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PalmOne Says Treo Demand Outstrips Parts Supply (TechNews.com)
Actually I was surprised as heck that I could get one as fast as I did. Though I will say that Cingular is doing us well. Which reminds me, I think I’ll drop our technology director a note and thank him.
managed to snag a Treo 600 through my district. cheap internet access to.
neat device. can blog, do EzManager, phone, all in one box
camera does suck though
This article requires registration. And the article was sponsored by Slim Fast. But interesting, non the less.
Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Weight loss is an important but difficult therapeutic objective for people with type 2 diabetes. The best dietary weight-loss strategy has not been defined, and all such strategies are compromised by the body’s potent methods of maintaining energy homeostasis and defeating weight loss. The ADA currently recommends a reduced-fat diet as part of a structured program of lifestyle change for weight loss. Daily use of meal replacements can be an effective strategy for some people but must be continued long term if weight loss is to be maintained. Currently available weight-loss medications have modest efficacy but also must be continued long term if weight loss is to be maintained. More effective weight-loss medications will probably become available in the future as the biochemistry of energy balance becomes better understood and new pharmacologic tools are developed. Gastric bypass surgery is currently the most effective long-term weight-loss strategy, but this approach has not been compared with medical therapies for patients with type 2 diabetes and should be reserved for those with type 2 diabetes and BMI > 35 kg/m2.
BBC NEWS | Health | Sticking plaster to aid diabetics
Interesting. Of course, it takes forever for these things to reach the patient.
Sticking plaster to aid diabetics
A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure
Very good article on the cons of bariatric surgery.
These kiddos are in Wichita Falls, Texas
But I do want to read this book–about the great flu pandemic.
My mother’s family was hit hard by it — My grandfather lost both of his parents and most of his family, and so did my grandmother.
Oddly my father’s family didn’t seem to be affected.
It’s something that affected her family deeply and something they talked about when I was young. Primarly because I had “great grandparents” who really weren’t. They were very young to be great grandparents, so the situation was explained in public a lot. They couldn’t have children, were related to my grandfather — I think my great grandfather was a younger brother of his father.
’The Great Influenza’ and ’Microbial Threats to Health’: Virus Alert
It’s great!
I’ve been on it for 40 minutes total today.
I’m tired, and heading to bed early for a change.
I know a lot of diabetics are paranoid over the drug industry. The diabetic press is real bad about encouraging this paranoia — and might be the source. I know that a lot of articles question if the reason there isn’t a cure is that the drug companies are afraid they will lose market share on insulin, etc.
As I see it, it’s not the drug industry, but the trial lawyers.
Company X comes out with a new drug call it Y. It goes through the FDA pipeline — which is about a 10 year process.
They release Y to the public, and a small subset of the population has a side effect that they missed in clinical testing.
Then Company X gets sued, having to pay out a lot of money, and now Y isn’t profitable.
This actually happened to me. The only drug that has controlled my gastric relux is propulsid. Several doctors decided to prescription to populations that were not covered by the package directions and they got sick (I think heart related complications). The manufacturer wanted to avoid the lawsuits, so they pulled it off the market and all related medications have also been pulled. As a result, I no longer have access to that drug or any of the related drugs, and we can’t seem to control my GERD.