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Smarter Planet Leadership Series: Air Canada
Air Canada wanted something to make things a little easier for their customers, and using technology from IBM was able to offer self service. Check out this white paper to hear more about how IBM...
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Pantec first to inject drugs with light
A home version is being marketed -- pitched for quick, painless prescription with higher compliance under the control of doctors -- along with a professional version -- pitched for faster...
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Can I get an experimental drug?
Regardless of whether the new rules are good or bad, I think it's good to see them clear, to see them published, and to see them accessible via the Web. At least next time the e-mail flood comes...
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Chemical mind hacking: legit, or corporate cheating?
There is an absolutely fantastic article by Margaret Talbot in this week's New Yorker about the use of "neuroenhancers" -- that is, neuroenhancing drugs such as Adderall, Ritalin and Provigil that...
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Study on drug ads backs industry's view
A study media can claim debunks the idea that ads cause people to ask for drugs by name, but which actually proves the exact same point, is just what the industry needed.
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You do not want a new drug
The mass of humanity is a collection of set-ups far broader and more diverse than what Microsoft faces when it launches an upgrade. It's possible that the newest should be the last resort, not the...
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Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?
The NEJM editorial suggests a link may exist between Zetia or Vytorin and cancer, that Schering-Plough and Merck spun studies disputing the link for their own profit.
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Can drugs break the chemical chain of memory? Should they?
If a drug could wipe away the environmental cues of your past drug addiction, would you take it? How about if it wiped out the cues of your post traumatic stress? That's what scientists may soon...
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Did Sally Field break grandma's bone?
Drugs aren't like cars, or beer. Their interactions with the body are complicated and not straightforward. That's why drug advertising used to be restricted.
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Should more doctors go to jail?
Famous people die every year with gobs of prescription drugs in their systems. Should the doctors who prescribe these drugs face legal penalties, even jail time?
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The real drug problem is in your mind
Until we have an honest discussion over what we mean by the word drugs the drug problem will only grow. It can't be any other way.
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Do brain-boosting drugs count as Ed Tech?
CNN.com reported on a study from the journal Nature, which noted that 20% of adults surveyed used some sort of prescription medication to enhance their mental performance. Keeping in mind the...
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How fast should news destroy a business?
Some of this is worthwhile, but the fact is we don't all there is to know about aspirin, and science "changes its mind" all the time. If you want certainty, get a dog.
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Forget health insurance. Who needs an Rx? Just drink the water.
"Just say No" was once a battle cry against drugs in America. Now it seems the slogan should have been, "drink booze but not water." Because America's drinking water is laced with dozens of...
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A pharmacy in a nanotechnology-based thin film
MIT researchers have developed a new implantable device to improve our health. This nanoscale thin-film coating can deliver controlled drug doses to specific targets, acting as a 'micro pharmacy'...
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Predicting drug side effects
It would certainly be nice for the pharmaceutical industry to identify potential side effects of a drug before it starts to be tested on humans. Now, a research team at the University of...
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Today's Debate: New drugs or new technology?
While some drugs, like Lipitor, can be "home runs" which bring in billions of dollars in profit over their patent lifetimes, most medical devices are singles or doubles. While a patent protects a...
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Drug dealer arrested after posting photos on Facebook
What happens when you take pictures of yourself beside a wax model of U.S. President Barack Obama and post them on Facebook? If you're a fugitive, you're quickly tracked down and arrested.
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Using the lowly text message to fight counterfeit drugs
Technology based on text messaging is being used in developing countries to fight the counterfeit drug trade.
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The Facebook Timeline's anti-drug campaign
The Facebook Timeline is being used to promote anti-drug messages. What might future Gen Y users expect to view?
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Anonymous threatens Mexican drug cartel over kidnapping
Anonymous released a video which warns a drug cartel that it should release a captive Anonymous member by Nov. 5 or Guy Fawkes Day.
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