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Type 2 Diabetes Overtreatment, Is It Really Safe??
in Daily Diabetic, on June 22, 2009
...nt analyses were designed to assess the impact of changes in antihyperglycemic therapies on health outcomes in managed care patients with type 2 diabetes.
Specifically, we assessed the predictors of...
Health supply chains in Africa to be discussed in CSCMP 2009 conference
in Supplychainer, on June 9, 2009
...es with More Effective Supply Chains, will reveal how supply chains have positively impacted health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. Opportunities for attendees to contribute their knowledge and expert...
Obese Pregnant Women Should Not Gain Weight
in Next Nine Months, on May 31, 2009
...d on a healthy, well balanced, monitored nutritional program experience less adverse maternal-fetal outcomes.
In the study, conducted at several hospitals, the researchers followed 232 obese pregnan...
The problem with economists
in Sox First, on May 18, 2009
...fession's insistence on constructing models that, by design, disregard the key elements driving outcomes in real-world markets. The economics profession has failed in communicating the limitations...
Online Pregnancy Tracker Empowers Women to Take Control of Their Health
in Next Nine Months, on April 27, 2009
...proactive care
Giving an OB/GYN accurate health information during pregnancy can lead to improved outcomes:
Women can use TheCarrot.com to track food, exercise, blood pressure, energy level, etc....
Geithner's push for power and the law of unexpected outcomes
in Sox First, on March 26, 2009
...39;s worth looking at what's ahead and whether we should be preparing for the law of unexpected outcomes. The plan is to give the US government powers to seize and wind down any financial company...
Rapid web-based app development: good or evil?
in The CIO Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...inal blog post was to avoid trapping oneself by evaluating modern technologies by comparison to the outcomes from using older, apparently similar technologies, so I want to be careful using the Excel ...
Outsourcing safely
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2009
... and play" can put you in a position of vulnerability rather than control, and lead to unhappy outcomes.
If you can focus on the right factors internally, and design your outsourcing strategy to...
Implementing Agile Operations in your IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on January 6, 2009
...so as not to provoke any baseless debates over what Agile is or is not) is that in complex systems, outcomes cannot always be accurately predicted and so service deployments should be made in incremen...
More Nurses Learning Online
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 29, 2008
...rtance of work-based learning. So if a nurse is doing a piece of work anyway with specific learning outcomes, we'll negotiate an individual learning contract with them, which may contribute to a m...
Tim Geithner: crisis manager
in Sox First, on November 22, 2008
...ledge of how they will perform in conditions of stress ... The increased stability in macroeconomic outcomes that has characterized the last two decades, the relative ease with which the U.S. financia...
G20 undermines accounting independence
in Sox First, on November 18, 2008
... and interest groups. Indeed, in most political processes there is concern that money may influence outcomes in a way that is preferential to the interests of the donors. While no one has ever questio...
New Study: Personalized Assessments Can Improve Instruction
in The Online Universities Weblog, on October 30, 2008
...hen it's used in a less formal setting and applied for the purpose of improving instruction and outcomes for students rather than merely taking a snapshot of students' knowledge at a given poi...
The Boring Game
in Eagle Par Birdie, on October 21, 2008
...jected to the same kind of tournaments with the same kinds of shots being hit and the same kinds of outcomes.
There's nothing exciting, anymore, he bemoans. I agree. That's why I wrote last m...
Higher Gestational Diabetes Risk in Asian-White Couples?
in Daily Diabetic, on October 4, 2008
...with Asian or white partners to have a caesarean delivery, as part of a broad analysis of perinatal outcomes among Asian, white and Asian-white couples.
Does this mean the Asian gene of women is to ...
How to identify the future trends in supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on October 2, 2008
...three main steps:
1. Scenario Thinking: where they create various scenarios and simulate possible outcomes through scenario planning. The main output of this phase will be the identification of tren...
IT jobs in a down market
in The CIO Weblog, on September 29, 2008
...ld of hurt for everyone, not just the tech industry.
CIO Magazine has an article focusing on the outcomes of the meltdown in the financial sector; it seems certain they are correct that the failure...
China takes a bite out of India's off-shore pie
in The CIO Weblog, on September 22, 2008
... Burk and NeatReceipts managed to satisfy themselves with the arrangement and were pleased with the outcomes and the efficiencies gained.
Expect to see more of these sorts of stories as China ramps u...
