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• House Passes Affordable Health Care for America Act

  
  Medicare Update — Authority: 132
  On November 7, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed (in a 220-215 vote ) the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962). The American Medical Association (AMA) reports that, earlier in the day, the House approved a rule (in a 242-192 vote ) setting parameters for considering H.R.3962 and the ...
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• Practitioner Approaches to the Integration of Clinical Decision Support System Technology in Critical Care

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 146
  Objective:The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of nurses and physicians who use a clinical decision support system (CDSS) in the critical care area, focusing on clinicians’ motives and values related to decisions to either use or not use this optional technology.Background:Information technology (IT) ...
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• When No One Wants To See The Patient: The ER’s On-Call Labyrinth

  
  Better Health — Authority: 602
  The call schedule is hidden somewhere inside! Dictation: ‘The patient was seen in the emergency department by Dr. Niemans, who is the acting hospitalist on call for Dr. Whitman’s group, who usually admit for the patient’s actual primary care provider, Emily Knight, PA, who works for  Dr. Robelo, who no ...
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• Animal Rights Activists Furious Over NASA’s Plans For Squirrel Monkeys.

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 592
  The U.S space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had recently announced that, it was in the process of carrying out an experiment that would give an insight into the effects of space travel. NASA plans to expose about 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys to low levels of radiation in an effort to ...
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• Caucasians Prone to Restless Leg Syndrome

  
  SLEEP Online Magazine - The SLEEP Blog - All about SLEEP, SLEEPING, and SLEEPINESS — Authority: 127
  Apparently race has a bearing on how a sleep disorder characteristic attacks. Restless Leg Syndrome or RLS has been found to hit Africa-American women more based on a study presented at CHEST 2009. While the study may have shown how ethnic origin plays a role on this issue, exact causes were unknown. Women were found ...
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• EPA Takes First Step in Addressing Risk Posed by Toxic Pesticide Drift

  
  Climate of Our Future — Authority: 413
  Agency announcement comes just weeks after groups petition for protectionsNovember 4, 2009  Washington, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took a first step today in addressing the harmful effects of pesticide drift – the toxic spray or vapor that travels from treated fields and into neighboring ...
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• House health reform bill up for vote

  
  Real Health Reform — Authority: 118
  Well, supposedly tomorrow will be the day for a vote in the House on HR 3962.  The House bill did receive a boost when it was endorsed by the AMA and AARP.  The AMA represents at best 20% of American physicians.  It is “in bed” with the government at many levels such as its ownership of the CPT coding language ...
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• After 28 Days on Dr. Ozs Vegan Challenge, Cowboy Rocco is on His Way to Health--"If I Can Do It, Anyone Can!"

  
  Happy Healthy Long Life — Authority: 117
    Click Here If You Dont See the Video On September 24th, 53 year old Rocco Wachman of Scottsdale, Arizona was overweight, diabetic, with the heart of an 85 year old.  On his meat-heavy diet he was eating the equivalent of 2 1/2 pounds of saturated fat a week!  If he kept up this lifestyle, he was ...
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• The Future Of Surgical Workforce

  
  Your Learning Guide In Surgery And Surgical Treatments — Authority: 116
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• FDA to minimize accidental drug overdoses with new plan

  
  Press Release Distribution - NewsWire- Caymanmama.com — Authority: 515
  Chicago, Illinois (CaymanMama.com) — The FDA is tackling the widespread drug problem in America by launching a new program aimed at the prevention of millions of accidental drug overdoses that take the lives of users every year due to medication errors, misuse and other matters. As part of the new plan that the FDA ...
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• 25 Movers and Shakers in the Hospital Industry

  
  Cataract Outsourcing — Authority: 140
  Here are 25 individuals who recently moved into top hospital and health system management roles. James Benedict Jr. (President, Ahuja Medical Center, Beachwood, Ohio). Mr. Benedict, a hospital administrator with considerable experience, finds himself the new president of a hospital that hasn’t opened yet. The ...
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• Coke Bribes Family Physicians Association. For Cheap. Pays Less than $10 a Head

  
  Fooducate — Authority: 552
  Last month another brick in the stalwart battered wall of scientific and medical integrity in America was regretfully removed. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) signed a sponsorship deal with the Coca Cola Company to promote Coke’s products, more or less: The Consumer Alliance is a program ...
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• Physicians still worried about EHRs disrupting work

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 146
  “Physicians have limited knowledge of the American Recovery and Reinvestment provisions, according to a recent online survey of 1,001 physicians, and they are still reluctant to adopt information technology.Ingenix, a healthcare IT company and consulting firm, is under the umbrella of UnitedHealth Group, conducted ...
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• Sleeping Can Improve Your Golf Game

  
  LinksLifeGolf — Authority: 425
  “Hooks and Slices” will bring you our view on whats happening in the golf world.We golfers will do anything to try and improve our game. We’ll spend our hard earned cash on the latest clubs, the best balls and any newfangled contraption that offers any chance of bettering our scores. It turns out that many [...]
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• Coke Adds Life to Family Doctors Group Funding

  
  Ahrcanum "ahR-Kah-noom" > secret secrets — Authority: 132
  Coca-Cola is among several corporate contributors to the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, a separate philanthropic group. These contributors include many drug companies, McDonalds, PepsiCo and a beef industry group. “Coca-Cola, like other sodas, causes enormous suffering and premature death by ...
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• Staying Health When You Are Unemployed

  
  Health Insurance Basics — Authority: 151
  As the economic situation gets worse, more and more companies are laying off staff, and thus many more people are facing unemployment. Accompanying that is the loss of insurance coverage, which can be considered more important than the loss of income. For those with families in need of health insurance coverage, this ...
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• Do Physicians Have A Moral Obligation To Engage In Social Media?

  
  Better Health — Authority: 602
  Some physicians may be hesitant to participate in social media outlets, like Facebook and Twitter. Well, get over it. Great post by pediatrician Bryan Vartabedian who addresses this topic. Indeed, physicians have lost control of the online message, especially with, according to recent data, 60+ percent of ...
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• How To Save On Your Medical Insurance

  
  Health Insurance Basics — Authority: 151
  With health insurance rates skyrocketing, we all would like to experience a little bit of relief. And you may be surprised to know that there are actually some things you can do to reduce your health care costs without losing coverage you dont need. First you must consider that everyone has diferent needs and in order ...
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• Searching For Suitable Medical Insurance

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 158
  Among all the important choices a person has to make, what type of medical insurance to carry is right at the top of the list. Having the proper medical coverage will allow you to adequate take care of your health, while saving you money should a medical emergency arise.
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• Mummy Powder and the Household Use of the Egyptian Dead

  
  History Blog — Authority: 120
  Beginning in the 12th century, Arab physicians began to prescribe their patients a most unorthodox remedy: the ground remains of mummies procured from Egyptian tombs. As Islamic Arabs of the day did not regard the ancient Egyptians as ancestors, the practice was widely accepted and so-called mummy powder was in sold ...
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