One American’s Experience with Socialized Medicine
On a recent trip, I was forced to experience Romanian socialized medicine. It was quite different than American hospitals.
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Curing Cancer with T-Cells
Up until recently, cancer treatment has focused on bombarding the cancer cells with toxic chemicals or harmful radiation. This puts surrounding cells and even the entire body under stress to repair the damage caused by these stressors. But what if the body’s own natural defense system could be educated to target specific cancer cells and then enhanced and supplemented to be able to fight the cancer cells? That is exactly what the new called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy does.
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The Economic Ramifications of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
I do not believe that government intervention solves problems. Usually it just adds complexity, inefficiency, bureaucracy and increases costs. But today John Mauldin looks at the effects of Obamacare and the broken medical system that is the current state of affairs in the United States. ~Tim McMahon, editor. By John Mauldin  There is no doubt
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Healthcare Face-off US vs. UK
Since the advent of Obamacare there has been a great debate about U.S. vs. U.K. healthcare. Today we will look at how they compare. A large number of people in the US and UK have some form of health insurance. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 64.2% of Americans
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Trends: Population, Health and Technology
Imagine getting out of your 20 hp. car and cranking it to start it, getting whacked by the handle and breaking your wrist, while your neighbor trots by shouting “get a horse” and your other neighbor happily puffs by in his Stanley Steamer. This was life in 1900…  people died of the flu and intestinal infections and
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How New Technologies Are Affecting Healthcare
The emergence of new technology in healthcare has and will have profound effects on quality of life, as well as the ability to save more lives. From new inventions in imaging to spreading virtual care by internet and sensors, to machines that can resolve problems and make surgery unnecessary, the future of mankind’s health appears
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Healthcare in the US vs. the UK
The healthcare systems in the U.K. and U.S. are vastly different, although the health-care system in the U.S. is currently undergoing changes that will address one of the key areas where it has been criticized — in terms of universal coverage.
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Advances in Health Technology
The only thing Constant in Life is change. Those who adapt quickest thrive… Those who adapt slowly survive… Those who don’t adapt at all… are relegated to the lowest levels of existence… Poverty and misery. The key to success is to adapt quickly… it will put you at the head of the pack. ~Tim McMahon,
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Improving Your Health While Saving Money
Improving Your Health Your health and your finances are two of the more crucial commodities in life – It’s said that the young will give up their health for money and the old will gladly give up their money for health. So why not take care of both at the same time? If you incorporate
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Crowdsourcing– Is There Wisdom in the Crowd?
In the last few years a new phenomenon has begun to emerge that has been able to tap into the wisdom and resources of crowds… For more than a decade scientists tried to unravel the mystery of an aids like virus using high powered computers. But the computers had a limitation, i.e. they aren’t very good at spatial reasoning. So they turned to a game called “Foldit”. The game is designed to allow players to manipulate multicolored virtual molecular structures that look like Tinkertoys and has more than 236,000 registered players. By throwing that much free brainpower at the problem…  in less than 10 days the puzzle was solved!  Thus demonstrating the power of crowdsourcing and online gaming. The key is discovering how to harness it for good and people are constantly coming up with new ideas for instance Healthline.com has come up with a crowd funding for cancer patients similar to the old jar on the 7/11 counter asking for donations to help specific cancer patients. It allows you to set up a campaign and then promote it online.Â
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