Ditch new drugs, take older meds to cut costs
If you want a prescription that won’t empty your wallet, while still keeping you well, you might start asking your doctor about drugs you don’t see on TV.
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Archive for November 4th, 2009
Costs of defensive medicine spur heated debate
Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren’t necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it — not so much to protect their health as his own practice.
Report: Tech use doesn’t add to social isolation
Americans’ love affairs with mobile phones and the Internet are not contributing factors to an increase in social isolation in the United States, according to a new study.
Space Hotel Reportedly On Track for 2012 Opening, Already Has Paying Guests
A company aiming to open the first space hotel already has 43 paying customers at .4 million a pop
Anyone with a cool million and change might consider doing what 43 other people have done, and sign up for an orbital space vacation in 2012 with Galactic Suite Space Resort. The Barcelona-based company plans to […]
Please Hold, Windows: I’ll Patch You Through To the USB Bus
We’ve come along way since the age when every office’s communications nerve center depended on its switchboard operators tucked discreetly inside a windowless room somewhere. Or have we?.
I love the juxtaposition of new and old tech here. If you’ve had a slow computing day like I have, this might explain your conundrum.
[via FFFFOUND]
Obscure Tool #2 Revealed: Latham Wire Stitcher
For your bigger stapling jobs
Yesterday’s mystery tool is officially known as the Monitor model 107 “Patented Wire Stitcher” manufactured by the Latham Machinery Company of Chicago, IL. Bookbinding operations like the one that gave the machine to me used it to place those big staples in thick stacks of pages to be bound. I’m sure […]
Remembering a Former Caltech Rocket Scientist and the Founder of China’s Space Program
Qian Xuesen has died at 98; he helped found Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory before being deported as a suspected Communist
One can only imagine how history might have played out if the United States had not deported a Chinese-born Caltech rocket scientist on suspicion of being a Communist in 1955. Qian Xuesen first fought his deportation, […]
Members quit doctors group over Coke alliance
Advice about soft drinks and health from one of the nation’s largest doctors groups will soon be brought to you by Coke. The American Academy of Family Physicians has prompted outcry and lost members over its new six-figure alliance with the Coca-Cola Co.
Tackle work stress, bosses told
Employers need to pay more attention to the levels of stress and anxiety in the workplace, key NHS advisers say.
When Given the Chance, Will Consumers Pay More for Green?
Image courtesty of TerraCycle
We just began an interesting experiment at TerraCycle: Opening our first retail outlet and giving people a place to bring in what they’d normally mail to us as part of our collection Brigades. But that’s not the most interesting part. We’ve decided to see what people will do when given the chance […]
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