From TRN: Researchers from the University of Manchester in England have devised a method that delivers human cells unharmed to chosen locations within polymer scaffolds. "The scaffold is… built from a material designed to degrade in the body and be absorbed over a timescale of months," said Brian Derby, a professor of materials science at the University of Manchester. "While ...

Stowe Boyd, Peter Kaminski,  and Peter Quintas recorded their thought about the NVHA Innovations conference. You can hear their thoughts at IT Conversatons.

I’m waiting for muscles in my back to calm down. While I’m waiting my mind has been turning around ideas about what I think the future will hold. The result is far-out, but I swear I’m not on anything stronger that Advil. Look good, feel good, live forever I have quoted the phrase above from Leonard Schaeffer, CEO of WellPoint, ...

I had the opportunity this weekend—whilst flat on my back with muscle spasms—to read an interesting paper about the state of the US health care “system.” The Journal of Health and Social Behavior has a special issue devoted to the sociology of he health care system. Its introductory article, “A New History of the Health Care ‘System’”, recaps the history ...