Diet and Nutrition. Natural Health, and Healthy Living

According to a recent article in the Washington Post, 7.6 million Americans have undergone elective LASIK eye surgery since the mid-1990s.  LASIK is a surgical procedure intended to reduce a person's dependency on glasses or contact lenses.  LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a process that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye.  The surgery involves cutting a small flap in the eye's cornea using a laser.  With the flap held out of the way, the surgeon can then reshape the cornea with another laser to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and select cases of astigmatism. 

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Accreditation Consulting - Interview With Brian GoochToday we bring to you an interview with Brain E. Gooch, of Gooch & Associates. The kind of information you'll be getting in this interview can be found when you apply for JCI accreditation or hire Gooch & Associates and nowhere else. So you better read the whole thing (more...)

Matthew Zachary, the founder of I'm too Young For This community and advocacy web site for young cancer survivors, is no stranger to THCB or Health 2.0, but he has never before told us his story at length. So here it is. Also, Zachary wants to invite survivors, friends and family to join him for i[2]y's 2nd Annual Stupid Cancer Gala complete with complimentary cocktails, door prizes, DJ survivors and special guests! Come one come all. Stupid cancer! Go here for tickets and more information, visit . Discount web-only ticket prices and sponsorships still available.

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Vequist - Forecasting Future TrendsOn Sept. 6th, Dr. David Vequist, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, will present a paper on medical tourism, focused on forecasting future trends from the data. This paper is part of the sixth annual international smart-sourcing conference at the Hilton Resort, Atlantic (more...)

Josh Seidman & Ted Eytan (he of the latest, latest Health 2.0 definition) have written a piece for CHCF called Helping Patients Plug In: Lessons in the Adoption of Online Consumer Tools.

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OK, maybe it's a stretch but bear with me.

I heard a senior exec from a big health plan say the other day that it's hard to believe we will ever see the end of health insurance distributed primarily through the workplace in favor of an individual-based health insurance system. In fact, much of the health insurance industry is lining up behind staying with the system we know best and the one who has been our customer all these years--the employer.

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Buy Prilosec with brand name Omeprazole decreases the level of acidity in the stomach. It is used to treat Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) as well as other illnesses resulting from high acidity. It is, however, not used for the pain relief from heartburns, which is a common characteristic of GERD.

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