Fuel Cell car

Corgi H2GO RC Car Turns and Runs on Water – Gizmodo Australia
The Corgi H2GO is a RC card powered by a fuel cell which gets refilled with hydrogen extracted from water. Like the previous model, the H-Racer, it uses solar-powered electrolysis to do it. Unlike the straight-line-only H-Racer, however, the H2GO is a real RC [...]

Time, transport and heat destroy food too

The Plan for the Food Supply (comic)
Why fresh, living produce helps prevent sickness
The USDA, you see, has zero recognition of the difference between living produce and dead produce. To uneducated government bureaucrats, pasteurized or irradiated vegetable juice is identical to fresh, raw, living vegetable juice. They believe this because they’ve never been taught about the [...]

Another argument for Local

Eating Better Than Organic – TIME
Nearly a quarter of American shoppers now buy organic products once a week, up from 17% in 2000. But for food purists, “local” is the new “organic,” the new ideal that promises healthier bodies and a healthier planet. Many chefs, food writers and politically minded eaters are outraged that “Big [...]

I say Local is better

Organic vs Local
These days we have a reasonable range of organic food available to us locally whether through the supermarket, our local shops and/or box deliveries. However, in common with nearly all modern food, much of it travels substantial distances before it gets to us. In addition it is often out of season for our [...]

Smart Technology

CSC: SMART SYSTEMS WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE AND CONDUCT BUSINESS, ACCORDING TO CSC REPORT August 17, 2001
Get Smart: How Intelligent Technology Will Enhance Our World offers a compelling report on what is available now and what we can expect in the future. The report is fortified with an array of scenarios and [...]

Glucometer sales

Global glucometer firms zero in on India
The concept of self blood glucose monitoring was introduced in India only a few years back and the industry has already grown to over Rs 150 crore, with a growth rate of 15-18 per cent in the last three years.
Out of the 40 million diabetics, only half a million [...]

Medical Management Model

BCG Health Care Publications
As medical costs continue to rise, health care insurers are taking a fresh look at medical management to contain costs. With today’s approaches more sophisticated, insurers and their health plans must make carefully balanced strategic choices to derive competitive advantage by enhancing their capabilities in this area. In this report, BCG reviews [...]

Disease Management

This post describes ‘Disease Management’ – as a key to economic management of Healthcare. Well put.
Paresh Vaish – Director at The Boston Consulting Group. « Vaish Paresh Articles (BCG)
One opportunity to tackle these costs is offered by the concept of disease management. This concept is based on the fact that most healthcare costs (over [...]

Monitoring Glycemic Control in India

The Lifescan glucometer is sold by Johnson and Johnson in India. I am not sure if this particular model is sold in India.
(Can someone tell me what it costs at a pharmacy in India? And is there a scheme to get subsidized glucometers and strips?)

The Context of the Srrvice Design for India is captured in [...]

State and Private spending on Health

9-Financial and human resources for health – Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2007
Least developed countries have some of the highest rates of private spending on health as a percentage of total health expenditure. In Myanmar, 87 per cent of total health expenditures is private, similar to the 83 per cent in Afghanistan. In [...]

How much for Health

This is US expenditure and future scenarios re HealthCare. The US has a huge private sector – thought the insurance sector – on Health. So health care comes with your job – and if you dont have a job you could be in trouble.
Health Care: The Real Fiscal Nightmare
Total health-care spending in the U.S. by [...]