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Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice

As an educator, you know how important it is to equip tomorrow’s nurses, physician assistants, and physical therapists with the tools they need to make sound clinical choices—and to ensure that those choices are based on s...
Djou Hopes for Hawaiian Surprise
Scott Brown's upset win in Massachusetts dealt a blow to the White House, but another special election loss could hit closer to home for President Obama -- literally. At the end of February, Democratic Rep. Neil Abercrombie, who represented the Congressional...
From: The American Spectator | By: Philip Klein | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Perfect Babies and C-Section Complaints
Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Perfect Babies and C-Section Complaints Some issues are like spring flowers, always returning. The "too many C-Sections" debate is recurring again, raising issues of cost and clinical judgment (some women want sections for cosmetic...
From: Angry Bear | By: Rdan | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Bad Religion: 30 years of punk domination
It’s summertime 1980, and to keep from getting bored and going mad in the San Fernando Valley, three teenagers have decided to start a punk band. Not exactly a common thing to do in the year Ronald Reagan will be elected president. Jay Bentley, left,...
From: Orange County Register | By: KELLI SKYE FADROSKI, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Guest Post: The Day After Groundhog Day for Financial Reform ...
By Tim Duncan, Chairman of American Business Leaders for Financial Reform Financial regulatory reform was starting to feel a lot like a political version of the movie Groundhog Day. Like Bill Murray’s character in the movie – forced inexplicably...
From: Naked Capitalism | By: Yves Smith | Friday, March 12, 2010
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“We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What ...
From a speech on health care by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (caught by The Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Web). Here’s the context: You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don’t know...
From: Volokh Conspiracy | By: Eugene Volokh | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Banning race-based abortions is wrong
A bill that would outlaw race- and sex-selective abortions in Georgia passed committee late Wednesday. Regardless of your political persuasion, you might think this a good thing: Who wants women terminating pregnancies based purely on the fetus' race...
From: Salon.com | By: Tracy Clark-Flory | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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You Are a Tamagotchi: Turning Your Health Into a Game
In the mid 1990s, a craze swept Japan and crested its way onto American shores: Kids were going crazy for the Tamagotchi, an egg-shaped digital pet. Every few hours, users would press a couple buttons to feed their Tamagotchi, play with it, or clean...
From: Wired | By: Thomas Goetz | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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'The President Has to Work This Bill a Little Harder ...' ...
In case you missed Rep. Bart Stupak - who is one of the most powerful voices in health care reform right now - on last night's ON THE RECORD, here is your chance to watch and sound off below:...
From: Fox News | By: Greta Van Susteren | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Whitman's Funds May Present Conflicts, Report Says
Meg Whitman, the billionaire Republican California gubernatorial candidate, has invested her personal fortune in private equity and hedge funds, as well as in "oil, gas, healthcare and other concerns seeking to influence state policy," The Los Angeles...
From: New York Times | By: DEALBOOK | Friday, March 12, 2010
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To Control Health Care Costs, Trace the Spending
The government can keep track of waste in the American health care system by keeping better track on how doctors choose to treat their patients, an economist writes.
From: New York Times | By: UWE E. REINHARDT | Friday, March 12, 2010
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India Company's Medical-Tourism Push
Indian hospital operator Fortis Healthcare’s purchase of a big stake in Singapore-based Parkway Holdings could lead to a major shakeup in the global health-care industry. In Asia, Singapore has always been at the top of the pecking order of the medical...
From: Business Week | By: Bruce Einhorn | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Roche: Prostate Cancer Study Didn't Meet Objective
Roche: Prostate Cancer Study Didn't Meet Objective
From: Fox News | By: Sarah Turner | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Democrats prepare for final push in health care reform
Democrats have set a date to begin what they hope is the final phase of health care debate in Congress....
From: CNN | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Job Creation: Myth vs. Reality
Since December 2007 the U.S. economy has lost 8.5 million jobs. In 2009 the federal government’s massive economic stimulus bill tried to create jobs through spending on physical infrastructure projects, such as roads and bridges. Now the U.S. Congress...
From: Britannica | By: Edward E. Gordon | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Christian Group's Members Share Health Care Costs
The nonprofit Samaritan Ministries transfers money among its members to pay each household's health care costs. Benefits to members include lower monthly payments and faith-based policies, but there's no guarantee their bills will be covered.
