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My friends in med-school have always said the folks in surgery are gutsy, brave - a different breed. They would have to be in order to assume the level of stress and responsibility that surgery entails.
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Yesterday Pau Levy at Beth Israel was somewhat confused why the rescue efforts of Israel has not been seen in the press, well I found some today and you can watch the video and listen. He runs a hospital so he knows about being prepared. Dr. Jennifer Murin who is there in Haiti from Harvard Medical tells the story and she is very frustrated. The hospital from Israel is set up with ventilators and imaging right in the hospital, none of the other centers have this. A couple days ago I had posted about portable hospitals set up and Israel was at the top of the list.
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Not too long ago I was inquiring about internal use of HealthVault at Microsoft as well all like to hear about in house use too, so now it appears Microsoft is giving employees one more good reason to get their own PHR started. With using the ability of EOB statements imported, they will be able to see what their current claim 
status is with those filed with Blue Cross if that is their selected carrier.
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Most of the nursing home cases we look at are negligence cases… someone, a doctor or a nurse, fails to provide a level of care they are required to by the standards of medicine.
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This is a first for me with stem cells having potential to create food. What is also amusing are the final comments here with the scientist stating, well with everything else we eat today, this shouldnt be a problem. Actually the process of growing pork in a dish has gone on for a while, but adding the stem cell portion is 
a bit now. It does not have the texture of real port and probably is more like tofu. The article says it would take 30 days to grow a pork chop, so if this goes further, it sounds like you would need to do some planning for your meals (grin). BD
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Thats right you read the headlines correctly here, E-coli is back in the dough but the good news is that none of the product was released from the factory so 
retooling and testing the dough. Nestle says the production of the new dough will begin January 25th, so in the meantime there may be a shortage on the dough. The company says theres no difference in the taste so if you need cookie dough, grab it now (grin). BD
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I occasionally elevate comments and replies to the level of full posts if I feel they better illustrate and clarify significant points I raise.
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You can take a look here and base your own opinions. These are the same companies that invest millions in technologies at the blink of an eye, but when it comes time for charity, to me anyway, it looks pretty slim. Granted all the donations to Haiti are badly needed and appreciation for every dollar sent is there, but again when you look at how and where the current business models run, I just think they could do a little better. We have many celebrities that on their own have donated a million on their own, companies who are struggling for their own existence, doing more. I posted this a couple days ago where I commented on companies like Go Daddy, who are small in size by comparison to the insurance behemoths kicking in half a million, well you get the picture there.