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<title>Healthcare Today / Upcoming</title>
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<description>What's hot on the healthcare web as voted on by healthcare professionals.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:45:13 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pay Per Click Management Services]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Humor/Pay_Per_Click_Management_Services/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Humor/Pay_Per_Click_Management_Services/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:45:13 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>KnaufX</dc:creator>
<category>Humor</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Humor/Pay_Per_Click_Management_Services/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pay per click management services involve the creation and management of pay per click advertising campaigns most often on Google and, to a lesser degree, Yahoo and MSN.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Narcotics | Musings of a Distractible Mind]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Narcotics__Musings_of_a_Distractible_Mind/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Narcotics__Musings_of_a_Distractible_Mind/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:03:21 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>2bestrong</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Narcotics__Musings_of_a_Distractible_Mind/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Happy  Hospitalist: Drunkarexia or Brokeaholic]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Humor/The_Happy__Hospitalist_Drunkarexia_or_Brokeaholic/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Humor/The_Happy__Hospitalist_Drunkarexia_or_Brokeaholic/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:53:59 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>2bestrong</dc:creator>
<category>Humor</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Humor/The_Happy__Hospitalist_Drunkarexia_or_Brokeaholic/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[More and more college-aged women are starving themselves during the day so they can drink more at night. The women want to save calories for their alcohol.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Primary Care: Profit is not a Dirty Word // Emergiblog]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Business/Primary_Care_Profit_is_not_a_Dirty_Word__Emergiblog/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Business/Primary_Care_Profit_is_not_a_Dirty_Word__Emergiblog/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:47:12 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
<category>Business</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Business/Primary_Care_Profit_is_not_a_Dirty_Word__Emergiblog/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is it wrong for doctors to want to make a profit? A nurse weighs in.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Second-hand smoke link inescapable]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Second-hand_smoke_link_inescapable/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Second-hand_smoke_link_inescapable/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:59:57 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>2bestrong</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Second-hand_smoke_link_inescapable/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention draws the strongest link ever between smoking bans and overall public health.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Meet Hannah Fontana! // Emergiblog]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Nursing/-2032/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Nursing/-2032/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:23:03 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>KimRN</dc:creator>
<category>Nursing</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Nursing/-2032/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A pedi patient suffering from aplastic anemia would LOVE to get snail mail!<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: EMRs]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_EMRs/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_EMRs/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:53:52 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_EMRs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[EMRs also known as electronic medical records are a patient's chart, in digital form. Although we now live in a digital age where you can order pizza online, while watching some kid hurt himself on YouTube, a majority of doctors/hospitals still use paper charting.  Txmed over at From Medskool find<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: First primary care now surgeons?]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_First_primary_care_now_surgeons/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_First_primary_care_now_surgeons/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:25:53 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_First_primary_care_now_surgeons/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well the panic of the primary care crisis has been in full swing for quite awhile now.  But has the faulty healthcare system finally gotten so bad that it's effecting surgeons? A recent article in the Washinton Post says America has made it to this dangerous stage.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The BMJ launches YouTube channel]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/The_BMJ_launches_YouTube_channel/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/The_BMJ_launches_YouTube_channel/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:24:02 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hjaqu001</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/The_BMJ_launches_YouTube_channel/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The British Medical Journal has followed hot on the heels of Nature and launched their own YouTube channel.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fast food near schools means fatter kids]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Fast_food_near_schools_means_fatter_kids/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Fast_food_near_schools_means_fatter_kids/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:18:25 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hjaqu001</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Fast_food_near_schools_means_fatter_kids/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Adolescents who go to school within a half-mile of a fast-food restaurant are more likely to be overweight or obese than kids whose schools are further away, new research suggests.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cancer risk is linked to bone strengtheners]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Pharmaceutical/Cancer_risk_is_linked_to_bone_strengtheners/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Pharmaceutical/Cancer_risk_is_linked_to_bone_strengtheners/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:49:25 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>2bestrong</dc:creator>
