rake right-handed 15 times—left-handed 15.Get the kids out there. There is a

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Health: Rake those leaves--forget the gym

Rake those leaves--forget the gym in healthy blog. Exercise does not have to be some hothouse deal in the gym amongst the hardbodies.You can do yardwork, for instance.Now is the time for it. Those leaves won’t take themselves. And let’s face it, leaf blowers are just plain dumb.You should be happy to be outside in nature. They say. Double digging a bed is work! Stretch first, warm up.Concentrate on deep breathing.Rake right-handed 15 times—left-handed 15.Get the kids out there. There is a

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Still More Electronic Medical Data Chaos, Pandemonium, Bedlam, Tumult and Maelstrom: But Don't Worry, Your Data is Secure info

Still More Electronic Medical Data Chaos, Pandemonium, Bedlam, Tumult and Maelstrom: But Don't Worry, Your Data is Secure in healthy blog. Case 1. TumultOctober 5, 2011New York TimesPatient Data Landed Online After a Series of MisstepsBy KEVIN SACKPrivate medical data for nearly 20,000 emergency room patients at California’s prestigious Stanford Hospital were exposed to public view for nearly a year because a billing contractor’s marketing agent sent the electronic spreadsheet to a job

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Spend Billions More on HIT When Public-Health Services Get Crunched by Budget Woes? info

Spend Billions More on HIT When Public-Health Services Get Crunched by Budget Woes? in healthy blog. I have the answer to these cutbacks of pubic health services.In the midst of economic chaos, let's spend tens of billions or even better, hundreds of billions of dollars more on experimental healthcare IT.(It worked out so well for the UK's NPfIT, we should follow the NHS's example of how to wisely spend our crucial healthcare billions.)I will comment no further:Wall Street Journal Health

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News: 2011 Buick Regal GS Concept

2011 Buick Regal GS Concept in car review and vehicle news. With an estimated 255 horsepower turbo (190 kW), a six-speed manual transmission and an advanced unit, adaptable to all four wheels, the Buick Regal GS is a concept of high-tech, high-performance version of the sedan brand new sport. Which was presented at the 2010 North American International Auto.Mechanics was developed with the aim of

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Spied Up Date: 2013 Porsche Boxster news

Spied Up Date: 2013 Porsche Boxster in car review and vehicle news. The latest 911 has been revealed, and the third-gen Boxster will be Porsche’s next big debut. The mid-engined roadster is, after all, a close sibling to the iconic 911, although Porsche has certainly learned to hide the connection a bit better than with the pre-2002 996 911 and the first-gen Boxster; those cars had

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Spend Billions More on HIT When Public-Health Services Get Crunched by Budget Woes? info

Spend Billions More on HIT When Public-Health Services Get Crunched by Budget Woes? in healthy blog. I have the answer to these cutbacks of pubic health services.In the midst of economic chaos, let's spend tens of billions or even better, hundreds of billions of dollars more on experimental healthcare IT.(It worked out so well for the UK's NPfIT, we should follow the NHS's example of how to wisely spend our crucial healthcare billions.)I will comment no further:Wall Street Journal Health

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Audi S6 - Put On Your Wish List! review

Audi S6 - Put On Your Wish List! in car review and vehicle news. Audi S6Go fast and comfortable around some of the current Audi S6, but a good amount of room, but speed and excellent traction in all conditions favorable, four door car to provide a unique blend of branding, at least. Three generations of the Audi S6 for sale in this country. , S6, A6 is impressive car has been designed from

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Spied Up Date: 2013 Porsche Boxster news

Spied Up Date: 2013 Porsche Boxster in car review and vehicle news. The latest 911 has been revealed, and the third-gen Boxster will be Porsche’s next big debut. The mid-engined roadster is, after all, a close sibling to the iconic 911, although Porsche has certainly learned to hide the connection a bit better than with the pre-2002 996 911 and the first-gen Boxster; those cars had

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News: 2011 Buick Regal GS Concept

