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11.4 million working adults who suffer from at least one chronic illness were also uninsured from 1999-2004.

A recently launched study will examine the effects of obesity and explore methods for teaching participants about prevention.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that �new technology and methodology� it has developed �show that the incidence of HIV in the United States is higher than was previously known.�

AIDS rates in the nation’s Latino community are increasing to the point that they have reached what experts are calling a simmering public health crisis.

Researchers around the globe are working on various breath-based technologies to not only diagnose illnesses, but identify the ingestion of drugs of abuse and provide defi nitive medication adherence documentation.

There are a host of circumstances that can disrupt a partnership and have a powerful fi nancial impact on the business, including death, retirement, business disputes, disability, and divorce.

In June 2008, I participated in an online interview with Ed Silverman, author of the popular pharmaceutical industry blog Pharmalot.

Many of our patients are using the Internet to look up their diagnoses and medications as soon as they get home from our offices.

Early detection of cardiovascular disease can reduce the huge human and economic impact of this group of diseases.

Researchers around the globe are working on various breath-based technologies to not only diagnose illnesses, but identify the ingestion of drugs of abuse and provide defi nitive medication adherence documentation.

A year later, as we read and watch the breathless coverage devoted to recent moves by Google, Microsoft, and Apple, we are left asking "is healthcare IT worth the hype?"

We must overcome all of the technical, political, and economical obstacles NOW. The need for system efficiency and patient safety demands it.

NJR Healthcare uses state-of-the-art technology and a non-traditional practice model to deliver high-quality careâ€"including routine medical exams, comprehensive physical exams, continuity of care visits, and even "VIP services"â€"to a diverse patient population in a variety of settings.

Boris Rubinsky, professor of bioengineering and mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, explains his research using cell phone technology to reproduce medical imaging, which can then be transferred to a physician through his or her cell phone.

The 6th National Conference on Quality Healthcare for Culturally Diverse Populations will discuss “Partnerships for the Future: Supporting Practitioners and Advancing the Field through Innovation, Policy, and Research.”

Projects like the documentary, UNNATURAL CAUSES … is Inequality Making Us Sick? can serve as an excellent starting-off point from which we can collectively begin to address disparities in health and healthcare one person, one family, one organization, and one community at a time.

Steve Case is on a mission to save healthcare, and he intends to do it by harnessing the consumer-empowering capabilities of the Internet.

The field of cultural healthcare competency is not yet standardized, and many years of research are just beginning to bear fruit and their findings are being codified into official rules.

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Why does physician compensation seem to be such a hot-button issue right now? We know that soaring specialist salaries are leading us to an inevitable and potentially damaging shortage of primary care doctors.

As we worry about the rising costs of healthcare, we also must worry about whether the money spent is going to the right people and for the right reasons.

The May issue of MDNG featured an article on implementing voice recognition software into practice. We posted a link to it on Sermo and asked members of that community to share their thoughts.

I thought I would use my column this month to discuss RevolutionHealth.com. After spending some time surfi ng around the site, I've concluded that it just might be the most over-hyped health information website ever launched. It's an all-around healthcare information portal, with a few interesting features, but there's nothing revolutionary at all.

Dr. Charlie Kemp, director of Georgia Tech's Center for Healthcare Robotics, discusses the laser-guided EL-E robot, which he created to help disabled patients pick up and manipulate objects.

10% of hospital admissions and 23% of nursing home admissions are due to the failure of a patient to take a prescription medication correctly, and as many as 59% of those taking fi ve or more medications are taking them improperly.

So you think you can dance... I mean, blog? Physicians who have something to say are increasingly turning to blogging to express themselves, as they find it an efficient way to communicate their passions.

Steve Case is on a mission to save healthcare, and he intends to do it by harnessing the consumer-empowering capabilities of the Internet. He's a personally motivated billionaire with plenty of Internet experience, and co-founded with two other entrepreneurs one of the greatest success stories in American business history.

Matthew Holt is a ubiquitous presence in the online world of Health 2.0. He is the proprietor of The Health Care Blog, essential reading that promises to tell you "everything you always wanted to know about the health care system.

The Internet has evolved beyond its origins as a collection of interconnected websites with static information.