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		<title>Have you seen this man?</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2011/03/have-you-seen-this-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Geographic&#8217;s most typical person National Geographic’s year long series on world population highlights the differences and similarities of the Earth’s population as we reach 7 billion people in 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Employers&#8217; Opportunity to Improve Health Care Results</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2008/07/employers-opportunity-to-improve-health-care-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt health care costs continue to reduce the bottom line of many small businesses. Even after pushing vendors hard and changine plans every few years, costs continue to climb and health outcomes measured by employee absenteeism and chronic ailments are stagnant or falling. Like it or not, businesses will continue to be in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A former pain in the neck</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2008/05/a-former-pain-in-the-neck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 19:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a relief. After 15 months of avoiding surgery to repair an increasing hierniation in my neck last week, Boulder Neurosurgery Association performed an Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. The outpatient procedure provided immediately relief to pain and numbness down my right arm into my thumb and forefinger. Blogged with the Flock Browser]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts’ Bold Healthcare Initiative</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2006/04/massachusetts-bold-healthcare-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[or overstepping the boundaries of government? Which of these best describes the recent &#8220;Healthcare for All&#8221; bill supported by an overwhelming majority of the Massachusetts Legislature (154 to 2 in the House and 37 to 0 in the Senate) and Govenor Mitt Romney? The plan&#8217;s objective is one shared by all concerned about the unisured, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Needs Agressive Treatment</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2005/09/110792785211243727/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005 01:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The McKinsey Quarterly: Intensive care for Medicaid: &#8220;Every US policy maker knows that Medicaid presents vexing budget challenges, but a new analysis suggests that its costs are becoming truly unsustainable. McKinsey estimates that even after economic growth returns to a steady pace, this government health insurance program, which primarily serves the poor, will consume more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can open source revolutionise biotech?</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2005/08/110835744435451880/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2005 04:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economist.com &#124; Biotechnology THE computing industry has been transformed by open-source software, threatening business models while creating lucrative opportunities for some firms. Might the same happen in biotechnology? In a paper published in Nature on February 10th, a group of researchers describe a way to transfer genes into plants that bypasses the now most commonly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worldwide Health Initiatives by Gates Foundation</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2005/03/110801199130487963/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2005 04:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economist.com &#124; Global health The world&#8217;s richest charity confronts the health of the world&#8217;s poorest people &#8220;THREE-QUARTERS of a billion dollars is a lot of almost anybody&#8217;s money. Almost anybody, that is, except Bill Gates. Even for him, though, it is more than small change. And that is the size of the donation announced on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do the Pharma Business Models Add Up?</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2004/05/107107841569180294/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2004 19:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do Pharmaceutical Companies Have an Effective Business Models? Has the Pharmaceutical Blockbuster Model Gone Bust? Bain &#038; Company Press Release 12/8/2003 Rebuilding Big Pharma&#8217;s Business Model In Vivo 11/1/2003 by James Gilbert, Preston Henske and Ashish Singh The blockbuster business model that underpinned Big Pharma&#8217;s success is now irreparably broken. The industry needs a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reforming Healthcare: Cost vs. Price</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2004/01/reforming-healthcare-cost-vs-price/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This posting by Kevin Brancato suggest that our view of healthcare cost in the US is distorted. While the data seems to lead to the conclusion that we&#8217;re buying much more healthcare at sky-high prices, economists doubt the validity and applicability of the offical data because it does not appropriately adjust for quality.]]></description>
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		<title>10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change Your World</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2004/01/10-emerging-technologies-that-will-change-your-world/</link>
		<comments>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2004/01/10-emerging-technologies-that-will-change-your-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology Review unveils its annual selection of hot new technologies about to affect our lives in revolutionary waysâ€”and profiles the innovators behind them. Universal Translation Synthetic Biology Nanowires Bayesian Machine Learning T-Rays Distributed Storage RNA Interference Power Grid Control Microfluidic Optical Fibers Personal Genomics]]></description>
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