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He’s back again and this all began in October of 2009 with the original post below for details. He was in Santa Barbara this time after having robbed 10 banks in San Diego. He left out the back door and now the FBI is offering a reward of $20k for information. This video is funny from NBC, send in wheel...
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Tue, Feb 1 2011
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If you have not heard of “fuel cells” EBay and Google are also using them to power their buildings in northern California. Not too long ago 60 minutes did a story covering the “Bloom Boxes” and how they work. They are really not that big compared to the power they can provide. California...
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Fri, Jan 21 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Kaiser Permanente, California, Economy, Non participants, US Government, participants, green technology, hydrogen pump, fuel, visions, Fuel cells
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In doing this blog and researching and reading about what’s happening here and what goes on globally I guess I’m kind of close to it as well as the journalists who bring the article to press that I blog about. We see jobs and technology going over seas with one business after another. That...
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Wed, Jan 19 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, FDA, China, India, Economy, Investments, Study, JP Morgan, innovation, jobs, Price Waterhouse, ventur capital
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Tough economic times is bringing doctors back out of retirement which for patients could be a good thing with a few more being available and I say “few” in this instance as it is not the answer to our shortage of doctors by any means. Most, according to this article are like the rest of us who...
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A couple months ago the Free Clinic Association sponsored a free day of healthcare in the Washington DC area and their next move is in Charlotte, North Carolina. Giant One Day Free Clinic in Washington D.C. to be held Aug. 4th, 2010 for The Uninsured No doubt the free clinics are probably not nearly...
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Mon, Oct 11 2010
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This is no a cheap drug by any means and a while back I did a post to show what it costs here in the US. What Does Viagra Cost? Here in the US Pfizer could not get the trademark on the name Viagra as it the active ingredient was said to be too close in resembling Horny Goat Weed, the “natural” alternative...
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Mon, Sep 27 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, drugs, healthcare, Pharma, Viagra, Pfizer, Economy, ED, Layoffs, Horny Goat Weed, prescription, TESCO
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This article from the BBC is brilliance in my opinion as it goes along with what I somewhat preach and that is finding “value”. In today’s world there’s a lot of struggle going with “value” in many areas and healthcare in my opinion is right up there at the top of the ladder. I believe I...
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Sun, Aug 22 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, My Commentaries, Hospital, Cell phone, Heatlh IT, software, Economy, Study, Algorithms, value, ROI, Congressman, hospital cleaners, hospital workers
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This was one of the headlines back in November of 2009 and it doesn’t look like it is getting a whole lot better, although Hawaii has the type of medical coverage we would all like to have on the mainland. Hospitals in Hawaii Continue to Lose Money – Desperate Hospitals Patient satisfaction in...
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The for profit world is a mess he states but they have to come in and clean up. Non Profits are different sometimes creating thousands of pilot programs and many don’t go anywhere. Both worlds are imperfect he states and the key is to identify need and focus . I’d say those are some...
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Fri, Aug 6 2010
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Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, Education, Bill Gates, Heatlhcare, Economy, Profits, non profits, capitalism
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As the article states they have over 800 doctors signed up to help and volunteer. The information below gives more details and additional information can be found here. There will be 76 exam rooms set up to test for cancer, HIV, diabetes, hypertension and heart disease as well as providing...
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Mon, Aug 2 2010
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Mercy Hospital is the last Catholic hospital in the Miami area and with keeping the Catholic healthcare ethics, no abortions will be provided here. We are seeing more and more hospitals moving from the non profit areas into profit, due to economic conditions for the most part, in other words, running...
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Fri, Jun 25 2010
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I3 an Ingenix subsidiary bought ChinaGate, who provides product-development regulatory services for pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies looking to enter and access the Chinese market and that include the US. I guess with the layers of subsidiaries now we have ChinaGate, a...
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Thu, Jun 10 2010
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Filed under: Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, drugs, Medical Devices, FDA, Heatlhcare, China, UnitedHealthcare, Economy, Senate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Ingenix, i3, ChinaGate
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I think what this doctor has to say rings true in many places “I’m obviously a better doctor than I am a businessman”. The law stated he was supposed to post a notice but he was prohibited in doing so. He has set up an 800 number to help patients get their records and will fax them to any...
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Sat, May 8 2010
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We have been hearing about Kaiser Permanente going green and this is a bit more from our Governor on clean hydrogen power. We are getting filling stations to get hydrogen here in California and Gov Arnold filled up at one. Kaiser Permanente Continues Green Movement – Purchasing Eco-friendly...
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Wed, May 5 2010
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Back when this patent was given it was done to protect the research and development areas to recoup their investments, but today as things are changing rapidly, not only in genomics, but in medical devices and with drugs too, the long standing patent protections are coming under fire. If you read here...
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Mon, Apr 5 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Genomics, healthcare, Genes, Breast Cancer, Economy, Patents, blood test, Myriad, legal cases, 60 Minutes, BRACanalysis