I Gede Wenten, Pencipta Alat Penjernih Air Pertama di Dunia

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Espilen Blog – I Gede Wenten, salah seorang lulusan Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) menciptakan sebuah alat penjernih air pertama di dunia. Alat ini dapat berfungsi untuk menjernihkan air-air yang kotor seperti air cucian, air mandi,...

Why Do We Eat? A Neurobiological Perspective. Part V

In previous posts, I explained that food intake is determined by a variety of factors that are detected by the brain, and integrated by circuits in the mesolimbic system to determine the overall motivation to eat.  These factors include 'homeostatic factors' that reflect a true energy need by the body, and 'non-homeostatic factors' that are independent of the body's energy needs (e.g. palatability, habit, and the social environment). In this...

The Story of CPRIT, Part 1: A Promising Start

HC Renewal readers who don’t live in Texas may not have followed the saga of the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). It’s a fascinating story which will take me more than one post to tell even a partial version of, especially since a wealth of information is available because of FOIA requests and the superb reporting of the Houston Chronicle and The Cancer Letter.A constitutional amendment authorizing CPRIT was proposed to...

A Condemnation of Suppression of Medical Research... by Ben Goldacre in the New York Times

Amazingly, this topic now seems to be in the mainstream.The Goldacre Version in the New York Times in 2013 In his op-ed, Ben Goldacre introduced it thus:the entire evidence base for medicine has been undermined by a casual lack of transparency. Sometimes this is through a failure to report concerns raised by doctors and internal analyses, as was the case with Johnson & Johnson. More commonly, it involves the suppression of clinical trial...

The problem with (NOT) giving medical advice in the Incestral Health Community

Just about every major blogger and guru in the IHC has a lengthy medical disclaimer page.  They are not providing medical advice on the internet because if they are an MD it's illegal (my understanding of the law, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here),  and if they are not, it's illegal to practice without a license.  Same goes for nutritional advice and all that.  Right after the medical disclaimer, where you've usually...

Modern Healthcare: "Health IT Iconoclasts"

The healthcare executive-targeted journal "Modern Healthcare" has named Dr. Ross Koppel, Dr. Deborah Peel, Dr. Larry Weed, and yours truly as "healthcare IT iconoclasts."  Dr. William Bria corroborated the importance of iconoclasty in this domain.(I would rather see the term "defender of patient's rights" rather then "iconoclast", but I'll settle for the latter if it gets the message out.)Author Joe Conn writes:... health IT has long had its...

Ditundanya Peluncuran Grand Theft Auto V, Membuat Para Fans Kecewa !

Limit Kmputer | Ditundanya Peluncuran Grand Theft Auto V, Membuat Para Fans Kecewa ! - Mendengar kabar ini sontak membuat penggemar Grand Theft Auto diseluruh dunia menjadi kecewa, pasalnya pihak rockstar berjanji akan merilis game ini pada 26 Maret 2013 mendatang, namun kenyataanya jadwalnya malah molor beberapa bulan.Rockstar juga mengumumkan akan merilis Grand Theft Auto V dalam dua konsol yaitu...

The lengths a hospital will go to in order to protect their EHR - Motion for Reconsideration of Denial of Motion for Reconsideration of Denial of Objections

My mother was injured and then died as a result of an EHR foul-up.  She sued the hospital where the mid-2010 accident occurred while she was still lucid, and I am now substitute plaintiff.  Yet the case has been held up through the defense (mis)using court process to stall.It seems the lengths a hospital will go to in order to protect their EHRs (i.e., from Discovery by an expert such as...