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Esteem Implanted Hearing Aid From Envoy Gets Approval from the FDA – 1st Device of It’s Kind

March 19, 2010

This is very nice, no more having the “hearing aide” visible and it is implemented behind the ear.  The clinical trial was conducted with 61 individuals, which by clinical trials numbers is small, but the results seem to speak for…

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Arizona Becomes the First State to Drop Children’s Health Insurance Program and Roll Back Medicaid Coverage for Adults – 310,000 People To Be Dropped

March 19, 2010

This is pretty scary and when you look at the fact that the town can still fund pro football and high salaries there.  The state has already been selling State Buildings to help bring in additional revenue.  In my very…

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New York City Small Business Owners Blasted with Hikes With Insurance Premiums – Some States Creating Laws to Make It Illegal to Require Residents to Buy Health Insurance from Companies Sold on the Market

March 18, 2010

Healthcare is on everyone’s mind this week to see what we end up coming up with out of the “blender”.  That is just about what we have left to see what the outcome will be.  In New York, it is…

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1 Out of Every 4 Residents in California Now Lacks Health Insurance – We Need True Reform and Not Band Aids

March 17, 2010

The numbers are growing rapidly while we still wait around and discuss and talk about healthcare reform.  One thing for sure this year in Congress should certainly go down in history as one of the most out of touch years…

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Stem Cell Research in the US – Focus on UCI Irvine With First FDA Approved Treatment for Spinal Cord Damage

March 17, 2010

The video speaks of where stem cell research is currently in the US and revisits the big breakthrough from a couple years ago when skin cells could be used instead of the actual embryo for research.  That discovery rapidly set…

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Think Tank Suggested that NHS should Tank More Than 30,000 Hospital Beds

March 17, 2010

The number of beds has been decreasing over the years and the think tank believes this should be done quickly as the article appears.  As you can see by reading through here there are objections on whether or not this…

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Health Clouds Forming in California – State HIE (Health Information Exchange) ONC Grant

March 17, 2010

Hard hat area:  The state project is aligned with the federal NHIN standards.  Last month 15 organizations received grants to begin electronically sending Social Security disability claims via the National Health Information Network.  As I understand the California infrastructure would…

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Microsoft and New York City Launch Virtual Senior Center - Using Windows 7 and Touch Screen Computers to Connect Homebound Seniors to the Outside World

March 17, 2010

This is just an overall “nice” story.  I know as I have a mother who is a senior and the computer is a big connection for her to the outside world.  She doesn’t have Windows 7 and a touchscreen, but…

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We Need to Fix Wall Street To Help Stop Some Of the Heart Attacks – American College of Cardiology Study

March 16, 2010

By fixing the corrupt algorithms running Wall Street, it will stand to help healthcare, so the 2 go hand in hand.  One other thing that some of the folks on Wall Street might give some thought is the demise and…

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Eli Lilly Pill Heist in Connecticut – Worth a Few Million on the Black Market And Should Have Been “Tagged” for Identification To Help Identify Reselling By the Thieves

March 16, 2010

This takes me back to memories of my days in logistics and working with Pfizer who was one of my accounts.  You can almost bet the products are on their way out of the country as I write.  I dealt…

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