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FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to ear wax, it's best to leave it alone, new national guidelines state. While many people feel they need to remove ear wax -- technically called cerumen and a mixture of secretion, hair and dead skin -- it is actually protective since it has lubricating and antibacterial properties, said Dr.

Today I’m back to writing after some time off, and wow - I missed blogging  There has been a great deal of hub-bub on the academic blogs about a recently released report by Ithaka.org. Described by Blogger Steven B, as “essential reading for academic librarians” (found on ACRL (Association of College

In a recent case, an employee sued his company for an FMLA violation. The kicker: He also sued for back pay when he missed work due to stress he claimed the company caused. Here’s what happened: In a fairly cut-and-dry FMLA case, a sick employee requested FMLA leave and was turned down.

FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) -- New details about how rheumatoid arthritis destroys bone have been uncovered by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers, who said their findings are already helping efforts to create new drugs to reverse the process.

The Americans with Disabilities Act lets companies give post-offer medical tests to new hires, as long as it’s the last step of the hiring process. And according to the courts, that means the very last step. In one case, an airline offered jobs to a group of applicants, contingent on successful completion of a background check and medical exam.

When your doctor chooses a drug for you, is it really because it's best for you health, or because your doctor's under the influence of a pharmaceutical company? In this week's Empowered Patient, CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen talks to a woman who believes she was debilitated by a physician whose judgment was clouded by industry money.

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The Kiwi researchers are somehow pretty excited in their research to build robots to replace doctors in hospitals. How reliable a robotic doctor is? It is definitely a big question or whether you can put trust in the robot’s hands if you’re the patient? (more…)

Here is the Friday Post #14 for Aug 15 2008, after which I won’t be blogging for two weeks. Between the beginning of a new academic year, instructional tasks and getting my own family members back to school… it’s a hectic time.

Discussions about copyrighted works are a frequent topic of conversation among faculty, administrators and reference librarians. Decisions on determining whether certain works are protected under current U.S. copyright law can be interpreted in surprisingly novel ways.