2011 Buick Regal GS Concept in car review and vehicle news. With an estimated 255 horsepower turbo (190 kW), a six-speed manual transmission and an advanced unit, adaptable to all four wheels, the Buick Regal GS is a concept of high-tech, high-performance version of the sedan brand new sport. Which was presented at the 2010 North American International Auto.Mechanics was developed with the aim of

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Enabled by the Revolving Door, Corporatistic US Trade Policy Seems to Put US Drug Companies Ahead of Global Public Health info

Enabled by the Revolving Door, Corporatistic US Trade Policy Seems to Put US Drug Companies Ahead of Global Public Health in healthy blog. We just discussed how leaders of big health care corporations with histories of ethical and legal missteps want to export our supposedly "wonderful technology, wonderful approaches" to the rest of the world.  A story on the Huffington Post showed how big health care corporations, partnering with the US government, have already been doing that

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Health: Not just for cantaloupes

Not just for cantaloupes in healthy blog. Listeria is out there killing people. No, it’s not some unshaven sociopath—it’s a pathogen. A bacterium. And it’s not usually on veggies and fruit as in the Colorado cantaloupe outbreak—it’s usually on meat and cheese. Deli meat is a huge culprit—sitting around with surface area breeding this stuff. The meat in the packages is less prone.The listeria bacteria get on workers’ hands and onto food. Cold does not kill it. It creeps into

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New Car: 2012 Chevrolet Colorado news

New Car: 2012 Chevrolet Colorado in car review and vehicle news. Chevrolet is launching its new midsize Colorado pickup in Thailand, which means we finally get more information on the new truck. Designed by a team of Chevrolet engineers from Brazil, the Colorado will be sold in 60 countries around the world, including Thailand and other parts of southeast Asia. The body-on-frame Colorado will

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Enabled by the Revolving Door, Corporatistic US Trade Policy Seems to Put US Drug Companies Ahead of Global Public Health info

Enabled by the Revolving Door, Corporatistic US Trade Policy Seems to Put US Drug Companies Ahead of Global Public Health in healthy blog. We just discussed how leaders of big health care corporations with histories of ethical and legal missteps want to export our supposedly "wonderful technology, wonderful approaches" to the rest of the world.  A story on the Huffington Post showed how big health care corporations, partnering with the US government, have already been doing that

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Audi A6 - Car Rental Special Offers The Best View review

Audi A6 - Car Rental Special Offers The Best View in car review and vehicle news. Audi A6 - Car Many in the industry, Audi A6 and the last, it is expected to release in 2011 as a C7 generation, many people are still the current generation of the A6, is there to look out for C6s.Early 2004, and the previous generation (1994 A6s first in practice) or aesthetic style face great teams, instead of

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Spied: 2012 Mercedes G55 AMG news

Spied: 2012 Mercedes G55 AMG in car review and vehicle news. Before these spy shots surfaced, we were pretty sure the fastest box on wheels – the Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG – went buh-bye; Mercedes made no mention of it to anyone in our office, nor was it included in the “Mercedes-Benz What’s New for Model Year 2012” press release. That’s why the following photos have us scratching our

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There Are Still Some Medical Watchdog Organizations That Call a Spade a Spade info

There Are Still Some Medical Watchdog Organizations That Call a Spade a Spade in healthy blog. Seeking justice for healthcare errors is often a disconcerting, if not sleazy affair. This can be gleaned from recent posts such as here, here, here and here.The civil justice system is slow, subject to legal spin, and not exactly easy to navigate.Fortunately there are medical watchdog organizations that are not simply figureheads or puppets for large healthcare organizations. They call a spade a

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A Short History of The Audi A3 review

A Short History of The Audi A3 in car review and vehicle news. Audi A3And began the family and described as a luxury sports car model produced by the German car industry Audi A3, which provides for the car and when you want to first look at Audi Sport and the European market, and production in 1996 could be very suitable for this purpose. Model of golf. They were originally three reasons are the

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Health: Will it hurt?

