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Jumping into Health Care Social Media
The legendary bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked, “Why do you rob…
Fitbit Profile Sexual Activity Shows up in Google Search Results, What Else Could?
This sounds a little Facebookish: the default setting for the FitBit device…
Welcome New Interns and Residents
Another July 1st arrives at the Medical Centers of America. Educated observers…
ACO’s and CMS
The Accountable Care Organization is really an accounting mechanism and may…
Pharma R & D Spending is Down
And that’s probably bad news. Here is Megan McArdle, writing in The…
#Bio2011: After the Party is Over
For the thousands of life science industry representatives who attend the Biotechnology Industry…
Preventing Childhood Obesity
The Institute of Medicine last week issued a report, funded by the…
Long Waits Cost Canadians Millions
More than 825,000 Canadians were waiting for some type of treatment after…
Life Expectancy Inequality
This is from a Bloomberg column by Peter Orszag: This is from…