Non prescription drugs

http://www.pharmaceutical-drug-manufacturers.com/pharmaceutical-drugs/non-prescription-drugs.html

Is Health 2.0 too early

Nice post on "Is health 2.0 too early":

http://remakinghealthcare.com/2009/04/02/is-health-20-too-early/

HealthCare History

Video recounts the history of medicine from ancient China to web 2.0 .... just loved it ..... a must watch.

Reviewing and rating Health institutions

Well, just discovered Yelp (http://www.yelp.com/c/sf/health). It lets you rate hopitals and clinics, and doctors!

Seems the web sure is gonna produce new 'heroes' (read doctors).

HealthCare 2.0 : Nice initiate by a doctor in Brooklyn

Why is Health Care Expensive

Health Care and technology article on The Economist

http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13437940

Some of the key point worth noting are the follows:

• As bottom-up digital medicine arrives in full force, it will at last provide reformers with the tools they need to tackle the great health-care challenges of this century: dealing with the cost of chronic care for the ageing populations of the rich world and helping the weak health systems in poor countries tackle deadly diseases.

• The most active communities on social networks such as MySpace concentrate not on celebrity gossip or sport but on chronic illness—especially stigmatized conditions like depression