Will it hurt? in healthy blog. I got my flu shot—I heard on the news that they were using a smaller needle that barely hurt. It didn’t hurt much or even at all…So get one.But as for other “procedures,” as doctors like to call disgusting things, some really do hurt. Is it better to know what you’re in for?Health Dialog has now whipped up something called the HD Care Compass, telling you what to expect from cardiac caths, colonoscopy, gall bladder surgery, knee and hip replacement and

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There Are Still Some Medical Watchdog Organizations That Call a Spade a Spade info

There Are Still Some Medical Watchdog Organizations That Call a Spade a Spade in healthy blog. Seeking justice for healthcare errors is often a disconcerting, if not sleazy affair. This can be gleaned from recent posts such as here, here, here and here.The civil justice system is slow, subject to legal spin, and not exactly easy to navigate.Fortunately there are medical watchdog organizations that are not simply figureheads or puppets for large healthcare organizations. They call a spade a

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Health: Will it hurt?

Will it hurt? in healthy blog. I got my flu shot—I heard on the news that they were using a smaller needle that barely hurt. It didn’t hurt much or even at all…So get one.But as for other “procedures,” as doctors like to call disgusting things, some really do hurt. Is it better to know what you’re in for?Health Dialog has now whipped up something called the HD Care Compass, telling you what to expect from cardiac caths, colonoscopy, gall bladder surgery, knee and hip replacement and

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2011 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid review

2011 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid in car review and vehicle news. 2011 Volkswagen The first time in 2011, Volkswagen will introduce a hybrid midsize Touareg SUV. Hybrid electric motor means partnership between Volkswagen and Porsche to save gas engine development and production costs. You will use a modified version of the Audi Q7 SUV with a hybrid engine Porsche Cayenne S.Volkswagen has emerged as

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Health: Will it hurt?

Will it hurt? in healthy blog. I got my flu shot—I heard on the news that they were using a smaller needle that barely hurt. It didn’t hurt much or even at all…So get one.But as for other “procedures,” as doctors like to call disgusting things, some really do hurt. Is it better to know what you’re in for?Health Dialog has now whipped up something called the HD Care Compass, telling you what to expect from cardiac caths, colonoscopy, gall bladder surgery, knee and hip replacement and

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Spend Billions More on HIT When Public-Health Services Get Crunched by Budget Woes? info

Spend Billions More on HIT When Public-Health Services Get Crunched by Budget Woes? in healthy blog. I have the answer to these cutbacks of pubic health services.In the midst of economic chaos, let's spend tens of billions or even better, hundreds of billions of dollars more on experimental healthcare IT.(It worked out so well for the UK's NPfIT, we should follow the NHS's example of how to wisely spend our crucial healthcare billions.)I will comment no further:Wall Street Journal Health

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Health: Will it hurt?

Will it hurt? in healthy blog. I got my flu shot—I heard on the news that they were using a smaller needle that barely hurt. It didn’t hurt much or even at all…So get one.But as for other “procedures,” as doctors like to call disgusting things, some really do hurt. Is it better to know what you’re in for?Health Dialog has now whipped up something called the HD Care Compass, telling you what to expect from cardiac caths, colonoscopy, gall bladder surgery, knee and hip replacement and

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Hot News: Fiat to Release New Supermini news

Hot News: Fiat to Release New Supermini in car review and vehicle news. Fiat’s compact SUV, sister car to the baby Jeep first revealed by Autocar recently, will be one of a series of all-new supermini sized models launched by the Italian brand and its Chrysler subsidiary, according to industry reports. The move to build a family of state-of-the-art superminis will finally bring to an end

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Audi - Thanks to High Quality and Innovative Luxury Cars review

Audi - Thanks to High Quality and Innovative Luxury Cars in car review and vehicle news. Audi - Thanks to High Quality Audi has been evaluated from the production of high quality and innovative luxury cars. It is popular in the world and one of the premium brands in the automotive world's most respected. Waste automobile manufacturers, Audi, was founded in 1910 with headquarters in Ingolstadt,

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New Car: 2012 Ginetta G60 news

