MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'boutique'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:34:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942789&cid=t_397984_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fabout-concierge-or-boutique-medicine%2F2010.09.07 A recent piece in The New York Times wondered if the few patients who can afford to pay for additional attention and access to their primary care doctors in a concierge medicine or boutique medicine practice might be ethical since the extra dollars are used to support the traditional primary care practice that the vast majority of patients currently receive.  Questions you might ask are: - What is a concierge medicine or boutique medicine practice? - Is it worth the money? - Is the care better quality? - Is it possible to get similar access and care by doctors not in a concierge or boutique medicine practice? When you think of a concierge, you think about a fancy hotel staff person who answers questions and speaks various languages, books reservations to restaurants, events, and tours (ev... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942789 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:00:00 +0100 3942789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2067386&cid=t_397984_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F12%2F27%2Fand-the-winners-of-the-fit-traveler-sets-are%2F Thanks to Kari and Lissa from The Fitness Boutique, these two lucky Healthbolt readers will be able to keep fit on the road…   Just Kelly  wins the The Fit Traveler and Joan wins the The Fit Traveler: Senior Edition  Congratulations. You’ll be receiving an email shortly instructing you on how to claim your prize. Tags: book giveaways, giveaways, healthbolt giveaway, The Fit Traveler, The Fitness BoutiqueShare This (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2067386 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:47:50 +0100 2067386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2056475&cid=t_397984_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fdrug-designers-are-creating-innovative.html "The FDA will approve at least 21 first-of-a-kind drugs this year, up from 18 in 2007. And the number of black-box warnings decreased by 25 percent. The boxed warnings are the most serious a drug can carry." [salon.com]It is well known that researchers in pharma are facing challenging times. Nonetheless, the FDA has approved increased the number of approved drugs last year (21 drugs compared to 18 in 2007). This in combination with the increasing innovation in pharmaceutical research gives hope for the next years.The question for me is, can this industry still be innovative with all those layoffs, and still make it a mission possible for the next years? I know that some people think that technology can help"The constant march of technology makes it possible for a smaller work force to do ... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2056475 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:54:00 +0100 2056475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2052685&cid=t_397984_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F12%2F20%2Fhealthbolt-giveaway-win-a-copy-of-the-fit-traveler-or-the-fit-traveler-senior-edition-workout-book-and-exercise-band%2F Do you find it difficult to keep fit while on the road? Do you can often end up sitting on planes for hours at a time, suffer jet lag, and resort to comfort and junk food to survive long flights? Then you could probably do with a Fit Traveler kit from The Fitness Boutique. It’s a fully-illustrated and practical workbook complete with free exercise band that lets you turn your hotel room into a personal gym. And it’s so easy to store away in the suitcase – it even has a pocket within the book’s binding to store the exercise band. There’s also The Fit Traveler: Senior Edition aimed at the growing number of baby boomers out and about on the road. Both editions provide instructions on how to get a decent full-body workout - including upper body and lower body. Diet tips are also... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2052685 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:24:56 +0100 2052685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147418&cid=t_397984_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fboutique-drugs-splitting-mass-market.html "Recently, the term boutique has started being applied to normally-mass-market items that are either niche or produced in intentionally small numbers at very high prices. For example, before the release of the Wii, a Time Magazine article suggested that Nintendo could become a boutique video-game company, producing games for niche audiences, rather than trying to compete directly with Microsoft and Sony [1]" [Boutique@WP]"articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals and articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals." [FDA definition]As found via Bio-IT/drug discovery expect analysts in the future more boutique drugs. Two main causes are mentioned.Fi... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147418 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:15:00 +0100 1147418