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Anyone who's watched ER or the other fast-paced medical dramas on TV has seen the actors expertly manipulate all sorts of medical equipment, from intubation tubes to IVs to complex diagnostic equipment.Medicine has seen a massive transformation, largely because of technological advances.One little bit of medical equipment creating a big effect on diagnosis may be the endoscope.A slender, flexible little bit of tubing is fitted having an digital camera assembly with superb optics and inserted in to the patient's body, supplying doctors with images of a number of organs and enabling very accurate diagnoses...

The rising number of uninsured is in large part being driven by individuals abandoning the corporate life to pursue their dreams as entrepreneurs and small business owners.Unfortunately, this trend comes at a time when more and more medications are available to help treat the severe (and the not so serious) illnesses that many people face today.However, as you probably already know, without health insurance coverage, the prescription medications that you need are too far out of reach; they are just too costly!To make matters worse, most prescription medications cost far more in the United States than they do in other industrialized nations...