Entrepreneurs Who “Play God”

by | Aug 23, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

One of the things that really stayed with me from my research on "the baby industry" for my latest BusinessWeek.com column is the courage of the women (and their partners) who embark on the fertility search. Committing to having a surrogate birth mother...

Taking Stock of “Juicing”

by | Aug 18, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

My favorite yoga teacher likes to use "juice" as a verb, as in, "I try to juice every day." When I did a Google search for "juicing," something like 1.4 million citations came up, so I guess it’s not that great an extension to say,...

When Health and Business Collide

by | Aug 11, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

I’ve long subscribed to an investment newsletter written by an 81-year-old stock market guru, Richard Russell. He writes comments and analysis about the markets every day the market is open, which is typically five days a week–a rigorous workload for...

In Appreciation of Medical Professionalism

by | Aug 4, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

I’ve spent much of the summer trying to heal from a self-inflicted wound. In the process, I’ve come to appreciate how well the medical profession handles situations where we need to be sewn up, quite literally. I cut a couple of fingers over the July 4...

The Free Lunch Routine for Doctors

by | Jul 29, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

One of the most interesting experiences I had last year while working with a young company testing out an online system for helping medical professionals monitor patient health online was visiting a medical office in New Hampshire to explain the concept. The physician...

The Big Dig Is Bad for Our Health

by | Jul 19, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

So much has been written about Boston’s $15 billion Big Dig fiasco that I hesitated to add to the verbiage. We know the whole thing is one of the great public works fiascos in American history, what with leaks and, most recently, pieces of ceiling concrete...