Workplace Health Promotion Programs: Future Directions, Developments and Challenges, written 2 days ago, Demographic and technological transformations are changing the nature of work in our society. As these changes occur the broad-based model of Workplace Health Promotion Programs described above w...

Weird Animals, written 1 week ago, Weird Animals Blue whale babies weigh up to 7 tonnes at birth.  A female cod can lay up to 9 million eggs.  Snakes can see through their eyelids.  Elephants spend 23 hours a day eating.  Vultures sometimes eat so much they can't take off again.  The Amazo...

CVS Escalates the Generic Price War, written 1 week ago, Did anyone else notice the recent move by CVS Caremark (CVS) to offer a discount generic program? Walgreens caved into Wal-Mart last June when it reversed course and started promoting the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club. See my post Walg...

Daptomycin in bone and joint infections: a review of the literature., written 1 week ago, Daptomycin in bone and joint infections: a review of the literature. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2008 Nov 7 Rice DA, Mendez-Vigo L. St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Savannah, GA, USA. INTRODUCTION: To review...

Inaccurate Impressions, written 5 days ago, I know from experience about misleading information on the internet concerning orthopedics. One problem is that content isn’t always peer reviewed so that marketing may carry more influence than science. Misleading statements may be posted and the potent...

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, written 3 weeks ago, Danger Level: Medium What is it? Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (phew this name is long!), or GERD for short, is a condition in which acid from the stomach goes up to the esophagus. Who gets it? GERD is a pretty common condition. Up to 15% of t...

Natural science for many illnesses: irrodology, biocircuitry, su-jock, and more.

Dr. Tray Dunaway takes a look at the how the different "dots" of the healthcare process can better communicate and understand one another with an often humorous and intuitive voice.

Nurses In U.K. Use Mobile Phones To Track Patients, written 2 days ago, A new scheme under trial in the United Kingdom will permit better monitoring of the health of Britons with chronic ailments using a standard mobile phone.The cellular phone would need a special software which patients with asthm...

Killer tips to seduce any women, written 1 month ago, Have you ever faced problems while seducing any women? Are you like most of the other men who think that seducing any women is quite an easy thing to do? Well, if you think so then please rethink again. Today, in this post, I will let you about ...

If it walks like a duck...., written 3 weeks ago, You know the phrase "if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck" etc? Sometimes things can be totally bleeding obvious to everyone else but not to you. (Hmmm, is that denial?) Just worked out why I have been having migraines for the past ...

physicians/scientists perform the first trachea transplant, written 2 days ago, Reported online on November 18 on the website of the journal Lancet, physicians from the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain reported the first trachea transplant.  The transplant trachea that was transplanted was pro...

I work for a firm that represents large pharmaceutical companies ("Pharma"), and I have attended an American law school.

Cytomel T3 Metabolizer, written 1 month ago, Cytomel T3 is a thyroid hormone. It is used medically to treat cases of thyroid insufficiency, obesity, certain metabolic disorders and fatigue. Specifically this drug is a pharmaceutical preparation of the natural thyroid hormone triiodothyronine (T-3). ...

FDA Continues Review of Takeda's New Drug Application for Alogliptin (SYR-322), a DPP-4 Agent for Type 2 Diabetes, written 1 month ago,   OSAKA, Japan, Oct. 10 – Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") today announced that Takeda Global Research and Development Center, Inc., a...

A whole person pharmacy.

Time Management For Pharmaceutical Sales Hopefuls, written 2 days ago, Sometimes it's hard to try and get a new job in pharmaceutical sales if you are currently bogged down in another full time job. You wish that you had more time in order to pursue a new career. Since many of us can certainly use...

The Concise Encyclopedia of Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain, written 2 days ago, An A-to-Z look at these crippling disorders! Compiled by one of the foremost researchers in the field of immunology, The Concise Encyclopedia of Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain is an A-to-Z summary of current knowledg...

J1 physician issues and discussion.

Zrii Wellness - The Final Frontier, written 6 days ago, Wellness is a word you'll be hearing with greater frequency in the future because it is rapidly becoming what the public demands in health care. Wellness is the only logical and rational approach to today's special and unique health care needs ...