New Car: 2012 Ginetta G60 in car review and vehicle news. Ginetta is launching a new flagship two-seater: the 310bhp Ginetta G60, its first mid-engined road car for more than 20 years.Priced at £68k and limited to just 50 cars, the G60 is a heavily reworked version of the carbonfibre-tubbed Farbio GTS, built by the company that Ginetta acquired in March.Production has been switched from Bath

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First Audi Models review

First Audi Models in car review and vehicle news. First Audi ModelsEarly 20th-century maker in the car all over the world have tested new and innovative ideas in the field of automobile production and test. Historically, there are no plans to go, you will need to be addressed and possible new ideas and innovative ideas for all. This came in the area are looking for new ideas about where to use

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Spied: 2013 Lincoln MKS news

Spied: 2013 Lincoln MKS in car review and vehicle news. In our September 2011 issue, we presented an in-depth feature about how Ford intends to turn the Lincoln brand around, noting that the plan will begin in November with the debut of the updated MKS and MKT. We now have spy photos of the former, which gives us a first look at a number of the updates. There’s been a lot of chatter about

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Exporting the US "Health Ecosystem" and its "Wonderful Technology, Wonderful Approaches," or Exporting "A Parasite Eating Its Host?" info

Exporting the US "Health Ecosystem" and its "Wonderful Technology, Wonderful Approaches," or Exporting "A Parasite Eating Its Host?" in healthy blog. Last week, an article in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune suggested that our US corporate health care giants think they are doing such a good job they want to export the "world's best health care system" overseas:A coalition of U.S. health care businesses, including Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group and Medtronic, proposes to rebuild America's

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Health: This is getting old

This is getting old in healthy blog. Man, oh, man—the limping, gimping and nod. Getting “on.” We are, but we don’t want to look it. Or feel it.Well, good luck.Everyday my email is bulging (figuratively) with nostrums to make me look younger or correct my impudent joints. Wendy Schmid, Harper’s Bazaar, quotes a Harvard geneticist as saying aging is treatable. Hmmm. Turns out he is referring to resveratrol—the red wine stuff—and some stuff called TA-65.Resveratrol is a polyphenol

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Health: This is getting old

This is getting old in healthy blog. Man, oh, man—the limping, gimping and nod. Getting “on.” We are, but we don’t want to look it. Or feel it.Well, good luck.Everyday my email is bulging (figuratively) with nostrums to make me look younger or correct my impudent joints. Wendy Schmid, Harper’s Bazaar, quotes a Harvard geneticist as saying aging is treatable. Hmmm. Turns out he is referring to resveratrol—the red wine stuff—and some stuff called TA-65.Resveratrol is a polyphenol

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New Car: 2012 SEAT Mii news

New Car: 2012 SEAT Mii in car review and vehicle news. SEAT has taken the wraps off the new city car that completes the VW Group’s up! family. And it’s called the Mii. Featuring a much narrower ‘arrowhead’ family grille and bigger headlights than the up! and Skoda CitiGo, the Mii is aimed squarely at younger buyers, with the brand keen to emphasise its fun handling dynamics, light

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How the Rich and Influential Get Health Care Different from You and Me: Data About How Very Influential Persons Get Expedited Care info

How the Rich and Influential Get Health Care Different from You and Me: Data About How Very Influential Persons Get Expedited Care in healthy blog. An MSNBC story summarized some new data about how at least a particular subset of the rich can get different health care from you and me:Expedited Care for the InfluentialIn a letter published in this week’s Annals of Emergency Medicine, Dr. A.J. Smally of Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut reports that more than half of the 33

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2012 Ferrari FF review

2012 Ferrari FF in car review and vehicle news. 2012 Ferrari FF ReviewIt is the fact that Ferrari is equipped with direct-injection V12 and V12 is the first double-clutch 7-speed transmission, Ferrari gave FF innovation everywhere. Stroke, and maximum torque of 683 Nm at 6000 rpm and 8000 rpm, 660 horsepower engine, a new 500nm available at 1,000 rpm. Gave excellent performance sports cars like

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Health: Doctor nurse?

