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The New Republic published “Upper Mismanagement” about what happens when businesses are run by people who do not understand their companies’ businesses. Although the article was focused on the decline of manufacturing in the US, its applicability to health care is obvious:
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This is a minimally invasive procedure done via a catheter. There is no device implanted. The company also has a page to find out more about the 
clinical trials, focusing on patients with resistant hypertension and kidney disease and they are actively recruiting medical centers for participation.
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This is pretty interesting technology from what I am reading here as it appears we may have a new classification of Dermatology on the horizon, an 
interventional dermatologist. The reason I make this comment is due to the fact that while treating the skin it is also visible via the ultra sound at the time treatment is given, in other words the physician can see the layers of skin.
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Treatments for anxiety and depression certainly seem to be headliners quite frequently in the news today. In just writing this blog it seems to be that I tend to see more about those 2 types of drugs than most others. The FDA said no on this account for Pfizer as the information submitted was not sufficient. Lyrica is a pain relieving drug as it is approved for use today. 
I certainly hope more psych drug applications and medications themselves are not the answers to living through the current economy. It does make one wonder when you see headlines like this:
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The butterfly lives on until February 2014 and could get an additional 6 months down the road, pending pediatric study results. A while back I posted a spoof on the product from Saturday Night Live and you can view here, no wonder they dont need to spend much on advertising. BD
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One would think that the stories about bad behavior by health care organizations would quiet down just before Christmas, but no…
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Its official now, COPD is on the list with the other chronic conditions, so no worries about COPD off label prescriptions any longer with this one. Actually though the other conditions it has been approved for are many times combined with COPD as well. BD
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Hello readers,
I am sorry that I haven’t updated my blog. Thank you for continuing to read my blog. I will be updating it soon. I have had so much going on lately. I have moved and is still in the process of unpacking. I have also been sick. I was struck with this dreaded flu. I was able to fight it off naturally, and I will tell you how I did it in an upcoming post so, please stay tuned. Also, I just recently got the internet back on. So, I have had a lot going on. I just wanted to thank everyone who has followed me and has been reading my blog. Hopefully, I will be back on track soon.
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Of course not, you say with conviction. The nursing home where my mother, father, husband, wife, etc. live would never let those types of people into the home. It wouldn’t be safe would it?
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Just out from the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center is a brief paper on “Approaches to teaching and learning about corruption in the health sector.” (Note that U4 has a very useful web-page on corruption health care, also now appearing in the links in our side-bar.)