healthcare + medicine

Medical Wellness

BY James McCormick MDWed Jul 9, 2008 at 3:59 AM

A growing movement to encourage wellness AND medical travel is important to build client traffic. Medical wellness may mean different things. I was able to recently engage in a conversation with well placed individuals on this ...READ»

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Mr Pilkington's Commentary

BY James McCormick MDWed Jul 9, 2008 at 3:23 AM

You ask some great questions. There are many global destinations that can provide healthcare, besides asian locations. We can assist your patients in sourcing care that is medically appropriate, culturally relevant, geographically ...READ»

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Medical Travel & Tourism

BY James McCormick MDWed May 14, 2008 at 1:19 AM

This is a tremendous challenge to the current state of affairs in US healthcare. The opportunities presented by international healthcare will create tremendous change in our concept of how medical care can be provided. I leave for ...READ»

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First Posting for Medical Travel & Medical Tourism

BY James McCormick MDThu May 8, 2008 at 1:46 AM

Welcome to everyone who contributes to this dialogue. The intent of this blog is to raise awareness, begin a conversation and share perspectives about this industry.Medical travel & Medical tourism conceptually involve a patient ...READ»

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Welcome to the Botox Recession

BY Scott SmithTue Apr 8, 2008 at 10:26 AM

Among the markets that are taking financial hits due to the current US economic wobble/slowdown/meltdown (choose one to suit your personal level of anxiety), apparently the cosmetic surgery industry is facing a nip and tuck of its ...READ»

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Lifetime's Mastectomy Petition - More Surface Than Substance?

BY Gloria SinFri Feb 1, 2008 at 4:54 PM

Whenever I see a beautifully crafted dessert, I am always hopeful it will taste as good as it looks. More often than not though, I am disappointed by the incongruity between the attractive exterior and inferior interior. This is ...READ»

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Patients, Grasshopper

BY Heath RowThu Jun 1, 2006 at 4:37 PM

There was a two-page feature in last week's issue of Time that reminded me of a blog entry posted by a reader during last fall's FC Now BlogJam. (We'll celebrate the blog's third anniversary this August.) Nathan Thornbourgh takes a ...READ»

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Doctors, Help Us Heal Ourselves

BY Heath RowWed May 17, 2006 at 3:58 PM

I just learned about a fascinating initiative in which 20 global health organizations and universities are working with IBM to see whether an open-source approach might help clip the wings of bird flu. Building on the work of Larry ...READ»

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Avian Anxiety

BY Jennifer ReingoldWed Mar 29, 2006 at 9:56 AM

Yesteray, The New York Times devoted its entire science section to the threat of Avian flu becoming a global pandemic. It took something of an on-the-one hand, on-the-other perspective, but the stories, particularly those about the ...READ»

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Next: iPod Hearing Aids?

BY Kevin OhannessianThu Sep 15, 2005 at 2:04 PM

A new Wired article states that younger generations are experiencing hearing damage equal to older adults due to prolonged use of portable music players at high volumes. I watch my volume, but most don't (for the record, one study ...READ»

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As a Matter of Fat

BY Kevin OhannessianThu Aug 11, 2005 at 10:58 AM

New York City's Health Department suggested that restaurants stop using trans fatty oils. They're believed to be very unhealthy, causing clogged arteries. The Dept. did not ban the ingredient outright, they only urged the eateries to ...READ»

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Can GM Heal Thyself?

Fri Apr 8, 2005 at 12:28 PM

Sure, GM chief Rick Wagoner has plenty of problems he's currently battling. But the auto maker's real Achilles' heel, it turns out, may lie in the company's funding of retirees' health benefits. The Wall Street Journal turned its ...READ»

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Private Healthcare?

Thu Feb 24, 2005 at 6:36 PM

An article in the Sunday New York Times caught my eye. It talked about a possible government mandate to standardize computerized health records, if the industry doesn't come up with a set of technical standards on its own. The ...READ»

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Pain-Free Day for Big Pharma

BY David LidskyFri Feb 18, 2005 at 4:57 PM

An FDA advisory panel today recommended that recently controversial drugs Celebrex, Vioxx, and Bextra remain on the market, albeit with some restrictions. The panel acknowledged that the drugs can cause heart attacks and strokes, but ...READ»

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A Nonprofit Pharmaceutical Company?

Mon Dec 13, 2004 at 9:39 AM

Yes. The Institute for OneWorld Health in San Francisco claims to the the first one in the U.S. Just today it received a $42.6 million five-year grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to try to cure malaria.READ»

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Taking the Day

BY Heath RowTue Nov 30, 2004 at 11:09 AM

In the past, we've taken a look at sick-day excuses. Recent research in the UK indicates that business people have no excuse not to take sick days if they need to. University College London scientists found that workers who drag ...READ»

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Are You There God? It's Me Your Pharmacist

BY Danielle SacksMon Nov 15, 2004 at 12:35 PM

Saturday morning my mother and I spent an hour on the phone relishing in post-election blues. As we swapped frustrations across 2,000 miles (I'm in the blue state of New York; She's blue in the red state of Florida), she informed me ...READ»

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Changing the World of Senior Care

Fri Aug 13, 2004 at 5:15 PM

I was in Orlando yesterday speaking to the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives and got out of Florida just ahead of the hurricane. (Kind of a metaphor for my life, now that I think about it.) Be that as it may... Since ...READ»

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Healthcare, a la Carte

BY Heath RowThu Nov 6, 2003 at 8:23 AM

Doctors are starting to offer low-cost healthcare in exchange for payment at the time of treatment as a way to sidestep the red tape and bureaucracy inherent in health insurance and HMOs. By accepting only cash, checks, and credit ...READ»