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• What should you pay for end-of-life care?

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 122
  Treating those with a terminal illness is never easy. In the healthcare arena there are different opinions on how much to spend on end-of-life care and how to approach the patient.   A recent article in The New York Times describes these vast differences. The reporter explains that “the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical ...
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• Healthcare screenings may be overkill

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 122
  By Dr. Seymour Handler - Guest bloggerRetired Pathologist, North Memorial Medical Center, MinneapolisA long-standing recommendation by many prestigious health entities is that people should have a health evaluation examination and cancer screenings at regular intervals, ostensibly to detect diseases earlier than would ...
  5 days ago

• Top 10 issues impacting healthcare in 2010

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 122
  Wondering what healthcare will look like in 2010?Every year PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute publishes a report outlining the key issues facing the health industry for the coming year. 2010 will be a year of opportunity if done right.The report called, “Squeezing the juice out of healthcare,” ...
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• Upset about hospital care? Call a hospital administrator

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 122
  By Kester FreemanRetired CEO, Palmetto Health The other day a family member called me regarding a relative who had just been hospitalized after having surgery. This family member was irate about the lack of care and lack of communication among the staff assigned to the patient.The elderly family member who I am ...
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• Preserve the gift of home healthcare

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 122
  By Keith Myers - Guest bloggerPresident and CEO of LHC Group, a provider of home care, rehabilitation and hospice servicesEffective healthcare improves a patient’s quality of life and offers the maximum amount of independence possible. Every healthcare provider has a role to play here: the doctor, the surgeon, the ...
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• Dean urges defeat of emerging health care bill

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 140
  AP reports: WASHINGTON — Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean argued Wednesday that the health care overhaul bill taking shape in the Senate further empowers private insurers at the expense of consumer choice. “You will be forced to buy insurance. If you don’t, you’ll pay a fine,” said Dean, a ...
  1 week ago

• EU settles affairs with Microsoft, no fines this time

  
  MainGadget — Authority: 163
  Momentous moment alert — the EU has just closed the book on its lengthy investigation into potential Microsoft antitrust violations. See the original post here: EU settles affairs with Microsoft, no fines this time
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• EU settles affairs with Microsoft, no fines this time

  
  Engadget — Authority: 842
  Momentous moment alert -- the EU has just closed the book on its lengthy investigation into potential Microsoft antitrust violations. Lasting through nearly the entire noughties, The European Commissions dissatisfaction with what it perceived as monopolistic practices from Redmond has resulted in some hefty fines ...
  1 week ago

• Mystery Sony "Home Information Device" unveiled by FCC, purpose kept secret

  
  MainGadget — Authority: 163
  Wondering what Sony has in store for the summer of 2010? We can’t tell you, but we can give you a few clues Go here to see the original:  Mystery Sony "Home Information Device" unveiled by FCC, purpose kept secret
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• Are Green Smartphone Apps a Waste of Time?

  
  Tree Hugging Family — Authority: 129
  Do you need a smartphone app for going green? I suppose you may also argue, do you need a blog for going green? Let me answer that second question first! No, you don’t absolutely need to read a green living blog, but many people (including me) find it inspirational. It’s easier to make strides in your green ...
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• Are Green Smartphone Apps a Waste of Time?

  
  Tree Hugging Family — Authority: 129
  Do you need a smartphone app for going green? I suppose you may also argue, do you need a blog for going green? Let me answer that second question first! No, you don’t absolutely need to read a green living blog, but many people (including me) find it inspirational. It’s easier to make strides in your green ...
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• The essentials for true healthcare reform

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 122
  It’s important not to lose sight of a few crucial details that must be included in any final healthcare reform bill if change is really going to become a reality. This is the focus of a post on Arianna Huffington’s blog today and a few key points are worth mentioning. She writes:Amidst the tea leaf [...]
  2 weeks ago

• EU manufacturer fined €11.5m for price fixing

  
  TameBay — Authority: 134
  The German competition regulators have fined a contact lens manufacturer €11.5 million for trying to restrict the price their products were sold for on eBay. Reports are that the manufacturer, CIBA Vision, had spies checking prices on eBay and reporting sellers that were selling at less than RRP. Sellers who ...
  2 weeks ago

• What’s Antimony? Zhu Zhu Toy Hamster Concerns.

  
  Tree Hugging Family — Authority: 129
  You may remember antimony from chemistry class. It’s the ole “Sb” on the periodic table of elements. Yes, it’s toxic with known ill health effects, especially to the lungs and heart. Yet, antimony is allowed to a degree in toys as a flame retardant. GoodGuide.com has really stirred the shopping pot by ...
  2 weeks ago

• Flash flood: the (very short) story of YouTube

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 152
  You might feel like access to online video clips is one of those “inalienable rights” you hear so much about. The Internet of 2009 is awash in video content, from your favorite Seinfeld episodes to homemade videos of cats playing the piano—and everything in between. And you can get the material you’re looking ...
  2 weeks ago

• Baby goods shop shut down by bully boy brands

  
  TameBay — Authority: 134
  eBay are featured in the Sunday Times today highlighting restrictive trade practices by manufacturers who restrict how retailers can sell and price their products. Highlighted is online retailer “ Baby Zoop ” who have been forced to close their business “due to the illegal price fixing by the major pushchair ...
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• GoodSearch or GoodShop Your Picks

  
  Tree Hugging Family — Authority: 129
  Go to Goodsearch.com and raise money for your favorite charity just by searching the Internet! The list of participating nonprofits is seemingly endless, but you can just type in the name and click “verify” to see if your favorite charity participates. The environment category includes nonprofits like your ...
  3 weeks ago

• Achieving universal healthcare

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 122
  By Mike StephensRetired CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianAnyone who has read my posts knows I believe there is a great deal this country can learn from the experience of other countries and our own states when it comes to  confronting the conundrum of expanding health insurance coverage. We may not agree with ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fun BPA-free Storage Container for Food

  
  Tree Hugging Family — Authority: 129
  I’ve been using glass Pyrex BPA-free storage containers for my leftovers. (Yes, the lid is BPA-free as well.) I don’t have any real complaints with them other than the fact that replacement lids can be difficult to find. But, you know, the Pyrex containers just aren’t as beautiful as the chipper green ...
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• The hospital that could cure healthcare

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 122
  By Mike StephensRetired CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianIf you want a better understanding of the business practices going on at the Cleveland Clinic, you should take a look at a recent Newsweek article. It is titled “The hospital that could cure healthcare.” The article discusses many strategies the ...
  3 weeks ago

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