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Bankruptcies Soar In October! Friday, November 21, 2008 October apparently saw a larger number of people file for bankruptcy as compared 2007….40% is not surprising….when will the records stop? U.S. consumers filed some 106,266 bankruptcies in October, up 40 percent from a year ago and up 20 percent from September.

5 min warm-up walk 10 min run/jog 5 min walk 10 min run/jog 5 min walk cool down It was hard to keep running a solid 10 mins, but I did it! I just slowed down a lot towards the end. Today’s running topic was injuries and how to avoid them and treat them.

Nancy Finn is a journalist with an expertise in the implementation of digital communications in health care and shared this story about personal health records: I was recently hospitalized. Fortunately I did not have to go through the emergency department but was admitted directly to a room.

(I needed a break, so I've been listening to the Smiths)For the first time in ages, money has been a daily concern in my professional career, which is supposed to be about beer to the exclusion of most everything else.

You?ve got to be kidding! You, a post surgical patient, did not receive basis hygiene therapy during the first three days of your hospital stay? How could that happen? Wasn?t anybody looking out for you? Message? If you must be in a hospital for any length of time, make certain there is [...]

Got together at Seattle’s Greenlake park to run 5k with my brother and niece. This was her longest ever run as she builds up to her marathon distance. This was my longest run in a while and I think our pace was a personal best. I ran the first 6 mins solid before having to slow for a walk break.

“I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know.” (1) This excerpt from the modern Hippocratic Oath to which every doctor swears by; it was set to ensure that each patient?s information and condition is kept private.

Fact: A September 2008 article in the Michigan Business Review holds that “An estimated 70 million people do have access to basic personal health records through their health insurers, with millions more scheduled to receive the service this year, according to health care benefit company Aetna.”  But that doesn’t mean they’re using a PHR.

Barney, the White House Scottish terrier, bit Reuters reporter Jon Decker who was doing on story on the dog when he reached down to pet the pint-sized pooch. The bite wasn’t that dramatic; however, it did draw blood. Decker had to receive medical attention and antibiotics from the White house physician.

Utah Not King of Bankruptcy Filings Anymore! Sunday, November 9, 2008 This data seems a little dated in that it’s using 2007 figures…but, For three consecutive years - 2002 through 2004 - Utah led the nation… http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_10871462 As we’ve reported before, it looks like Tennessee is currently holding the lead for most personal bankruptcies.