Doctor nurse? in healthy blog. Gardiner Harris, NYT, Oct 1, 2011, says some nurses are getting doctorates and being called “Doctor.”The nerve.But, hey, why not? We need all the health care pros we can get—and this will continue into the future.Nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists—all are claiming the title doctor.Of course, the physicians are not pleased.The nurses say the title helps them get administrative positions in hospitals. But it also helps with getting legislatures to give

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Hot News: Hyundai Eon Booking Has been Opened in India news

Hot News: Hyundai Eon Booking Has been Opened in India in car review and vehicle news. It’s official! Bookings for Hyundai’s all-new small car Eon will commence from October 1. Earlier known by its codename HA, this baby hatch will compete with the likes of the Alto and A-Star, and is expected to take a huge chunk of market share away from Maruti. Heavily sculpted and intricately detailed,

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How the Rich and Influential Get Health Care Different from You and Me: Data About How Very Influential Persons Get Expedited Care info

How the Rich and Influential Get Health Care Different from You and Me: Data About How Very Influential Persons Get Expedited Care in healthy blog. An MSNBC story summarized some new data about how at least a particular subset of the rich can get different health care from you and me:Expedited Care for the InfluentialIn a letter published in this week’s Annals of Emergency Medicine, Dr. A.J. Smally of Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut reports that more than half of the 33

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2012 Ferrari FF review

2012 Ferrari FF in car review and vehicle news. 2012 Ferrari FF ReviewIt is the fact that Ferrari is equipped with direct-injection V12 and V12 is the first double-clutch 7-speed transmission, Ferrari gave FF innovation everywhere. Stroke, and maximum torque of 683 Nm at 6000 rpm and 8000 rpm, 660 horsepower engine, a new 500nm available at 1,000 rpm. Gave excellent performance sports cars like

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Health: Doctor nurse?

Doctor nurse? in healthy blog. Gardiner Harris, NYT, Oct 1, 2011, says some nurses are getting doctorates and being called “Doctor.”The nerve.But, hey, why not? We need all the health care pros we can get—and this will continue into the future.Nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists—all are claiming the title doctor.Of course, the physicians are not pleased.The nurses say the title helps them get administrative positions in hospitals. But it also helps with getting legislatures to give

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New Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma T|X Baja Series news

New Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma T|X Baja Series in car review and vehicle news. Toyota’s newest special edition pickup doesn’t celebrate motorcycles or the wild west–Toyota’s special edition 2012 Tacoma is called the Baja Series, and it turns up the small truck’s off-road ability. As the name suggests the T|X Baja is inspired by the Baja 500 and 1000 desert races, in which Toyota’s

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How the Rich and Influential Get Health Care Different from You and Me: Data About How Very Influential Persons Get Expedited Care info

How the Rich and Influential Get Health Care Different from You and Me: Data About How Very Influential Persons Get Expedited Care in healthy blog. An MSNBC story summarized some new data about how at least a particular subset of the rich can get different health care from you and me:Expedited Care for the InfluentialIn a letter published in this week’s Annals of Emergency Medicine, Dr. A.J. Smally of Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut reports that more than half of the 33

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Health: Doctor nurse?

Doctor nurse? in healthy blog. Gardiner Harris, NYT, Oct 1, 2011, says some nurses are getting doctorates and being called “Doctor.”The nerve.But, hey, why not? We need all the health care pros we can get—and this will continue into the future.Nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists—all are claiming the title doctor.Of course, the physicians are not pleased.The nurses say the title helps them get administrative positions in hospitals. But it also helps with getting legislatures to give

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Health: Doctor nurse?

