94% of health care organizations have been breached in the past 2 years.

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Obamacare’s Other Surprise - NYTimes.com

Obamacare’s Other Surprise - NYTimes.com

I love reading articles like this that clearly show the huge promise that the Affordable Care Act is going to deliver to the American public. The real goal of the ACA is to flip the system where doctors and hospitals  are paid for value rather than volume. To do this, they need access to data and that is what we technology entrepreneurs are making happen.

It's thrilling!

Why Medical Research Does Big Data Wrong

Why Medical Research Does Big Data Wrong raises some very interesting and disturbing points.

Have you ever asked how the surgeon determined, definitely, whether your cancer had metastasized? Likely, the answer is that the results for the "sentinel node" test were negative? But, what if the wrong node is identified as the sentinel node? What if the way the subsequent tests were performed is faulty?

Wouldn't you say that it's a matter of life and death to ask these questions and get the right answers?

Dirty Medicine

English: A package and pill of atorvastatin 40mg (Lipitor). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I don't believe in resorting to drugs to *fix* my health. I believe in a healthy diet, exercise, a generally healthy lifestyle, everything in  moderation, and plenty of sleep goes a long way toward a long healthy life. 

Since starting work on Personal Health Cloud, I'm always hearing stories of how people manipulate their prescribed medications. Instead of taking them as prescribed and modifying their lives to eventually control and hopefully eliminate the dangerous condition, they manipulate dosages to support their unhealthy lifestyle. Wha-what!?

Then, there's the debate over the efficacy of generic drugs. Are they just as good or not? 

Imagine manipulating dosages with a generic that has completely fabricated its results. This epic inside story of long-term criminal fraud at Ranbaxy, the Indian drug company that makes generic Lipitor for millions of Americans while long is abundant food for thought.

Dirty medicine - Fortune Features

And, it isn't just the drug makers that are guilty. Our own governmental agencies are letting this happen, over and over and over again.

Better yet, take a deep breath. Make a commitment to yourself and your loved ones. And, get healthy in as natural a way as humanly possible!

Personal Health Cloud will help you keep track. Register today for a Beta account.

Facts About Health Literacy - Infographic

Health literacy is an individual's ability to understand and act on health information.

Why is this important? Cost goes up and quality goes down.

Individuals with low health literacy have an average annual healthcare cost of $13,000!

While the average reading level of health communications material is 10th grade level, the reading level of 30 million Americans is only 5th grade.

Elderly Patients Routinely Prescribed Risky Drugs

Doctors in the United States routinely prescribe potentially harmful drugs to older patients, and the problem is particularly acute in the South, a new study shows.

 “The take-home message for patients is to take ownership of your medications and to regularly review them with your pharmacists or physicians.”

Elderly Patients Routinely Prescribed Risky Drugs - NYTimes.com

It's your health. Own it.

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Could YOU go the distance to burn off this lunch | Visual.ly

Could YOU go the distance to burn off this lunch | Visual.ly

Could YOU go the distance to burn off this lunch infographic