Comments on: News 4/29/09

By: California Dreaming

California Dreaming — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:24:47 +0000

I’m also a user of Tweetdeck. I also usually try to only “tweet” news/tips/”cool stuff” but occasionally I do post random stuff about my day too. I think it is somewhat of a fine balance though.

Someone who is just pushing their product/website/etc. is just as bad as someone that is posting “I’m hungry, I’m going to eat an apple” then 5 minutes later “That apple was good, I’m not hungry anymore” (and the like).

From news to sports to music, I have found that I visit news websites a lot less because I click on the links when they’re posted on Twitter. While far from perfect, I think it is a very useful tool in communicating with others.

By: CognWheel

CognWheel — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:17:34 +0000

Re: MDA and “The dialogue may have more to do with the sense of fairness in how healthcare dollars are allocated”

For what it’s worth, NIH research dollars are spent as follows: $2,774 for each AIDS patient, $3,967 per Breast Cancer Patient, $7 per CPOD patient and $39 per diabetic.

(No I don’t work for the links below or give them money. I just find this kind of info fascinating in light of our current momentum to turn over our individual health care to the government.):

http://www.fairfoundation.org/factslinks.htm
http://www.fairfoundation.org/update.htm

I wish I could find the same data for treatment dollars per disease or illness. Anyone know of one?

By: The PACS Designer

The PACS Designer — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:59:21 +0000

Hammy,

I stand corrected on the 10-4 question as I never was HAM operator and don’t want to offend Mr. H’s past Ham activities even though I worked in the that field at the National Radio Company. I was a CB’er for awhile when it was hot to be one, so that’s where I got to say 10-4 to mostly truckers. My apologies to any HAM operators I may have offended.

By: Hammy

Hammy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:13:53 +0000

TPD: No self-respecting Ham operator would say 10-4; that’s for CB’ers.
My dad was a Ham operator from the mid-1920′s until his death in the late 80′s. He, to the best of my knowledge, never used 10-4 and really didn’t care for CB’s either since they didn’t have to go through the testing from the FCC as Ham operators did.

By: Go Celts!

Go Celts! — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:38:41 +0000

I’ve had the fortune of working with Boston Medical Center in the past, and they just built an amazing cancer center. It is the ‘free care’ hospital in town, and this building (besides being beautiful) brings all cancer care under one roof (surgery, testing, outpatient, offices). Noone can imagine how tough it is to get cancer, but getting it and being poor is a double dose of trouble. Many folks don’t have a car, or $ to park the car, or can’t get off work for treatment, or don’t have anyone to help them through the process. Cancer treatment is an intensive time suck, and unfortunately some poor folks have so many bigger issues that they can’t follow through in their care. It’s not a small issue. So I highly commend BMC for their building and recognition of what this building can do for the patients most in need. Poor people have a right to be treated in a nice environment just like MDA patients do. No problem in my mind that the built a beautiful building instead of a cement block that would have been cheaper. And the BMC nurses rule!