Doctor nurse? in healthy blog. Gardiner Harris, NYT, Oct 1, 2011, says some nurses are getting doctorates and being called “Doctor.”The nerve.But, hey, why not? We need all the health care pros we can get—and this will continue into the future.Nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists—all are claiming the title doctor.Of course, the physicians are not pleased.The nurses say the title helps them get administrative positions in hospitals. But it also helps with getting legislatures to give

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New Car: 2013 Ram Tradesman HD news

New Car: 2013 Ram Tradesman HD in car review and vehicle news. Finally, Ram is catering to buyers who need to tow or haul with the new Ram 1500 Tradesman Heavy Duty — an uprated version of the existing Ram 1500 Tradesman. It is rated for a payload of up to 3100 pounds, a tow rating of 11,500 pounds, and a gross vehicle weight rating of 17,500 pounds — all figures which top other half-ton

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News: 2011 Cadillac SRX

2011 Cadillac SRX in car review and vehicle news. A new 3.6L V-6 - the most powerful standard engine in the segment - Updates as of 2012 Cadillac SRX. It increases a combination of performance, technology and sophistication that is resonating with more customers luxury crossover.Cadillac SRX retail sales rose 17.7 percent in the first half of 2011, based on record sales for 2010 increased 150

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New Car: 2012 Toyota Tundra news

New Car: 2012 Toyota Tundra in car review and vehicle news. The Toyota Tundra isn’t due for much of a change, so instead Toyota graced the pickup truck with some subtle tweaks for the 2012 model year. For starters, all Tundras get some slightly tougher components: a heavy-duty battery and starter, a windshield wiper de-icer, mudflaps for the front and rear wheels, heated power mirrors, and

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News: 2011 Aston Martin V12 Zagato Concept

2011 Aston Martin V12 Zagato Concept in car review and vehicle news. Aston Martin introduces the stunning new Aston Martin V12 Zagato concept of endurance racing on the shores of Lake Como in Italy in the 2011 Villa d'Este Concours.To boost cooperation that has produced some of the most beautiful and desirable car in the world, the partnership will take inspiration from the past, to create a

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Recall Up Date: 2012 Chrysler, Dodge, & Jeeo Vehicles news

Recall Up Date: 2012 Chrysler, Dodge, & Jeeo Vehicles in car review and vehicle news. 2012 Chrysler 200 and Town & Country, Jeep Grand Cherokee, and Dodge Charger, Grand Caravan, Durango, and Journey models equipped with the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 are being recalled for a potential engine seizure. The Problem: Certain 2012 models equipped with the Pentastar V-6 may experience a

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New Car: 2013 Citroen C4 Aircross news

New Car: 2013 Citroen C4 Aircross in car review and vehicle news. Revealed in these official pictures, the Citroen C4 Aircross joins the C4 and DS4 hatchbacks, as well as the C4 Picasso and Grand Picasso MPVs, and caters for those customers looking for a little extra room and some off-road ability. Based on the Mitsubishi ASX, the Aircross will take on rivals such as the VW Tiguan and Nissan

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News: 2010 Aston Martin Rapide

2010 Aston Martin Rapide in car review and vehicle news. Aston Martin Rapide, one of the most anticipated cars in 2009, was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show 63rd. The elegant Aston Martin Rapide, functional and luxurious, offering space for up to four adults, combined with an engaging driving experience synonymous with all Aston Martin.As the first production four-door sports brand, Aston

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New Car: 2012 Renaultsport Clio 200 Raider news

New Car: 2012 Renaultsport Clio 200 Raider in car review and vehicle news. This is the Renaultsport Clio 200 Raider, a limited edition of Renault's supermini hot hatch, which gets lots of extra equipment over the standard Renaultsport Clio with just 50 models produced for the UK. The Raider is finished in matt paintwork, with buyers getting a choice of Stealth Grey or Diavolo Red. This is

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Health: Intelligence Intact

Intelligence Intact in healthy blog. I had to dig into an old eZine I had written two years ago this morning, fetching a recipe that will be part of the RBTI Intro Package due for release next weekend.  And while I was digging, I took a moment to read one of the articles I had written on the importance of critical thinking - and of constantly seeking out opposing viewpoints to your sacred conclusions instead of banding together with like-thinkers and drifting away to crazy town. 

