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Making the best of attending a mega conference: hitting the sweet spot of the people and knowledge intersection
Oral session at an AHA meeting (AHA picture) This topic popped up as I was working on putting together my itinerary for the upcoming annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA). Conferences… more →
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Medical Innovation and the taxes in the Pelosi health care bill
ginaswo wrote 1 week ago: The BEST discussion on medical innovation in America right now and the danger of killing VC fundin … more →
Health Care Reform - An Analogy
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ttoes wrote 1 month ago: Imagine you are attending a top ranked college. You are nearing graduation and are about to be name … more →
Making the best of attending a mega conference: hitting the sweet spot of the people and knowledge intersection
constructiveinterference wrote 1 month ago: Oral session at an AHA meeting (AHA picture) This topic popped up as I was working on putting togeth … more →
Senate Democrats contemplating new $40 billion tax on health care innovation
Wintery Knight wrote 2 months ago: TigerHawk has a post about a tax being considered for medical device companies. (H/T Lex Communis) E … more →
The new NIH wish list
constructiveinterference wrote 2 months ago: I just returned from the NIH where I was invited to lecture on translating science into therapies. I … more →
Obama's Post Office coming to a Hospital near you
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Ann's New Friend wrote 3 months ago: Our brilliant president, Barack Obama, gave a good illustration of the problem of competition betwee … more →
Will Obamacare Kill Medical Innovation? û The Foundry
eastaustinvoice wrote 3 months ago: Will Obamacare Kill Medical Innovation? û The Foundry Shared via AddThis … more →
TED2009: The Marrow Miner
thebodyterrene wrote 4 months ago: Also from TED2009, a short presentation by Daniel Kraft (more here, StemCor Systems, US National Mar … more →
What do genetic testing and real estate have in common?
constructiveinterference wrote 4 months ago: You guessed it! Location, location, location… A new research study from my Alma Mater, McGill Univer … more →
If Obama introduces 'medical rationing' prostate cancer survival rate will drop
Jim Tucker wrote 4 months ago: JULY 8: WALL STREET JOURNAL: President Obama may be pushing the US towards a “medical-rationi … more →
Pain free improvements to Hypodermic Needles?
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apurvadesai wrote 6 months ago: Recently, I’ve visited with family and friends who’ve had to take their children for rou … more →
The quest for simplicity
constructiveinterference wrote 6 months ago: Recently I was fortunate to hear Professor Leon Lederman, Physics Nobel Prize Laureate 1988, speak a … more →
Who is your innovation guru?
constructiveinterference wrote 7 months ago: Can anybody become an innovator? Are innovators born or made? How much of the ability to innovate is … more →
Rediscovering ourselves: Innovation from within
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constructiveinterference wrote 7 months ago: Now and then a scientific discovery about the human body captures the imagination of large audiences … more →
Getting personal in the age of personalized medicine
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constructiveinterference wrote 8 months ago: Personalized medicine is going through the usual cycle: from an “out-there” idea to a buzz word, to … more →
Dr. Henry Heimlich
ryannickum wrote 9 months ago: Surgeon and medical innovator, Dr. Henry Heimlich, was born February 3, 1920. Dr. Heimlich: The man … more →
Embracing a well-meaning stranger – The case for the alter-specialist
constructiveinterference wrote 11 months ago: We all probably have recollections of this kind of movie snippets: a dark saloon or tavern filled wi … more →
Innovating for the human body
constructiveinterference wrote 11 months ago: Life sciences and medical practice have made tremendous advances, creating the opportunity for great … more →
Ticked Off
warrenh wrote 1 year ago: Lyme disease on the rise in Canada If n … more →