CIOs marginally worse off under CFO
in The CIO Weblog, on August 25, 2008
... are now only in place at 18% of the respondents.
The COO>CIO structure also reflects favorable outcomes, with a focus on IT as a differentiator, and a significant role for IT in improving the bus...
The consultant as a CIO
in The CIO Weblog, on August 5, 2008
...he long-term view; their engagements last a handful of months, and only rarely do they see the true outcomes of their efforts on the ground. Many are better suited to that sort of changing environment...
Old Russian Antihistamine Dimebon: Potential Anti-Alzheimer's?
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 21, 2008
...s at the study sites then monitored the patients' progress over the next year on five different outcomes. All of those in the study had mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
Then bigger tria...
Dental Treatment with Anesthetics, Safe For Pregnant Women
in Next Nine Months, on June 18, 2008
...en completed all recommended treatment.
The researchers then monitored the women for "adverse outcomes" - pregnancies that ended in a nonlive birth and other adverse events that did not res...
NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 17, 2008
...rces to research cures for cancer. This includes nanotechnology research aimed at improving patient outcomes. The phrase "nanotech oncology" is a buzzword these days because of the immense a...
MOF version 4 released
in The CIO Weblog, on May 3, 2008
...ugh the release more extensively, but the MOF team is claiming this version places more emphasis on outcomes and has more practical guidance than the previous version, particularly regarding roles and...
iPhone 2.0 企业版开始投入测试
in Wangtam, on April 27, 2008
- iPhone 2.0 企业版开始投入测试
- Bootcamp 2.1
- "搞笑"的一起网
- 吴佩慈表示要等大S先嫁后再嫁
- Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8.0d Build 139
- Introducing Speaker notes and YouTube videos
- A Hostile Bid Could Be Over Fast
- JustStolen.net - Fight Crime, Register Your Property
- ProjectLocker: Sub...
Oncology Diagnostics By AviaraDx
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 14, 2008
...e therapy, enabling oncologists to recommend more aggressive regimens to help improve clinical outcomes.
Here's the good news though: The tests (based on proprietary AviaraDx molecular technolog...
iTunes Store 已经超越了Wal-Mart
in Wangtam, on April 6, 2008
- iTunes Store 已经超越了Wal-Mart
- iPhone 的三段新电视广告
- Exclusive Video: Microsoft Live Search Mobile Ad
- Articleonramp: Article Submission and Distribution Service and Directory
- Funambol Mobile 2.0 Messaging Powered by Open Source
- Wisteme: Question-Driven Knowledge System
- Rain 的声保高达700...
Will Online Colleges Make the Grade?
in The Online Universities Weblog, on March 13, 2008
...s: "Transparency by Design schools hope to change that with a template called a "Learning Outcomes Report," which calls for each participating school to report demographics and student ...
Smoking During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Pre-Eclampsia
in Next Nine Months, on February 28, 2008
...liver prematurely (before 34 weeks), produce lower birth weight babies, or have babies with adverse outcomes than women who don't smoke. Smokers were also five times more likely to develop eclamps...
Interview with Brett Curran from Axentis
in Sox First, on February 22, 2008
...any of that written down. And I would say how then do you train your work force and have consistent outcomes. And they would say we don't want to write anything down. Because if there are procedur...
From Creationism to Evolution: How the World's Most Powerful Idea Has Shaped My Thinking About Business
in Businesspundit, on February 11, 2008
... in chaos. To see things like Conways' Game of Life made me realize the vast array of complex outcomes that can arise from a few simple rules. It made me realize how business situations can be j...
BP's double standard
in Sox First, on February 8, 2008
...gligence that resulted in the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 workers. The outcomes should not pass without comment. The bereaved appeared in court and told Judge Lee Rosenth...
Adaptive Vs. Creative Strategy
in Businesspundit, on January 19, 2008
...etitors, market opportunities, execution capabilities, and then mix it all together to maximize the outcomes you have decided are most important. In practice, doing that effectively is much more diffi...
Baby's Poor Response To Name Hightens Risk for Autism
in The Parenting Weblog, on December 26, 2007
...ugh the causes of Autism are still not known, identification of the disorder could result to better outcomes for affected children.
Apart from strong genetic component, the MIND Institute of the Univ...
Best Trucking companies of the year 2007
in Supplychainer, on December 25, 2007
...ics Management Magazine to go and look for the best practices in the trucking industry. One of the outcomes of the work is the list of Top 50 Trucking companies in the U.S.
This year's list in L...
