People skills are paramount in today's angst-filled offices
McClatchy Newspapers
3/31/2009, by Marcia Heroux Pounds
Sun Sentinel (MCT) - There's one essential rule to follow in today's workplace: Keep your cool. It's not always easy to do. Tension is rampant at many companies as they go through layoffs, mergers and other culture-changing events.
"Let's get rid of the hothead. We don't need more drama in this ...
Hey you! On the cell phone! Watch where you're walking!
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3/30/2009, by Steve Johnson
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - The driving thing gets all the publicity and even the legislation. But I am becoming convinced that another cell phone habit is every bit the menace, or would be if not for the absence of two tons of motorized steel.
I'm talking about the talk 'n' walk, the traveling ...
Mother's lonely search for light in darkness
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3/27/2009, by Deborah L. Shelton
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - In her former job as a school bus attendant, LaSonya Thomas helped care for other people's disabled children. Now her life is consumed by the around-the-clock needs of her own severely ill daughter. Thomas became a full-time caregiver last year for 15-year-old Maureeka ...
Doctor finds a way to treat a controversial angina in the heart's tiny arteries
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3/27/2009, by Robyn Shelton
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT) - Most chest pain is caused by fatty deposits that hinder blood flow through the main, spaghetti-thick arteries of the heart. But for some patients, the problem is rooted in the thousands of tiny arteries that feed the muscle. This is a form of chest pain called ...
To help ward off dementia, train your brain
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3/25/2009, by Linda Shrieves
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT) - Timing is everything, comedians say. It's also important when it comes to taking care of your brain. Yet most of us start worrying about dementia after retirement _ and that may be too little, too late.
Experts say that if you really want to ward off dementia, you ...
Dromedary drink: Natural healer wants camel's milk available across state lines
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3/25/2009, by Sarah Avery
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - There is nothing smooth about a cool glass of camel's milk. The animals aren't cooperative, milk production is less than stellar and it's illegal to sell across state lines.
Still, proponents, led by Millie Hinkle of Pittsboro, N.C., say camel's milk may be an elixir, ...
Electronic medical records save time, money and paperwork
McClatchy Newspapers
3/25/2009, by Thomas Lee
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT) - Mike Walsh left the operating room and made a bee line for the computer. The orthopedic surgeon at TRIA Orthopaedic Center in Bloomington, Minn., had just finished fixing a patient's shoulder and now entered information into the computer that will allow the ...
Study indicates screening for prostate cancer may not be helpful
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3/20/2009, by Carrie Peyton Dahlberg
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Despite two large studies released Wednesday, uncertainty lingers for men weighing whether to be tested or treated for prostate cancer. For every life saved, dozens of men undergo potentially damaging treatment _ including some men who never would have died of ...
DNA self-tests: More hype than help?
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3/20/2009, by Maria M. Perotin
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - With a little spit and a few keyboard strokes, you can unlock the secrets of your DNA. At least, it seems that simple at an array of Internet sites that are pitching genetic tests directly to consumers.
The businesses claim to examine customers' genes for conditions ...
Helping the spine remember walking with robot rehab
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3/20/2009, by Sarah Vos
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Scott Crawford wants to walk again. In September, a pile of wooden pallets fell on Crawford. The accident left him unable to move his legs because of a spinal cord injury. Crawford, 51, went from driving a tractor-trailer to negotiating a wheelchair. His arms were also ...
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