This week in health care policy
The 109th Congress passed seven health care-related bills before wrapping up for the year, as summarized at Kaisernetwork's Daily Health Policy Report. According to AAAS' Center for Science, Technology, and Congress,
RF Code Sponsors McMaster University’s RFID Lab
to Focus on Research and Continued Development of Asset Management Technology of wireless location and asset management technology,” said Peter Sola, Health Sciences Corporation can leverage RFID to track hospital assets.
Death by Chemical Contamination
A significant and unprecedented collection of science studies has appeared Environmental Science & Technology, which has devoted its entire December issue into the environment and into our bodies with unknown impacts on health.
Retrieving e-Health Research: The Challenge of Accessing the Knowledge
Linda Lockett (2006) Retrieving e-Health Research: The Challenge of Accessing the Knowledge. In Grove, Andrew, Eds. Proceedings 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) 43, Austin,
Cukier: The Struggle for Control of the Internet
Economist technology writer Kenneth Neil Cukier discusses issues he raised in a 2005 Foreign Affairs article about control of the Internet. At present the United States holds the most power, but other nations are clamoring to have a
Kit lowers cost of HIV care
Cao said the technology, which has been approved by the Shanghai Center for which was sponsored by the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission and the 1,300 clinical trials carried out by hospitals and health organizations,
Hodge-podge
Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S) &Center for Advanced Inter-Departmental Studies in Science and Technology (CAST)"International Workshop on Environmental and HealthRisk for Sustainability in Developing
The Duck Quacks, New House and Senate Chairs Are Named
(This proposal boosted funding for the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy Office of Science, and the National Institute for Standards and Technology.) Both the House and the Senate, on a bipartisan basis, had embraced the
Talking to the Senate
A while back, Autism Diva wrote about some testimony I gave as a witness in Canada's Senate. This was for the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology hearings about autism treatment funding (and about a national
VICON MOTION CAPTURE HELPS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE UAV STUDIES
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and The Boeing to maintain health and maintenance for these vehicles on coordinated and broadcast television, as well as engineering and life science industries.
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