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  • Malware attack - Department of Defense

    Just last week in the UK, many hospital systems were shut down for the same type of activity.  Also, now that the DOD is exchanging medical records with the VA, something else that is not needed there to complicate issues.  The same response from the UK was presented by the Department of Defense...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 12-02-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, Security, DOD, malware, computer virus, antigen
  • Testing Children for “Sports” Gene?

    This is pretty controversial in essence, if you have ever watched parent already getting pretty steamed up at baseball and soccer games, so next we could easily have some heated discussions on how long each child can play with parents feuding over who’s child has the best gene in the bunch and who would...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 11-30-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, DNA, Genomics, healthcare, children
  • What is Cyberchondria and Who Has it?

    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...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 11-30-2008
    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
  • German court rules big boobs are not a medical problem

    This is a procedure women here in the US undergo all the time for a reduction, but in Germany the court decided no, but again we may not have all the details here as well, but she had been told my doctors to have them reduced as she was suffering from orthopedic and physical problems.  What may...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 11-28-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Germany, obese, breast reduction
  • ProstateCradle.com Launches external Prostate Therapy Device by Enviromax

    This is a real product and the price is $49.00 and simple to use, just sit on it. The film is good for a few chuckles as well .  The product also boasts some additional benefits, but you can use the links to explore for more information. There are products somewhat similar for women with breast...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 11-27-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Prostate, Therapy, massage
  • Are electronic and personal health records inevitable? – Sure they are but we need education and mentors to make it work!

    ZDNet just wrote about Dr. Kolodner and his recent report which is good, but we need more than reports.   I have been doing a whole lot here reporting on reports!  Can we move forward as I think we have won the battle that PHRs are worth their weight here and get the show moving?  You...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 11-25-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, VA, personal heatlh records, Military Health Records, Department, mentors, education of Defense
  • Royal Phillips buys Meditronics of India – X Ray Systems

    Pharma is not the only industry investing in technology and companies outside the US.  In a related story, in Andover, Massachusetts the company is laying off 5 percent of their work force, from the Boston Globe.   BD  Dutch consumer electronics major Royal Phillips Electronics has acquired...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 11-24-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, India, XRay, Phliips
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