The Insurance Status-Cancer Outcome Link
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 20, 2007
...e that lack of adequate health insurance coverage is associated with less access to care and poorer outcomes for cancer patients.
The report finds the uninsured are less likely to receive recommende...
VON Coalition Europe Takes on EU Telecom Policy
in The VoIP Weblog, on December 18, 2007
One of the biggest threat to voice over ip as a technology is regulation-namely, regulation that puts undue restrictions on the use of the technology and prevents it from being utilized to it's full potential.
The Voice on the Net (VON) Europe Coalition has been formed to try and educ...
State of the CIO
in The CIO Weblog, on December 13, 2007
...at they are in positions where they can at least attempt these major efforts and one hopes that the outcomes are as rosy as they foresee....
College Football - The End Game
in End Zone Buzz, on November 30, 2007
...s upon us, and with it come some extremely important games. Below are a few educated guesses on the outcomes (rankings in parenthesis).
(6) Virginia Tech 24, (11) Boston College 20 (ACC Championship...
Support World Diabetes Day!
in Daily Diabetic, on November 18, 2007
... insulin and syringes , and provide monitoring and education. Financial trails and the health outcomes of the children are carefully monitored.
Check the Life for a Child official website....
Vista deployments to begin in 2008
in The CIO Weblog, on November 14, 2007
...been happening in the enterprise with Windows Vista. Microsoft claims strong sales numbers and rosy outcomes, naysayers counter these, and I, personally, am not familiar with any large organization th...
Previewing The Weekend In College Football
in End Zone Buzz, on November 2, 2007
...kend's slate of college football action. We're going to take a few educated guesses at the outcomes (team rank in parenthesis).
(1) Ohio State 24, (21) Wisconsin 14
To say that Ohio Stat...
Hypertension Drugs, Beneficial Against Alzheimer's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 29, 2007
...tential value in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment.
Based on the outcomes from initial drug screening, Dr. Pasinetti and his collaborators identified 7out of 55 cand...
Improve Your Conversation by Keeping It Simple and Short
in Tech Without Wires, on October 27, 2007
...ns with people at work, or with clients to ensure that I target those conversations on getting good outcomes?
One of the best self-improvement ideas is that to ensure people listen to what ...
More options, more losses
in Sox First, on October 16, 2007
...e assumption that option-loaded CEOs have little concern with the size or probabilities of downside outcomes, it is straightforward to expect that option-loaded CEOs have a relatively high likelihood ...
CEOs and the future
in Sox First, on October 12, 2007
... CEO, according to a new study. In their paper, Managing the Future: CEO Attention and Innovation Outcomes , the researchers Manjit Yadav, Jaideep Prabhu and Rajesh Chandy analysed data relevant to ...
Metformin May Later Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Insulin Resistance
in Daily Diabetic, on September 13, 2007
...oduct of Bristol-Myers Squibb .
Now, metformin can potentially result in successful pregnancy outcomes in women who are obese and have type 2 diabetes or have a family history of type 2 diabetes...
AIU Displays Accomplishments
in The Online Universities Weblog, on September 4, 2007
...ot to enroll. That's why I was intrigued by American Intercontinental University's new AIU Outcomes Site . Their site is designed share their virtual victories with the world.
Here's a ...
Review Article on Peanut Allergies
in Allergies, on September 3, 2007
...raising research questions about environmental, immunologic, and genetic factors that may influence outcomes of peanut allergy. This review focuses on recent observations that continue to question the...
Your Dating Choices
in The Dating Weblog, on August 17, 2007
...dea and applied it to studying the choices that people make in their relationships and the way that outcomes differ because of those choices.
The study simulated a romantic relationship online, lea...
Should College Presidents Speak Out?
in The Universities Weblog, on August 13, 2007
...tion. But as Larry Summers learned not so long ago, speaking one's mind can lead to undesirable outcomes.
A recent opinion piece in University Business tackles this question. Here's an e...
People Want Snakeoil, Ooma Taking Orders
in The VoIP Weblog, on August 13, 2007
I suppose I should file this under the "Sucker born every minute" category.
According to the Ooma PR folks, people really want their stuff. As a result, they're now starting to take orders. You can either call them and order now, with a September ship date, or you can leave y...
Cannabis Will Make You Go Crazy
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 3, 2007
... than twice as likely to have a psychotic outcome.
Depression, suicidal thoughts, and anxiety outcomes were examined separately, and findings for these outcomes were less consistent, with fewer ...
