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Entries from May 2008

Healthcare 100 links for 05-09-08

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Meant to be broken? (Kevin M.D.)
No pay for more never events: CMS proposes more never events and more hospital reporting obligations(HealthBlawg)
You Have It Exactly Backwards (PANDA BEAR, MD)
Which kids in the US are most likely to use tobacco? (Freedom From Smoking)

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Best stoner flick: Harold & Kumar — or Celebrex ad?

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

I keep hoping it will go away (after all, it’s been around for over a year), but I can’t seem to escape that two-minute-plus Celebrex ad with a bunch of freaky faceless people bicycling, drinking tea, painting fences, reading the newspaper, swimming with the fishes, dancing under the stars, and playing frisbee with the dog […]

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Tags: Celebrex · Pharmaceutical marketing

Pharma links for 05-07-08

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Big Pharma Reacts to Its Drug Pipeline Problems (Lab Soft News)
New DSM Authors In Bed With Big Pharma (Furious Seasons)
Big-pharma ‘buys’ justice: McKesson Corp. settles more than $13 million over suspicious drug sales (Signs of the Times)
‘Twas the night before layoffs….. (Pharma Marketing Blog)

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Tags: Big Pharma · Pharma bloggers

Ever wonder how your meds end up in blister packs?

May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Oh, c’mon — of course you do. A blister pack, if you’re unaware, is drug packaging where the tablet or capsule is mounted on a card under a plastic dome. Here’s the video:

Yeah, I know … the narrator sounds like he’s on the same pharmaceutical regimen as Paula Abdul. But it’s still […]

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Tags: Prescription drugs · Prescriptions

eDrugSearch.com on the Health 2.0 Blog

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Matthew Holt has posted a byline by yours truly on the Health 2.0 Blog. Check it out.

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Tags: Health 2.0 · eDrugSearch.com · eDrugSearch.com Community

Health 2.0 links for 05-05-08

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Web 2.0 Can Give Consumers More Control over Health Care (eWeek.com)
Defining Health 2.0 (SocialButterfly)
Health 2.0 - Modern Healthcare Online (The Patient’s Doctor)
Second-hand Health Care: Why Health 2.0 is Lagging (ICMCC)

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Tags: Health 2.0 · Healthcare blogs

Healthcare 100 links for 05-04-08

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Get Physical: At Home Partner Circuits (Fitsugar)
Not so secret (PharmaGossip)
Meet GNA - DNA’s ‘ambidextrous’ cousin (Genetics and Health)
Can We Play Surgery On XBOX Then Perform It In The OR ? (Goomedic.com)

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Tags: eDrugSearch.com

Top 50 health apps on the Web

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

We’re pleased to be included, along with many of our blogging and Health 2.0 friends, on this terrific list. Thanks!

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ATTACK OF THE FLACKS! Watch out, healthcare bloggers, the PR zombies are coming after you!

May 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Looks like it’s time to amp up your spam filters, folks.
This marketing e-mail, sent to PR firms nationwide by the PR list vendor Bulldog Reporter, was passed on to me by a PR-practicing friend this morning:
“Inside Health Media’s huge new blog directory gives PR pros an inside guide to influential bloggers covering health, medicine and […]

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Tags: Healthcare blogs · Healthcare100