<category>Pharmaceutical</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Pharmaceutical/Cancer_risk_is_linked_to_bone_strengtheners/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A small percentage of patients taking Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva developed cancer of the esophagus.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Broken Heart: Who knows better? Doctor or patient?]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Broken_Heart_Who_knows_better_Doctor_or_patient/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Broken_Heart_Who_knows_better_Doctor_or_patient/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:54:15 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>QASIDA</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Broken_Heart_Who_knows_better_Doctor_or_patient/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A post on doctor and patient opnion in decision of  management. there is a nice cartoon. I hope you enjoy...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smoking Ban Leads To Major Drop In Heart Attacks]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Smoking_Ban_Leads_To_Major_Drop_In_Heart_Attacks/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Smoking_Ban_Leads_To_Major_Drop_In_Heart_Attacks/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:09:46 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hjaqu001</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Smoking_Ban_Leads_To_Major_Drop_In_Heart_Attacks/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations within three years. The study, the longest-running of its kind, showed the rate of hospitalized cases dropped 41% in the three years after the ban of workplace smoking in Pueblo, Colo., took effect.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Can text messages be used to monitor health?]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Can_text_messages_be_used_to_monitor_health/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Can_text_messages_be_used_to_monitor_health/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:53:17 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hjaqu001</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Can_text_messages_be_used_to_monitor_health/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Year's Resolution: Make 2009 the Year of Donation]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/New_Years_Resolution_Make_2009_the_Year_of_Donation/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/New_Years_Resolution_Make_2009_the_Year_of_Donation/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:51:36 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hjaqu001</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/New_Years_Resolution_Make_2009_the_Year_of_Donation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stuck for a new year's resolution? The NHS Blood and Transplant service is calling on the public to mark the year ahead with a commitment to donation by giving blood and signing up on the NHS Organ Donor Register.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Today: Top Ten Health Stories for 2008]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Business/Healthcare_Today_Top_Ten_Health_Stories_for_2008/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Business/Healthcare_Today_Top_Ten_Health_Stories_for_2008/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:14:32 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mpringle</dc:creator>
<category>Business</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Business/Healthcare_Today_Top_Ten_Health_Stories_for_2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The top 10 healthcare news stories in 2008.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Today: Will Obama's and Daschle's healthcare reform improve psychiatric services?]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Healthcare_Today_Will_Obamas_and_Daschles_healthcare_reform_improve_psychiatric_services/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Healthcare_Today_Will_Obamas_and_Daschles_healthcare_reform_improve_psychiatric_services/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:03:42 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mpringle</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Healthcare_Today_Will_Obamas_and_Daschles_healthcare_reform_improve_psychiatric_services/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How will our new president elect and his healthcare team headed by Tom Daschle tackle the issues and problems facing those with psychiatric problems?  Will emergency departments continue to be repositories for these patients while they languish in an ill equipped system.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scope, Completeness, and Accuracy of Drug Information in Wikipedia]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Pharmaceutical/Scope_Completeness_and_Accuracy_of_Drug_Information_in_Wikipedia/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Pharmaceutical/Scope_Completeness_and_Accuracy_of_Drug_Information_in_Wikipedia/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:03:07 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hjaqu001</dc:creator>
<category>Pharmaceutical</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Pharmaceutical/Scope_Completeness_and_Accuracy_of_Drug_Information_in_Wikipedia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new study in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy has found that drug information in Wikipedia has a more narrow scope, is less complete, and has more errors of omission than the free, online, traditionally edited Medscape Drug Reference database.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawyers' bills pile high, driving up health care costs]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Lawyers_bills_pile_high_driving_up_health_care_costs/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Lawyers_bills_pile_high_driving_up_health_care_costs/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:56:03 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hjaqu001</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Lawyers_bills_pile_high_driving_up_health_care_costs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Against their better judgment, many physicians practice &quot;defensive medicine&quot; ? actions designed to protect themselves from lawsuits rather than serve patients' best interests.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dr. Boomer &amp; the PDA Kid: Farmer's Lung]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Dr-_Boomer__the_PDA_Kid_Farmers_Lung/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Dr-_Boomer__the_PDA_Kid_Farmers_Lung/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:23:49 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Dr-_Boomer__the_PDA_Kid_Farmers_Lung/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We call it the &quot;South Dakota syndrome&quot;, said the Mayo Clinic kidney specialist to a room full of doctors at a conference on the intensive care patient.I think I was the only South Dakotan there; it was some 1200 miles away.