MRgFUS of Non-cancerous Uterine Fibroids Provides Long Term Symptom Relief
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 2, 2007
...r study does this by examining rates of subsequent surgery for fibroid tumor symptoms and other key outcomes such as uterine shrinkage.
Finally, our study demonstrates that the more completely you t...
Pre-pregnancy High Vitamin B6 Associated to Better Pregnancy Outcomes
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 20, 2007
High levels of Vitamin B6 prior to pregnancy, increases conception rates and reduces the odds of miscarriage at early pregnancy stage, suggests a new research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology .
Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin that exists in three major chemical form...
Web-Based Tool Predicting Cancer Outcomes
in Philoneist, on July 16, 2007
When I first read this blog , I kind of went "sheesh". Here is a web-based model that is allowing doctors to predict the survival of cancer patients. The model uses tumor markers and tumor-specific information to make predictions on the likelihood of prognosis and remission.
I...
CustomVue Monovision LASIK, Approved by the FDA
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 16, 2007
...IK has been approved by the FDA based on the review of a clinical study of safety and effectiveness outcomes submitted by the company.
Find more details from the full report .
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RBP4: Protein in Blood, Possible Biomarker of Visceral Fat
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 13, 2007
...as a novel biomarker for visceral obesity and increased risk for type 2 diabetes and other adverse outcomes of visceral obesity. In addition, pharmacological interventions that reduce RBP4 levels migh...
Maybe Breech Babies Can be Turned Earlier in the Pregnancy?
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 22, 2007
...icularly good. We're hoping to determine if performing the procedure earlier, results in better outcomes.
The study began early in 2005, and is expected to be completed in another year. So far, n...
More Women Still Die of Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on June 19, 2007
...ncerning and means we may need to explore whether different approaches are needed to improve health outcomes for women with diabetes.
Some studies have suggested women have had less improvement in he...
ADA to Users of Avandia®: See Your Doctor
in Daily Diabetic, on June 15, 2007
...wed by three editorials:
Although the findings from RECORD (Rosiglitazone Evaluated for Cardiac Outcomes and Regulation of Glycemia in Diabetes) found no significant increase in heart attack or car...
Does pay for performance pay?
in Sox First, on June 4, 2007
...interdependent activity. Also, it mixes up outputs (where people are paid on what they produce) and outcomes (where managers are paid on the basis of such indicators as a share price, which might be a...
IT Projects - Manage the Change
in The CIO Weblog, on June 4, 2007
...abilities and timelines, progress against milestones, places where deadlines are slipping and where outcomes are likely to fall short of goals, and other factors that put the program at risk.
It in...
Gartner IT Expo - Sourcing related information
in The CIO Weblog, on May 30, 2007
...rational cost. The key driver of any sourcing decision should be its impact on bottom-line business outcomes.
New sourcing models like multisourcing , new vendor relationship models and new softwar...
Outsourcing to Latin America: Beware of the value chain threats
in Supplychainer, on May 28, 2007
...ing them with decision-making process and contingency plans help to mitigate the potential negative outcomes.
...
Once-a-Year Osteoporosis Shot
in Well Woman Blog, on May 25, 2007
...t's disease, reduced bone fractures in older women by 70% over three years. The HORIZON (Health Outcomes and Reduced Incidence with Zoledronic Acid Once Yearly) study, which appears in the May 3 i...
The world's most ethical companies?
in Sox First, on May 16, 2007
...in the eyes of the beholder and besides in a lot of cases, the focus seems to be on systems and not outcomes. I explain my reservations in a piece I wrote here ....
One Atorvastatin/Amlodipine Combo Pill is Good Enough to Prevent Cardiovascular Events
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 14, 2007
...senior director of Informatics for ValueMedics Research (a unit of IMS Health Inc ), a health outcomes research and consulting firm in Falls Church, Va.:
"This is a novel research approach t...
Diabetes and Heart Failure: Double Trouble for Older Women
in Daily Diabetic, on May 11, 2007
...n the risk of death and hospitalization in patients with heart failure. Women over age 65 had worse outcomes than men or younger women.
That's what the new research at University of Alabama at ...
Diabetes Pills, Under Fire
in Daily Diabetic, on April 30, 2007
...d the ability of drugs to prevent diabetes, but none have shown that prevention with drugs improves outcomes important to patients. Evidence is also emerging of serious side effects of glitazones.
W...
