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October 2007 - The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
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Bill Maher: Short Clip on Sick Kids and SCHIP
Parody on Bush's veto position...View the link below to see an actual discussion about those who are one step away from disaster...BD http://youtube.com/watch?v=A4lH592ZTTc
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 7:54 PM
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Bush calls children's health insurance bill a 'trick'
Trick or Treat on the SCHIP bill? BD Halloween's an appropriate day to talk about it because there's a bill moving through Congress that's disguised as a bill to help children, but I think it's really a trick on the American people,"...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 6:27 PM
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FDA Approves Allergan Combo Eye Drop for Glaucoma
NEW YORK (Reuters) Oct 31 - Allergan Inc on Wednesday said U.S. regulators approved its combination glaucoma drug Combigan. The company said Combigan eye drops would combine "two strong agents in one bottle" -- brimonidine and timolol -- that...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 6:19 PM
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Health Insurers Target Early Retirees
After the "cherry picking", how do you market the left overs? The articles says that the over 50 group might be loyal, but also expensive as the aging process continues...BD INDIANAPOLIS Health insurers trying to boost individual policy sales...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 2:45 PM
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Doctors sue Memorial Hermann over 'bully tactics' - HOUSTON
The hospital was only open for 2 years...BD Basically what Memorial Hermann did is they went to insurance companies like Aetna and United and said, 'If you deal with that hospital, we won't deal with you anymore,'" said Richard Zook,...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 2:40 PM
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Aerial surveillance gets computer boost - Sahara Tablet PC
Follow up on Initial post : Portable Tablets Help MSP Secure Homeland I spoke with Gail at Tablet Kiosk to confirm that this is the Sahara i440D, and yes it is! From the medical side of things, what a great way to locate hospitals in the case of looking...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 2:17 PM
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Hands-On Nabaztag 2 Wi-Fi Rabbit to the Office..
Nice addition to the office...it will read email to you among other fun things...nice perhaps for a pediatrician or anyone who likes something out of the normal PC products...Nice for RSS feeds as he will read an update every 20 minutes..saves a little...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 12:18 PM
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Chemicals Flow Unchecked From China to US Drug Market
Do you know where all the ingredients come from with the medication you are currently taking? How many sell ingredients to our US pharma manufacturing companies? Will the FDA be able to protect consumers? Much of this end up on Internet pharmacies too...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 12:10 PM
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Lizard spit and bongs - Medication Origins and Future
What is the future on diabetes treatment medications - article explores the recent number of medications, origins, and the potential future..BD (CNNMoney.com) -- America's 20 million-plus diabetics mean dollar signs for drug companies that sell a...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 12:01 PM
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GP pay £110,000 after a 10% rise
In contrast to what is happening to primary care physicians here in the US , pay is on the rise for GP physicians in the UK...but the patients are not happy about it...$220,000.00 a year is a nice income compared to the same type of practice here...patients...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 11:48 AM
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Vanishing Breed: What Happened to the Family Doctor?
Is this happening to a practice near you? He is closing as the system is not working. $60,000.00 a year is not much income for all the time and education invested to become a physician, yet with current contracts with HMO carriers, this is sometimes all...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 11:34 AM
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Doctor? Or Druggist?
More physicians are beginning to provide prescriptions right from the office...growing trend and certain a big convenience for patients...and a small additional income area for the MD...BD When Anne Johnson recently visited the Nighttime Pediatrics and...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 11:05 AM
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Portable Tablets Help MSP Secure Homeland
Great article on using a tablet pc, and I agree here, this looks like the Sahara i440D from Tablet Kiosk ...it sure is much easier to work with a tablet rather than trying to work with a notebook in the helicopter... they were checking on return trips...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 11:00 AM
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Snoring Men Transform Into Sleeping Beauties After Surgery
According to the article, this is a fairly simple procedure to have done with a plastic surgeon...BD Millions of men who suffer from sleep apnea may sacrifice a good night's sleep because they don't know where to get treatment, don't realize...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 10:36 AM
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Scripps Research Team Blocks Bacterial Communication System To Prevent Deadly Staph Infections
In hopes of combating the growing scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, in particular drug-resistant staph bacteria, a team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has designed a new type of vaccine that could one day be used in humans to...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 10:33 AM
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