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dr. Boomer &amp; the PDA Kid: Creative Listening]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Dr-_Boomer__the_PDA_Kid_Creative_Listening/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Dr-_Boomer__the_PDA_Kid_Creative_Listening/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:20:43 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Dr-_Boomer__the_PDA_Kid_Creative_Listening/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We all know people who are never happy. Contrast those with individuals who almost always seem interested, satisfied, and enjoying life. What is it that makes the difference?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: Christmas Break Job Shadow]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Christmas_Break_Job_Shadow/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Christmas_Break_Job_Shadow/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:07:29 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Christmas_Break_Job_Shadow/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today, I shadowed Dr. Troy Gust of Sanford Hosptial.  I know this post is going to be a bunch of random thoughts about what I observed/learned today.  If you don't like complete randomness, I suggest you skip this one.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Inventor's 2020 vision: to help 1bn of the world's poorest see betterSociety | The Guardian]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Other/Inventors_2020_vision_to_help_1bn_of_the_worlds_poorest_see_better__Society______The_Guardian/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Other/Inventors_2020_vision_to_help_1bn_of_the_worlds_poorest_see_better__Society______The_Guardian/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:21:16 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>geenaRN</dc:creator>
<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Other/Inventors_2020_vision_to_help_1bn_of_the_worlds_poorest_see_better__Society______The_Guardian/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What if it were possible, he thought, to make a pair of glasses which, instead of requiring an optician, could be &quot;tuned&quot; by the wearer to correct his or her own vision? Might it be possible to bring affordable spectacles to millions who would never otherwise have them?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[a4Superbuga4 may be common in ER workers - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/lsquoSuperbugrsquo_may_be_common_in_ER_workers_-_Infectious_diseases-_msnbc-com/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/lsquoSuperbugrsquo_may_be_common_in_ER_workers_-_Infectious_diseases-_msnbc-com/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:44:01 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>2bestrong</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/lsquoSuperbugrsquo_may_be_common_in_ER_workers_-_Infectious_diseases-_msnbc-com/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Health care workers in emergency departments are often carriers of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or (MRSA), potentially putting patients at risk, according to two reports in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: Is Medical School Debt Really Effecting Specialty Choice?]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Is_Medical_School_Debt_Really_Effecting_Specialty_Choice/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Is_Medical_School_Debt_Really_Effecting_Specialty_Choice/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:41:43 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Is_Medical_School_Debt_Really_Effecting_Specialty_Choice/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It has been mentioned (or maybe assumed), that medical students are selecting high paying specialties because of the high debt that they are accumulating.  After some research by one medical student doctors Kevin Pho, Matthew Mintz, and Robert Centor say that maybe money isn't the only thing drivi<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Happy  Hospitalist: The Exciting Allure Of Money]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/The_Happy__Hospitalist_The_Exciting_Allure_Of_Money/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/The_Happy__Hospitalist_The_Exciting_Allure_Of_Money/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:53:23 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/The_Happy__Hospitalist_The_Exciting_Allure_Of_Money/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Another commentDear Happy, I am a second year medical student. And I would like to know if you picked your profession based on your grades in school ? I know everyone has their own interests, but I cant seem to separate the fact that money plays quite the role in deciding which speciality w<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Nursing Site Blog: How to Become a Nurse]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Nursing/The_Nursing_Site_Blog_How_to_Become_a_Nurse/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Nursing/The_Nursing_Site_Blog_How_to_Become_a_Nurse/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:19:40 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>klq727</dc:creator>
<category>Nursing</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Nursing/The_Nursing_Site_Blog_How_to_Become_a_Nurse/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For many, the process of becoming a nurse is confusing, especially to those who already have a BS or BA degree. In the next few weeks I will add content to the blog and The Nursing site to try to simplify the steps to become a nurse.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: Medical Students + Debt = ?]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Medical_Students__Debt_-_/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Medical_Students__Debt_-_/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:15:48 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Medical_Students__Debt_-_/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I'm a little behind getting to this subject, but I'm glad I've finally got around to it. The NEJM had an article by Robert Steinbrook, MD about medical student debt.  As you may know, medical students are packing on the debt. According to the December 18th 2008 issue of NEJM in 2008 medical stud<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Broken Heart: Clopidogrel ....Resistance]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Broken_Heart_Clopidogrel_----Resistance/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Broken_Heart_Clopidogrel_----Resistance/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:44:54 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>farenheit</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Broken_Heart_Clopidogrel_----Resistance/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Excellent paper. Someone know where can I find the ppt?