Never thought it would be possible to do this, but talked into the Voice recorder on the iPhone for about a minute then emailed it to my Posterous account, which auto posted it to the blog... all within 5 minutes. The sound clarity is pretty clear, was just amazed at what you can do with modern technology these days.
- Sally Church
Nice one, Sally. Are you related to The Royal Family, perchance? Before hearing this, for whatever reason, one assumed (and one should never assume) that you were American for some reason - don't ask me why. Man, I just love podcasts - they're the new - err, what were they called? Must get the next one I'm pulling together back on track - thanks muchly.
- Graham Steel
Graham, well, British by birth, accent and spelling, but also American by naturalisation. My mother apparently has a very much removed cousin who is oddly related to Princess Anne's ex-husband in some distant way, funny you ask :-)
- Sally Church
Sally. Many congrats on sussing out how to Podcast in this manner. Looking forward to hearing more from you in the future.
- Graham Steel
Nice. @Bora, would this work for Clockcasts?
- Bill Hooker
Thanks Graham, have never done a podcast in my life before this so maybe other scientists will give it a try?
- Sally Church
Overall, AHIP says that 6.1 million people had HSA-eligible high-deductible plans in January 2008, and about a quarter of them bought those policies in the individual market, where workers without employer-based coverage seek insurance. But if only half of those people have HSAs, and the rest just bought high-deductible policies because they couldn’t afford anything else, CDHPs are having a relatively small impact on the 47 million uninsured.
- Sally Church
The authors illustrate cost-benefit relationships for several cancer drugs, including cetuximab for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, touted as "practice changing" and new standards of care by professional societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology. They ask, "Is an additional 1.7 months [the additional overall survival for colorectal cancer patients treated with cetuximab] a benefit regardless of costs and side effects?"
- Sally Church
"The reason preventive care doesn’t save money is simple. To prevent a single stroke, for example, doctors must treat thousands of people who have high blood pressure and therefore are at risk of stroke. The same goes for use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, which can prevent heart attacks."
- Sally Church