Presidential candidates on health care
IcYou.com has produced brief videos profiling each Presidential candidate’s positions on health care. They’re worth a look before Super Tuesday:
Hillary Clinton — Is her prior attempt at health care reform a help or hindrance?
Barack Obama — Not a mandate man
John McCain — Who dares to mention that costs are a problem
Mitt Romney — Proud to […]
Watch the Presidential candidates talk about health care
icyou.com –the youtube of health care– has produced brief videos from the major Presidential candidates exploring their health care positions. You can see them here:
Original post by David E. Williams of the Health business blog
Scientists Invent Blackest Black
Reuters reports that researchers have made a substance that is so dark it absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light. It is being called the blackest black. The photo shows a National Institute of Standards and Technology reflectance standard (top), a sample of the new darkest material (center) and a piece of glassy carbon (bottom).
The […]
Cavalcade of Risk is up at The Digerati Life
The latest edition of the Cavalcade of Risk is up at The Digerati Life. My piece on CT scan radiation dangers is featured.
Original post by David E. Williams of the Health business blog
Asia Domain Name Registration scam
Just spreading the word about a scam email I received. See the Bloptimization blog for an explanation and don’t be taken in. Here’s how it started:
From: liza
> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:03:21 +0800
> To: {Me}
> Subject: Domain name of mppllc (TO CEO)
>
>
> Dear CEO,
> We are the domain name registration organization in Asia, deal […]
Doctors with attitude
According to the UK’s Daily Telegraph (Don’t treat the old and unhealthy, say doctors)
Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly should be barred from receiving some operations, according to doctors, with most saying the health service cannot afford to provide free care to everyone…
One in three said that elderly patients should not be given […]
Probiotics and supplements
Probiotics such as non-digestible oligosaccharides are believed to enhance the occurrence time for certain beneficial micro organisms. Probiotics, which have the potential beneficial effect on the body, have to survive the time while they are going through the intestinal tract, attach to the intestinal cells and produce anti-bacterial substances …
Original post by HealthNewsBlog.com
Grand Rounds is up at Emergiblog
Emergiblog hosts this week’s Grand Rounds.
Original post by David E. Williams of the Health business blog
Man on Mars or Rock on Mars?
Some believe that the above magnified image from Nasa’s spacecraft Spirit is a man or creature on the planet Mars.
An image of a mysterious shape on the surface of Mars, taken by Nasa spacecraft Spirit, has reignited the debate about life on the Red Planet.
A magnified version of the picture, posted on the internet, appears […]
Medical tourism for doctors
From the New York Times (In Pitches to Doctors, Promise of Big Payday)
Using e-mail solicitations that promise high pay, US HIFU (pronounced you es HIGH-foo) is trying to build and train a network of American urologists for its offshore prostate cancer treatments. “The opportunity before F.D.A. approval is very lucrative,” said one message sent by […]
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