From: NPR | Friday, March 12, 2010
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If Paul Ryan's Roadmap Is the Republican Way, Why Aren't ...
Rep. Jack Ryan is the GOP's idea guy, but his party is wary of his specifics....
From: The Atlantic | By: Marc Ambinder | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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A New Face in the Health Care Debate
Democrats rally around an 11-year-old from Seattle whose mother died after losing her job and health insurance.
From: New York Times | By: DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Friday, March 12, 2010
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The Morning News: Aftershocks, New Police Chiefs, and You ...
No Better Friend: Joe Biden continues talking up Israel on his trip to the Middle East. Based On Experience, I'd Say No: Can Democrats pass health care by Obama's deadline? Yes, That Sounds About Right: Mayor McGinn says new police chief should be effective...
From: The Stranger | By: Paul Constant | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Never Trust a Naked Massa in a Tickle ...
The Republicans' embrace of Massa is a prime example of Obama Derangement Syndrome, which expresses itself in hating anything that the president likes, even if you once loved it, like a bipartisan commission on the deficit.
From: Huffington Post | By: Margaret Carlson | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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What would happen if people just refused to buy health ...
The state of Virginia has a nutty new law prohibiting the federal government from compelling anyone in the commonwealth to purchase health insurance. Thirty-four other states are weighing similar laws nullifying health care reform's "individual mandate."...
From: Slate | By: Timothy Noah | Friday, March 12, 2010
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House Dems Giving Up on Abortion Compromise in Health Care ...
House Democratic leaders are gambling that they can secure the support for President Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week...
From: Fox News | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Obama is Timid, But Not Progressive
From a marketing and PR point of view, Obama could have taken a leaf from Franklin Roosevelt's book: When Roosevelt couldn't get things through Congress, he turned to the people; he appealed directly to voters. He used Republican intransigence to build...
From: Principled Profit | By: Shel Horowitz, Ethical Marketing Expert | Friday, March 12, 2010
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AmnestyInternational: In the U.S., Too Many Women Dying ...
Amnesty International may be best known to American audiences for bringing to light horror stories overseas such as the disappearance of political activists in Argentina or the abysmal conditions inside South African prisons under apartheid. But in a...
From: Free Republic | By: Time | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Health care partisans line up to lobby
With the health care debate headed toward a showdown on Capitol Hill, the battle is being joined locally at street rallies, in television ads and through phone banks.Members of Congress, particularly Democratic moderates such as Rep. Bob Etheridge, are...
From: Charlotte Observer | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Jack Mintz: Time to privatize
Letting foreigners pay to access Canadian public services isn’t a way to create jobs. There’s a better option. By Jack Mintz D eficit-plagued governments typically look at cutting costs or raising taxes to put their fiscal houses in order. Our provincial...
From: The National Post | By: NP Editor | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Most Placer candidates face smooth sailing
District 1 Supervisor F.C. "Rocky" Rockholm, pictured, will face school trustee Jack Duran in the June 8 primary.Unless there is a last-minute rush of candidates, Placer County residents outside Roseville can expect a ho-hum June primary. With the filing...
From: Sacramento Bee | By: Ed Fletcher | Friday, March 12, 2010
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GOP candidates look for votes with new books
Both Republican candidates for California governor have released books as they campaign for their party's nomination this spring. Bee Political Editor Amy Chance sums up the high points in case you weren't planning to read them yourself. The Power of...
From: Sacramento Bee | Friday, March 12, 2010
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WHAT ENDED THE GREAT DEPRESSION?
Overall, we have a lot of doubt as to whether, as a nation, we can spend ourselves out of the recession, although doing nothing would be disastrous as well. That's why we have been so bearish on stocks.
From: The Pragmatic Capitalist | By: TPC | Friday, March 12, 2010
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The Boren Supremacy -- By: Duncan Currie
Shortly before the February 25 health-care summit, President Obama unveiled his proposal for comprehensive reform, which was broadly similar to the Senate legislation that won approval on Christmas Eve but also borrowed some ideas from the House bill...
