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Less common procedures less common than thought discuss this article 1 Comment
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Category: Global & Universal
Latest Comment by Cosmetic Surgery - November 19, 2009: Very good information on the survey, but I'm not surprise about the number. Eyelash restoration and bicep or tricep implants is not so popular and not many patients request to have these procedures.

The state of the cosmetic surgery industry discuss this article 1 Comment
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Category: Global & Universal
Latest Comment by Cosmetic Surgery - November 5, 2009: I wonder if there is the big different on how people reacting to cosmetic surgery industry from different economic sector.

Free drug samples may end up costing uninsured more discuss this article 1 Comment
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Category: Global & Universal
Latest Comment by Dan - September 24, 2008: Opinion Are Drug Reps Really Necessary? August 26, 2008 | By Dan AbshearcloseDan Abshear Name: Dan Abshear Site: http://discoverwhatyouthink.blogspot.com See All Articles by Author (6) About: Mr. Abshear recently divorced himself from "big pharma" after working for three of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world for over a decade. He continues to write primarily opinion pieces regarding what may be little known facts about the health care system- particularly the pharmaceutical industry, and his writings also include responses to the related writings of others as well on various internet sites. Before his p...

[Web Exclusives] The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange: What Happened? discuss this article 2 Comments
Source: Health Affairs Category: Global & Universal
Latest Comment by Frankie Dolan - September 29, 2007: I agree Mark. I think you may see the same thing happening with a lot of high profile internet sites where huge amounts of money have been thrown at projects early on, before a business model has had time to develop. The very fact that MedWorm has no funding I think is the reason it is likely to succeed - it just has a huge amount of personal investment, and its growth (additional servers as traffic increases, for example) depends on my ability to ensure it is covering its own costs from early on. If I can get the site working well when it is small, I deal with any issues early on, ensuring I have a product that people rea...

[Web Exclusives] The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange: What Happened? discuss this article 2 Comments
Source: Health Affairs Category: Global & Universal
Latest Comment by marksingh - September 28, 2007: I think when you start off with $10M in funding to start a RHIO, you start looking for ways to spend the money first and look for a sustainable business model later. This is the problem with funding organizations that do not have enough faith in their own model to fund it themselves. If communities see value in a RHIO, they need to at least invest some of their own funding, rather then wait for someone else to lay down the capital. Mark Singh MD www.clinicore.blogspot.com