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New Car: 2013 Peugeot 4008 news

New Car: 2013 Peugeot 4008 in car review and vehicle news. Peugeot has unveiled the Peugeot 4008, an SUV which completes its range of vehicles “suited to the various expectations of all-terrain customers,” according to the firm.A total of four engines are available – a 1.6-litre petrol with 114bhp, a 2.0-litre 148bhp petrol and two diesels (1.6 and 1.8-litre) with 110bhp and 148bhp

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News: 2012 Mini Coupe

2012 Mini Coupe in car review and vehicle news. And then there were five. The next exciting chapter to continue the success story of the MINI has begun to launch a brand new MINI Convertible, the fifth, a single model in the family.In addition to sales of the MINI Hatch, Convertible, Clubman and the Countryman, the British built MINI Cabrio is the first of a two-seater sports brand in Britain, a

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Health: Intelligence Intact

Intelligence Intact in healthy blog. I had to dig into an old eZine I had written two years ago this morning, fetching a recipe that will be part of the RBTI Intro Package due for release next weekend.  And while I was digging, I took a moment to read one of the articles I had written on the importance of critical thinking - and of constantly seeking out opposing viewpoints to your sacred conclusions instead of banding together with like-thinkers and drifting away to crazy town. 

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Stroud v. Abington Memorial Hospital: Is This Why Chart Alteration Might Be Appealing? info

Stroud v. Abington Memorial Hospital: Is This Why Chart Alteration Might Be Appealing? in healthy blog. As I described in several recent posts on malpractice cases at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) including:"UPMC and the Sweet death that wasn't very sweet: How EMRs can detract from a clear narrative, and facilitate spoliation and obfuscation of evidence" (link),and"Propofol and Other Drug Questions: Was Michael Jackson a UPMC Patient at the Same Time as Samuel Sweet?"

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Stroud v. Abington Memorial Hospital: Is This Why Chart Alteration Might Be Appealing? info

Stroud v. Abington Memorial Hospital: Is This Why Chart Alteration Might Be Appealing? in healthy blog. As I described in several recent posts on malpractice cases at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) including:"UPMC and the Sweet death that wasn't very sweet: How EMRs can detract from a clear narrative, and facilitate spoliation and obfuscation of evidence" (link),and"Propofol and Other Drug Questions: Was Michael Jackson a UPMC Patient at the Same Time as Samuel Sweet?"

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New Car: 2012 Isuzu D-Max news

New Car: 2012 Isuzu D-Max in car review and vehicle news. Isuzu has unveiled its all-new D-Max pickup in Thailand – the full model change version made its debut yesterday, ahead of the similarly-underpinned Chevrolet Colorado, which is expected to be introduced next week.Not many details about the vehicle abound, but according to the Bangkok Post, the basic shape for the vehicle – which

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Stroud v. Abington Memorial Hospital: Is This Why Chart Alteration Might Be Appealing? info

Stroud v. Abington Memorial Hospital: Is This Why Chart Alteration Might Be Appealing? in healthy blog. As I described in several recent posts on malpractice cases at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) including:"UPMC and the Sweet death that wasn't very sweet: How EMRs can detract from a clear narrative, and facilitate spoliation and obfuscation of evidence" (link),and"Propofol and Other Drug Questions: Was Michael Jackson a UPMC Patient at the Same Time as Samuel Sweet?"

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News: 2011 Mini Paceman Concept

2011 Mini Paceman Concept in car review and vehicle news. The new MINI design concept will make its debut in 2011 at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), to be held January 10 and 23, 2011. Paceman MINI Concept is the first Sports Activity Coupe, the small premium in the market.Paceman MINI Concept study to create a new class of car by combining the fundamental nature of the MINI

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New Car: 2013 Peugeot 4008 news

New Car: 2013 Peugeot 4008 in car review and vehicle news. Peugeot has unveiled the Peugeot 4008, an SUV which completes its range of vehicles “suited to the various expectations of all-terrain customers,” according to the firm.A total of four engines are available – a 1.6-litre petrol with 114bhp, a 2.0-litre 148bhp petrol and two diesels (1.6 and 1.8-litre) with 110bhp and 148bhp

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