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If you are one of many, well like all of us in the search for information relative to healthcare today, the self diagnosing trends are alive and well. With the wealth of information we have available, it is easy to do a little reading and self diagnose yourself with an entire multitude of diseases...
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11-30-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Data Mining, Diagnosis, ER, distractions, primary MD, cyberchondria
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Lawmakers are going to have a difficult time with this one as they are not technically up to date enough as a whole to comprehend how all of this works in my estimation. with understanding the algorithms of finance and the economy, Wall Street showed us that. Sad, but it is true and this...
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11-28-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, healthcare, privacy, health insurance, Prescriptions, Congress, Hospitals, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Venture Capital, Reserve Funds, Profits
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The software, Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification, is the first and only application to provide a numerical value related to tissue stiffness at a precise anatomical location. It is not yet available or approved by the FDA for use in the US, but is pending a 501 (k) approval. The unit...
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Some issues are a result of still being paper driven as timely reports and real time information are not available, but they are not the only government agency in this scenario, only one of the most critical though. Also, some members of Congress don’t use computers either and felt uncomfortable...
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11-26-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, healthcare, Medical Records, Pharma, FDA, Congress, integration, CMS, Leavitt
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Nothing new here in what has been posted, but this time the predictions are coming from within Ernst and Young from India. BD The Indian clinical trials market is predicted to continue its growth despite the current financial climate, according to a partner at Ernst & Young India’s Healthsciences...
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11-25-2008
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This is a great start in this direction and it is one big task to find all the relative data to get down to perhaps even more drugs that could have off label use, something the FDA wants to be aware of since they are the agency who is there to approve and guide the citizens of the US for safe drug and...
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Viagra, almost the everything, anything drug! When you stop and think back about how the drug came to market and the entire story, it is pretty interesting in the fact that it was initially researched as a cardio drug and not what it used for today. At any rate, if you are an athlete covered by...
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One more acquisition in the news, and a fairly large announcement at that. Just one more indication of the interest and investments from Pharma expanding beyond just drugs and pursuing biotech companies with state of the art technologies for healthcare, this one in the surgical products area. ...
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The post is a summary of how things look today and under related reading I have included some past posts that may offer a few more details on how the shift it taking place today. Things are also happening and humming as well in China and you can search and find some recent relative posts here as...
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11-20-2008
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Filed under: Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, healthcare, Pharma, clinical trials, R and D, India, Economics, Mayo Clinic, Outsourcing, Employment, China pharma
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It is still at the mice testing stage, but 80% tested had a reversal of diabetes and in other cases it prevented the onset of diabetes. Side effects, etc. will need to be studied as well, but this looks very promising if in fact the drugs can prevent diabetes for many, especially children if their...
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Ankle replacements moving main stage and one manufacturer took on the FDA of recent, and it has been so long that the patent has now run out so in effect it appears to be open ball game on the device that is currently used outside the US and has been for years. BD “It's not often the little...
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This is a very interesting video, if you use one of the baby carriers, it assumes you are going to have some pain and this is where Motrin comes to the rescue? Someone along the line got pretty creative for Motrin, couldn’t be a headache or something else along that line, the baby carrier will create...
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There’s probably no bigger fan of PHRs than yours truly here, but where’s the awareness and out reach here, it doesn’t exist. The technology is out there, but what good is it if nobody uses it or realizes the value. Consumers, much less doctors and clinical staff all over have not a clue...
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At first you may say this is old stuff, but the new version does much more than just take pictures on it’s way through your system, this one disperses medication, and that’s the whole idea is to have a pill put the medicine on target, where it needs to be with digestive problems such as treating Crohn...
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This also means some folks will be losing jobs as well. The unit has been in place since 1991 and has provided information on over 1,000 trials. This is just one more sign of how the face of the pharmaceutical business is changing. It is about one fifth the cost to run trials in countries...