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Margy

Computers...Arrrrghhh!

Computers: can't live with them, can't live without them. I can't complain that much about my trusty Dell laptop, but I've been hearing the blues again from my friend Rosie, who can't seem to get a computer that works as it should. Now, you have to realize that I have a personal stake in this. Last...

drshruti

Health and Wellness Portal [healthcaremagic.com]

Hi guys. Have you seen a sudden surge in the number of healthcare portals and websites in India ? I have been to most of them. It’s a good thing happening in India. Wanted to share a lot about the latest trends in the online health portals but could not find a right place to start until the guys...

drshruti

How the Rising Indian Middle Class Spend on Healthcare

What brand of shirt and trouser do you wear ? Allen Solly, Van Heusen, Polo ! Each costing you atleast a couple of thousand bucks !! How often do you go to restaurants, pubs ? Once in a week, twice in week, costing atleast 500 Rs each time. Irrespective of whether you are a young bachelor , or a...

drshruti

Latest Trends in Online Healthcare

According to the latest issue of “Outlook Business” magazine, the healthcare services in India’s private hospitals is getting world class. However, the customer service at the same private hospitals is not able to catch up with the rapid developments in the infrastructure of the hospital. The...

drshruti

Excellent, We[healthcaremagic.com] are TIE Canaan Finalist!

Just got the news that we are; HealthcareMagic.com is one of finalist at TIE Canaan Entreprenurial Challange 2008 Here, more details on VentureWoods… . Thanks to our dear users for their encouraging comments. Health is really happening. == TiE Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge - Final Nominations...

Steven

joke, true and new

Joke: what is a drags queen's motto? "Eat, drink and be Mary!" True: You havent seen anything risque until you've seen a drag queen do her act as a pregnant nun! Great idea, really. New: Here is a sample of a collaborated spoken poetry effort: Jim Bryant wrote the poetry, and did the music, I did...

Margy

Mini-Vac

I actually took a little vacation this past weekend and flew down to Baltimore, MD to visit Rosie, my blind friend. We're very close and are in constant touch with each other via telephone, email and webcam (she can see a little bit) using Skype. There's something about seeing, hearing and touching...

Margy

Rosie's Northern Garden

I finally started in on my garden yesterday, despite a lingering virus and a migraine that hit this morning. Actually, I owe this little fit of inspiration to my friend Rosie, who mailed me a few of her Iris plants. Rosie's a dear friend who's been losing her vision to a genetic eye disease...

Margy

Talk About the Blind Leading the Blind

I read an article in an online computer magazine the other day, talking about the problems blind and low vision folks continue to have when it comes to using computers. This is not really news. This problem has been around forever and there are an ongoing trickle of articles that come out about it....

Margy

It Don't Rain But It Pours

Damn. I just heard that one of the Maggie-Della Mystery draft contributors suffered an ocular stroke and is now blind in one eye. That makes three of the writers/readers for the series blind in one way or another. Granted, the stories focus on blindness and its relationship to truth, although that's...

eliz. s.

Coming Soon: Blindness (the film)

I read this book after Saramago won the Nobel Prize. It was enthralling and haunting. I'm not sure about this film version. The positive is that the director is the same guy who did The Constant Gardener which is a great film. The negative (at least for me) is that Julianne Moore is in it. I don't...

Rebecca Buckley

EYESIGHT IS AT THE TOP

I'm here today to attest to the fact that eyesight is at the top of my list to preserve. If I gain weight or lose weight, I can fix that. If I lose my hearing, I can buy devices or learn sign language. If I lose mobility, I can buy prosthetics or acclimate to a wheelchair and other equipment. If I...