Aug 2, 2011

I don’t know anyone who likes health insurance, not patients and not health care providers. Deal Me Health seeks to take advantage of that by offering a new way of paying for your medical costs. From my perspective as a patient or receiver of health care, I feel like I pay a lot of money for a lot of hassle and not a lot of benefit.  Each time I visit a...

Jul 21, 2011

It has been over a decade since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the blockbuster drug Viagra®, made by Pfizer, Inc., for treatment of male sexual dysfunction (ED). However, there is still no FDA approved treatment for female sexual dysfunction (FSD) on the market.  Well, the wait may soon be over, as Bio-Sante Pharmaceuticals (BioSante)...

Jul 5, 2011

Which is worse? Finding out that you have to undergo surgery or finding out how much the surgery will cost you? If you’re like me, the cost is probably worse.  Now, imagine if you could hop online and find a doctor with equivalent skill, equipment, and knowledge in another country that will do the procedure for a fraction of the cost.  That is the premise...

Jun 21, 2011

If you think about it, early detection systems are all around us.  How many times have we heard about smoke detectors saving lives, or weather radars detecting potentially dangerous storms? As you may expect, early detection is nothing new to the medical field.  If you have ever had blood drawn for a test or a screening you are familiar with diagnostic...

Jun 7, 2011

When you think of an industry that rapidly embraces technology innovation, healthcare is probably not the first to come to mind.  Well, Healthbox aims to change just that. Healthbox is a business accelerator focused on increasing innovation in the healthcare industry by providing healthcare entrepreneurs with a platform to rapidly grow their companies....