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Healthcare Ads-Thinking about Advertising on Facebook-Think Again as Healthcare Ads are Least Successful At the Bottom of the Barrel
I thought this was interesting and it kind of tells where everyone’s head is at on Facebook with Healthcare ads having the lowest ratings. Right behind the last place spot are ads for Internet and Software products. Does everyone want to play games? This might be a big indication here on why Cali…
Florida Judge Rules Against Health Law– Need Some Judicial “Algo Men” to Influence Decisions on Costs With Methodology Entailment and IT Systems Functionality
This is one of the favorite topics here at the Medical Quack if you read here often enough with decisions made and the unintended consequences and more so importantly the cost that nobody can or wants to afford. Of course this is complicated so when one makes a ruling today, I think it’s a good ide…
Replacing And Growing Body Parts– Scaffolds Revealed With Regenerative Medicine(Video)
PBS really did a nice job with this video going through how body parts are being grown and where we are today. I have several posts on the blog about regenerative medicine and there are a few links at the bottom of the article. We are a lot closer than many may think as there are people walking …
Bill Gates Explains Vaccines on a White Board
This is a neat video about saving lives with vaccines. Giving children a couple of drops or a shot in the arm can save a child’s life. Measles vaccines only cost 18 cents each. He addresses polio right now and how we are close to solving the problem. Smallpox is the only disease that has been …
Obama Voices Support For Limiting Malpractice Medical Suits And Add Drugs and Devices-Need Better Safety Information and Recall Solutions First
As the article from the Los Angeles Times states, this took all by surprise. We have it in California and it has been in place for years. In addition new provisions suggested even going further with malpractice to include errors from drugs and medical devices. In California the limit is $250,000 …
Orange County Conference Markets Medical Marijuana To Seniors at Laguna Woods
Speakers talked about micro molecular components of cannabis during the Medical Cannabis Convention. One woman showed off her glycerite she uses for her multiple sclerosis pain in which she puts a few drops under her tongue for pain relief. The seniors were here to learn about medical marijuana an…
Johnson and Johnson Generics to License AIDS Drug Before Regulatory Approval to Increase Access To Underserved Countries
This is a good deal for developing nations getting drugs at an affordable price. This makes Johnson and Johnson the first pharma company to license generic copies before approval is even given. J and J licensed the drug for use in 48 countries listed as least developed countries to include India a…
Amazing Charts EHR Now Has An IPad/Iphone Mobile Application
Amazing Charts has been around for a number of years and the Owner/President wrote the original version with his goal of keeping it simple and affordable. A few years ago I briefly met Jonathon at one of the medical conventions I attended and occasionally when I have time, slip over into their user…
Joe Biden Talks About His Use of the iPad-Who Did Not Snooze During the State of the Union, But Found a Video of Some Who Did
Sometime last year I made mention that we didn’t have any role models around using much technology and Joe Biden has jumped in there with the Ipad and he uses it to download his speeches and his major use is all the access to the major news outlets. He has all the major and local papers loaded that…
Arteriocyte Gets FDA Approval To Begin Clinical Trials-Stem Cell Treatment For Critical Limb Ischemia, A Severe Form of PAD-Regenerative Medicine
It was just last week I spent some time with Dr. Lawrence from the UCLA Gonda Vascular Center and the link below will tell you about what they have going on there with treating PAD, lots of new technologies with non-invasive diagnosing too. The UCLA Gonda Vascular Center Treats PAD (Peripheral Ar…
Stent Royalties and Wars Continue with Jury Ruling Against Johnson and Johnson To Reward Researcher for Patent Violations
This is a game or situation that Johnson and Johnson seems to be good at with their multitude of legal cases with stents. This time they are on the losing end of the stick with a jury ruling they violated a patent. The same researcher also won a case against Boston Scientific on his design. Basic…
Study Shows Women Who Experience Hot Flashes May Have as High as a 50% Reduced Chance of Developing Breast Cancer
Well for once I feel lucky if this is true. Those bothersome irritating sessions of hot flushes are contributing to something good! Nobody likes to talk about this subject but for women it’s just a part of life and perhaps these flashes are burning up any potential cancer cells . Bring on the H…
FDA Audits Halted Duke University Clinical Trials Data Related to Genetic Cancer Predictors-A “Padded” Resume of Experience That Did Not Exist
The studies were carried out and then halted upon finding out that one of the biostatisticians lied about his background. Much of the published information on the trials has now been retracted and now the FDA is looking into the situation to get additional information. Credentials and backgrounds …
Hospital Lawsuit over EHR Systems and Money-Meditech, Epic and “The Consultants”-“Meaningful Money” & “Health IT Literacy”
We have now moved beyond “meaningful use” and in this case are looking at “meaningful money” of sorts. This is a type of decision that many healthcare companies look at today,do we keep adding on or do we rip out and start from scratch, and money is the top influencer in this case for sure. The …
Red Cross States National Blood Supply at Lowest Levels in 10 Years-Using Twitter and Social Networks To Find Donors
The extreme cold weather that has hit the east coast of the US is a big part of the problem. Blood supplies have been short for a while as back in June, pies were given away in Iowa in order to entice consumers to give. Red Cross In Iowa Giving Away Pies to Those Who Donate Blood You can visit …
Gamers Are Not the Only Ones to Over Clock Processors-Turns Out It’s Done on Wall Street To Run Those Algorithms at Rocket Speed
Tech Talk: With all this speed, the line and balance between investors and speculators is becoming increasingly volatile and unpredictable.This article suggests setting up a simulated “Wall Street” trading market to understand more fully how it works and how the posting falls into place. I can’t b…
Bill and Melinda Gates At Davos- Polio Vaccines and Microsoft Kinect Entertains
This was an interview done from the World Economic Forum to where they are talking about their donations and grants and also how different governments are matching an contributing. The UK is one of the countries working with the foundation. There were a few questions asked here and tomorrow there …
