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Victory in California - Political Opinion
Net News Publisher | 6 hours ago by Terry
Gays and lesbians won a civil rights victory in California on Monday when the state’s Supreme Court ruled that a doctor could not refuse to treat a lesbian woman for infertility based on the doctor’s religious beliefs. The ruling, North Coast Wom read more
Coining a new term, “Boomer Alley”
Mature Market Experts | 6 hours ago by Tom Mann
The Baltimore-Washington corridor is quickly becoming “Boomer Alley” (Silicon Valley has nothing on us). Think about it. Driven by health care and the aging population, business is booming (by 2016 health care is expected to be 20% of GDP). Boome read more
Autism and the MMR vaccine
Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | 12 hours ago by John Hunter
a thoughtful follow-up post on the decision of a scientist to vaccinate his child... read more
Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: U.S. Health Care Spending
Mature Market Experts | 12 hours ago by Tom Mann
The mature market is quickly becoming the industry that drives the nation’s economy. In 2007, total national health was $2.3 TRILLION in 2007, or $7600 per person. Total health care spending represented 16 percent of the gross domestic product read more
High Cost of Care And Inadequate Insurance Leading More Adults to…
Net News Publisher | 16 hours ago by Terry
The proportion of working-age Americans who have medical bill problems or who are paying off medical debt climbed from 34 percent to 41 percent between 2005 and 2007, bringing the total to 72 million, according to recent survey findings from The Comm read more
I’m goin’ down to St. James Infirmary
A Free Man: Simply Music | 21 hours ago by Chris
As a first-time parent there is a whole series of “firsts” - first time the babe rolls over, his first bottle, first time he crawls, first haircut, first steps, first words, an on and on. And then there’s the first visit to the emer read more
Prayer and Medical Outcomes
Liberal Values | August 19th 2008 by Ron Chusid
One frustration in seeing reports on medical literature in the mainstream media is that the reporters generally oversimplify medical articles leaving readers with a misleading account. Yesterday there were news stories such as this AP report on this read more
Sanofi-Aventis S.A. (NYSE:SNY) - Generic threat continues to impa…
Research Oracle News | August 19th 2008
Sanofi-Aventis S.A. (Sanofi-Aventis) reported a decline in top-line in 2Q 08, primarily due to higher generic competition to its top-selling drugs, Ambien, Eloxatin and Tritace. The above mentioned negatives were further augmented by decline in sales read more
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE:GSK) - Generic competition expected to…
Research Oracle News | August 19th 2008
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (Glaxo) reported subdued revenue performance in 2Q 08 due to higher generic competition for its key products such as Avandia. However, products in the vaccine product portfolio reported strong performance led by Hepatitis and Cerv read more
Know Your Options: A Guide to American Health Care, Part II
PIC Current | August 19th 2008 by Colin
Editors Note: The following is Part II of a two-part guide to American health care. Click here to see yesterday’s post on the various types of health insurance. Today’s we highlight ways to obtain insurance, even if you are a low-incom read more
Using Spice-based Compound To Kill Cancer Cells
Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | August 19th 2008 by John Hunter
Synthetic molecules, derived from curcumin, a naturally occurring compound found in the spice turmeric have been killed cancer cells, in lab settings. Centuries of anecdotal evidence and recent scientific research suggest curcumin has multiple dise read more
Sad Day in Quebec Health Care: Former Minister Joins Private Heal…
Recreating Eden: Mary Soderstrom's Blog | August 19th 2008 by Mary Soderstrom
Former Quebec Health Ministe Philippe Couillard has just announced he will join a private investment fund where he will advise on where to invest in health care. He resigned a couple of months ago, and at the time it was said a major reason was to p read more
Stigma of Mental Illness Common Among Canadians
I'm Listening | August 18th 2008
Full story here.Some important highlights (emphasis mine):Almost half of Canadians, 46 per cent, think people use the term mental illness as an excuse for bad behaviourOne in four Canadians are fearful of being around those who suffer from serious me read more
GEO Monitor New IPO Alert: China National Pharmaceutical Group (S…
Research Oracle News | August 18th 2008
China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) IPO. The details of the issue are as follows: This report is provided as part of IIR Group Ltd.’s GEO (Global Equity Offerings) Monitor service, which tracks global IPO activity. Our GEO Monitor read more
Tropical Storm Fay on Way, 5 Tips for Florida Residents
PIC Current | August 18th 2008 by Colin
Sunshine state bracing for storm which has battered Caribbean islands by Colin Lovett - PIC Current Producer Deadly tropical storm Fay is ready to pound Florida and residents are warned to be ready. If you live in south Florida, you are probably alr read more
