Apollo EndoSurgery buys Lap-Band- and stumbles
The good news: Apollo Endosurgery bought the Lap-Band – the bad news, they didn’t bring the major player with them – Jim Caggiano
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Dr Terry Simpson Honored with Health Care Award
Dr. Terry Simpson was recognized by the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) at their 2013 conference, receiving the Regional Impact Award for his impact on improving health care.
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Medical Marijuana
Recently CNN’s Sanjay Gupta joined the ranks of the 76% of physicians that think marijuana should be available for use in medicine. Here is my take.
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Sleep Monitoring at Home
Sleep monitoring devices are available both wearable, and as an app for the iphone. There are a lot of things you can learn from these devices, and here are a few things I learned – but they do have their limits.
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Chris Brogan and The Challenge
My bet with Chris Brogan is on which of us will lose more inches around the abdomen. My strategy will be simple menu planning and increasing activity. He has a girlfriend who is a personal trainer and nutritionist. Here is an example of how I will meet the challenge.
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Spending Time with Patients
A lady who had too many medicines prescribed, and not enough time given by her physician. Taking time with patients is that – it takes time. In this case, the intervention saved this patient and the health care system dollars.
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Angelina Jolie’s Decision: Do I Need to be Tested?
Angelina Jolie, breast cancer, and questions. Her courageous decision to undergo a double mastectomy to dramatically reduce her likelihood of developing breast cancer has brought heightened awareness to this deadly form of cancer. It’s also created many questions for women around the world.
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Mummies & Eskimos with Heart Disease: it isn’t Modern Diets that are the Problem: The People of St. Paul
Many diets are based on the false premise that the cave-men or early man, had great diets without chronic disease. Turns out they had plenty of heart and vascular disease, as a recent study showed. Reminded me of going to St Paul, in Alaska- a place where they still live like they did hundreds of years ago- but just a bit better.
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Taste Buds: In Your Tongue & Gut – Cats Can’t Taste Sweets
Taste buds are not just found in the tongue, but throughout the entire GI tract, and even the lung! Taste buds throughout our body don’t all function to provide a sense of taste but are used to trigger other reactions. In the tongue, they provide a sense of taste that drives us to seek some foods and to avoid others.
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