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...back to the basic paradox of the war on drugs: The more government agencies succeed in choking the supply, the higher the price it fetches and the greater the incentive for producers, traffickers and dealers to take the risk of bringing it to market. Even once the cause of the Peru missionary tragedy is established and steps are taken to prevent a recurrence, the drug war will remain unwinnable until the U.S. appetite for narcotics is suppressed. And that's something no amount of AWACS patrols or special forces training or mandatory minimum prison sentences can achieve...
Only a few thousand M.D.s have moved to complete electronic prescribing, but almost 100,000 rely on a basic drug database from Epocrates to check out side effects, recommended dosages and interactions. Allscripts' E-prescription product also lets doctors do their dictation and automatically enter the appropriate billing codes for each procedure--thus eliminating a common error that usually results in drawn-out disputes with insurers. The business got a boost in February when the nation's three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) announced that they were building a standardized network, dubbed RXHub, to let doctors instantly beam e-prescriptions...
...finally found a way to get an appointment with the doctor. As part of its massive buying binge--some 20 companies in 14 months--WebMD purchased two of the old-line health-care technology players it was out to destroy: Medical Manager, a leading practice-management system that does basic billing and scheduling for 185,000 physicians, and Envoy, an old electronic-claims clearinghouse...
Yoga comes in almost as many guises as there are yoga instructors, but most classes build on the same basic foundation of poses performed sitting, standing and lying down. Although some, like the Sun Salutation, consist of a progression of steps, more often the goal is to work gradually toward a single ideal shape: the bow, the triangle, the cobra. My needs are simple: I want supervised, intensive stretching, and every yoga class I've ever attended offers at least that...
YAWN PATROL If you're an insomniac, you know the problem usually isn't falling asleep--it's staying asleep. Now a study shows that most insomniacs can cut in half the time they spend tossing and turning at night by using simple, basic behavioral techniques. Like what? 1) Getting to bed and waking up at the same times each day; 2) leaving the bedroom if you wake up and can't fall back to sleep; 3) using the bed only for sleep...