Faith Healing and Psychic Surgery: Fact or Fallacy ( Part 3 )
Pari's Blog | August 18th 2008 by Rosario
Is psychic surgery true? Studies of foreign researchers have remained inconclusive, some says it’s real, and others say it’s complete fakery. The inconsistency perhaps lies in the fact that some healers are genuine but there are others who ar read more
The Joys of National Health Care in Canada: Part II
Preserving Freedom | August 18th 2008 by Jim Rongstad
I previously posted about the delays in treating a brain cyst here. Here is another delay, this time for Ovarian cancer where the patient went to the United States for relief. From the Toronto Globe and Mail:The tumour in Debbie Trelenberg's abdomen read more
Elan Corporation PLC. (NYSE:ELN) - The ADR achieved our target pr…
Research Oracle News | August 18th 2008
In our 2Q 08 update report, dated 04 August 2008, we upgraded the Elan Corporation PLC (Elan) ADR form a HOLD to a BUY with a target price of €12.83, representing an upside of 29%. The ADR has achieved our target price on 15 August 2008, closing at read more
Know Your Options: A Guide to American Health Care, Part I
PIC Current | August 18th 2008 by Colin
Editors Note: This is Part I of a two-part American health care guide. Today’s we focus on the different types of health care in the United States. Tomorrow we will highlights ways to get insured, even in difficult circumstances. We hope you read more
Obama on the Issues
An Obama Nation | August 18th 2008 by obamanation
Where Barack Obama stands on domestic surveillance, taxes, withdrawl from Iraq, the surge, health care, energy policy and more. read more
De-bugged.
The Quaker Agitator | August 18th 2008 by David
At least a little. An update on previous posts: Shawn Andrews discusses his troubles - Tim Panaccio (Philadelphia Inquirer) August 18 - Looking relaxed and in football shape, Eagles right guard Shawn Andrews met with the media yesterday afternoon for read more
CNN Reports on 9,749 Adverse Gardasil Reactions
Dakota Voice | August 17th 2008 by Bob Ellis
Okay, liberals, it's "real" now. CNN, the Clinton News Network, is reporting on the problems with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil. Some 9,749 adverse reactions and 21 deaths have... Peruse Dakota Voice for a wealth of information on read more
Two Free Tickets for O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo New York
Leveraging Ideas: Startups, Technoloy, Entrepreneurship | August 17th 2008
I know my blogging has been a bit inconsistent this summer and for that I apologize. I’m hoping to get back on track starting now! The awesome folks at TechWeb and O’Reilly Media are letting me attend Web 2.0 New York (September 16-19th) and hav read more
Egyptian Mother Gives Birth to 7 Children
Net News Publisher | August 17th 2008 by Terry
An Egyptian mother has given birth to to seven children - four females and three males, in a Hospital in Alexandria city north of Egypt on Saturday. Head of the medical team at the hospital, Islam Ahamed who supervised the surgical operation on the m read more
Planning To Work Soon
Mhar's Display | August 17th 2008 by MarlyMS
I think I have come to the point where I need to get myself busy. Well, I am busy at home. What I mean is the idea of working again comes into my mind. My husband and I talked about it lately. He is okay with the idea of me working again. T read more
Health Care Freedoms
Conservative Ally | August 17th 2008 by Ally
Here is the continuation post of McCain’s plans to help fix the high cost of health care. Medicare and Medicaid will be reform so money is not spent medical errors and mismanagement. States options with Medicaid and coordinated payments and read more
Science Sortof Explains: Hiccups
Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | August 17th 2008 by John Hunter
I love spicy food (Indian food is my favorite food). In my garden, this year, I am growing some spicy peppers (which honestly I don’t really like on their own - I have discovered). Still I eat them some and I get the hiccups almost every time read more
Superbugs - Deadly Bacteria Take Hold
Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | August 17th 2008 by John Hunter
Superbugs by Jerome Groopman, New Yorker: “My basic premise,” Wetherbee said, “is that you take a capable microörganism like Klebsiella and you put it through the gruelling test of being exposed to a broad spectrum of antibiotics a read more
How my former primary care doctor screwed me over
Bent Corner | August 17th 2008 by Rick Rottman
I thought I had my psoriasis licked. I was taking Raptiva, a medication I inject myself once a week. After taking it for two months, my hands were finally clear of psoriasis. It was in full remission. It felt so good to have normal hands for a c read more
Contrast Identified in Rick Warren Civil Forum With Obama and McC…
Convergence of Relevant Stuff | August 16th 2008 by cards6
Civil Forum with Rick Warren Pastor of Saddleback Church Barack Obama . Warren asked who were the three wisest people in your life? Obama said his wife Michelle, his grandmother,who was a grounded, common sense woman. He also said he would not read more
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