Pharmacy – Insight Sciences

Tired of long lines at the pharmacy? ZappRx tests ‘mobile boarding pass’ for prescriptions — Tech News and Analysis

October 2, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Tired of long lines at the pharmacy? ZappRx tests ‘mobile boarding pass’ for prescriptions — Tech News and Analysis.

We Like: ZappRX, Kinect the Docs, and Wearable Thermometers (portal.lillycoi.com)
ZappRx raises $1M, looks to the future of e-prescriptions (pandodaily.com)
ZappRx gets $1M for its e-prescription app (venturebeat.com)
ZappRx Lands $1M To Rethink Prescription Processing With A Pharmacy-Agnostic Mobile Checkout Platform (techcrunch.com)

Doctors rebel against rip off drug prices

April 30, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management

Doctors rebel against rip-off drug costs
gingerskinner, consumerreports.org

If you’ve ever had trouble affording your medications, and wanted to call your doctor on it, here’s some encouraging news: doctors aren’t pleased about the prices either. Denouncing “profiteering” by pharmaceutical companies, more than 100 cancer…

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FDA Approves Magnetic Helmet For Treating Depression

January 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

FDA Approves Magnetic Helmet For Treating Depression
By Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com

Today the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a device that treats depression using… magnets. About 14.8 million American adults, or 6.7 percent of the U.S. adult population, are diagnosed with major depression in …

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Magnetic Brain Stimulation Could Ease Pain (scientificamerican.com)
Bayer Wins Bid to Block Norbrook Sale of Generic Baytril – Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)
Draft bill gives FDA authority over some pharmacies (reuters.com)
Titan Shares Stay Depressed Over FDA Approval Concerns (biomedreports.com)

Dvorkin Camiel Lana – Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

August 23, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

Interesting teacher on natural products at this school of pharmacy.

Dvorkin Camiel Lana – Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Medical Humanities: Health & Disease in Culture, Popular Culture & American Culture Associations National Conference (CfP, Conference, Washington, DC, March 2013) (medicalhumanities.wordpress.com)
Wal-Mart Gets Organic Beauty (fabsugar.com)
Beauty Byte: Burt’s Bees Wants to Regulate “Natural” Beauty Products (bellasugar.com)
How Healthy Are Earth’s Oceans? (livescience.com)
15 Reasons to Use Apple Cider Vinegar Every Day (mindbodygreen.com)
Five Natural and Organic Products Which Can Cure Eczema (darleneaguilar.wordpress.com)
Prescription Medication Side Effects (bluemoonpersonaltraining.com)
Comparing Supplements (deni358.wordpress.com)

Gel 2010 conference: art, design, science, technology, experience

May 17, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

Gel 2010 — Gel 2010 (Photo credit: Noah Scalin)

Gel 2010 conference.

From Joint Aches to Back Pain: Volatren Gel (arthritis.answers.com)
TriMix Laboratories Announces New TriMix-gel Partnership with US Compounding (prweb.com)
Researchers look at our ageing society (mdx.ac.uk)
Bayer CropScience Announces Special Savings on Maxforce FC Select Roach Killer Bait Gel for Pest Management Professionals (prweb.com)