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Happy  Hospitalist: Getting Sued For Informed Consent]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/The_Happy__Hospitalist_Getting_Sued_For_Informed_Consent/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/The_Happy__Hospitalist_Getting_Sued_For_Informed_Consent/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:12:01 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/The_Happy__Hospitalist_Getting_Sued_For_Informed_Consent/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From Medically Mind Numbing comes a lawsuit (described in 2004) that encompasses what's wrong with the medical legal culture in this country<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: Scary Malpractice]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Scary_Malpractice/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Scary_Malpractice/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:11:37 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Scary_Malpractice/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was reading my assignment for Biostats, and came across this interesting tid-bit.  John Monahan from the University of Virginia wrote the article for Psychological Science In The Public Interest.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: Panda Bear]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Panda_Bear/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Panda_Bear/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:11:02 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Panda_Bear/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I brought up complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in an earlier post and then I just forgot all about it.  Then just a little bit ago, I was surfing the SDN and found this post on Quacks,and that one is getting pretty crazy.  I have to admit though after finding all I can about CAM I'm on <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: What does a med student do all day?]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_What_does_a_med_student_do_all_day/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_What_does_a_med_student_do_all_day/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:10:21 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_What_does_a_med_student_do_all_day/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So, I'm kind of curious.  How many other things take up a medical student's time besides school?  If you are a medical student, please leave me a comment telling me what else takes up your time.  Here's a little list of the things I do, in no particular order.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Today: The worst mistake in healthcare.]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Healthcare_Today_The_worst_mistake_in_healthcare-/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Healthcare_Today_The_worst_mistake_in_healthcare-/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:29:34 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mpringle</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Healthcare_Today_The_worst_mistake_in_healthcare-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The worst mistake in healthcare. Read a story how two patients from a car crash were misidentified. One lived one died.  The emotional roller coaster that the family went on, unbelievable.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: Right of Conscience]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Right_of_Conscience/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Right_of_Conscience/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:44:29 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Right_of_Conscience/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration came out with the Right of Conscience rule which protects healthcare workers &quot;who refuse to participate in care they find ethically, morally or religiously objectionable. &quot; Today, I came across this article from txmed.  Txmed completely supports this rule and says:<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: Dear Tom Daschle]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Dear_Tom_Daschle/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Dear_Tom_Daschle/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:19:08 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Dear_Tom_Daschle/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ever since word got out that Tom Daschle was to be selected (and is now selected) as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, I found it extremely important to read his book titled &quot;Critical: What We Can Do About The Health-Care Crisis.&quot;  He came out with this book February 2008 and I think it<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: Religion &amp; Medicine]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Religion__Medicine/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Religion__Medicine/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:48:50 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Religion__Medicine/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When reading this article by the Happy Hospitalist, I could not help and think about what role religion has played in my world.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medically Mind Numbing: Big Fan]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Big_Fan/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Big_Fan/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:48:03 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>slants</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Medically_Mind_Numbing_Big_Fan/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When reading this article by the Happy Hospitalist, I could not help and think about what role religion has played in my world.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[States slash Medicaid amid economic woes - Washington Post- msnbc.com]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/States_slash_Medicaid_amid_economic_woes_-_Washington_Post-_msnbc-com/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/States_slash_Medicaid_amid_economic_woes_-_Washington_Post-_msnbc-com/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:59:22 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>2bestrong</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/States_slash_Medicaid_amid_economic_woes_-_Washington_Post-_msnbc-com/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[States from Rhode Island to California are being forced to curtail Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, as they struggle to cope with the deteriorating economy.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Health Care Today: Treating pain is often a pain.]]></title>
<link>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Health_Care_Today_Treating_pain_is_often_a_pain-/</link>
<comments>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Health_Care_Today_Treating_pain_is_often_a_pain-/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:52:29 EST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mpringle</dc:creator>
<category>Medicine</category>
<guid>http://www.healthcaretoday.com/Medicine/Health_Care_Today_Treating_pain_is_often_a_pain-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why is it that so many providers in this day and age still have difficulties treating pain adequately?<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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