From: National Review | By: Duncan Currie | Friday, March 12, 2010
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John Ivison: Ignatieff delivers his dream from the throne ...
Michael Ignatieff gave his reply to the Speech from the Throne in the House of Commons today but it is unlikely to have won over those Liberals  -- three in 10, according to one recent poll --  who would replace him as leader. For the rest of us, there...
From: The National Post | By: NP Editor | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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KKR Leads $235 Million Debt Refinancing for Harden Healthcare ...
KKR & Co., the private-equity firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts that’s expanding its investments outside traditional buyouts, led a $235 million refinancing for Harden Healthcare LLC.
From: Business Week | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Self-care and the Devil You Know
While preparing for a recent talk on the topic of what I loosely refer to as "self-destructive" dynamics and health behaviors, I had a chance to think about the juxtaposition between what most of us know we should do to take care of our health and what...
From: Psychology Today | By: Tamara McClintock Greenberg, Psy.D. | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Rest for the Weary (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 12 March ...
The superintendent of a Rockland County school district has read the studies that show teenagers are sleep-deprived and wants to start high school later in the day. She talks about her plan and how it’s been received in the community. Plus, U.S. Rep....
From: WNYC | By: WNYC, New York Public Radio | Friday, March 12, 2010
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2010 American Society of Magazine Editors Awards Finalists ...
The New Yorker has been selected as a finalist for a 2010 National Magazine Award for General Excellence, and received ten nominations in eight categories. Our finalists are below. General Excellence (circulation between one...
From: New Yorker | By: The New Yorker | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Time for Obama to Restore the Privacy and ...
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, created in 2004, proved that there is nothing inconsistent between a strong anti-terrorism position and protection of civil liberties.
From: Huffington Post | By: Lanny Davis | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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At Va. Assembly, church serves as lobbyists' HQ
RICHMOND On Sundays, children rule Room 220 in St. Paul's Episcopal Church. They squirm around in miniature chairs, listen to Bible lessons and play with a sandbox meant to represent the desert where Moses wandered for 40 years. During the week, at least...
From: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot | By: HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com | Friday, March 12, 2010
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The Democrats Won't Talk About This Provision -- By: Mona ...
On March 9, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said: You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don’t know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future.#...#We have to pass the bill...
From: National Review | By: Mona Charen | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Friday's TV Talk Shows: Former Bush advisor Karl Rove is ...
Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 7 - 13 in PDF format This week's TV Movies The Early Show Author Ellen Weber Libby; chef Lucinda Scala Quinn. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Eric McCormack; Miranda...
From: Los Angeles Times | By: Ed Stockly | Friday, March 12, 2010
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U.S. debt, including pension obligations, is 500 percent ...
Buried in this New York Times article is the calculation that U.S. federal government debt, including pension and health care obligations, is about 500 percent of GDP. This may explain why political debates have become acrimonious. Investors and some...
From: Philip Greenspun | By: philg | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Haiti Leaders Put Rebuilding Price Tag At $14 Billion
Haiti`s two top leaders have put a US$14 billion price tag on the rebuilding efforts of their country. President Rene Préval and his Prime Minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, presented the plan during their meetings with U.S. President President Barack Obama...
From: Booker Rising | By: Shay Riley | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Why is Student Loan Reform Holding Up Health Care?
And are we trying to reform the student loan industry, anyway?...
From: The Atlantic | By: Derek Thompson | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Democrats Who Oppose Student Loan Reform Love Banks More ...
Time's running out for student loan reform, and it's being held up by Democrats in Congress. CBS is reporting that some nine senators currently oppose SAFRA, the student loan reform bill that would replace government subsidies of private (and predatory)......
From: ColorLines | By: Julianne Hing | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Massa Is The Navy's Problem Now (VIDEO) ...
Roy Sekoff appeared on "The Ed Show" Wednesday to weigh in on yesterday's bizarre media blitz by former Democratic congressman Eric Massa. When asked by...
From: Huffington Post | By: Huff TV | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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High Marks -- By: Kevin Williamson
Through a change to House rules, Democrats in that chamber of Congress have banned earmarks that deliver funds and contracts to private, for-profit enterprises. Senate Democrats probably will ignore their colleagues’ new policy, but House Republicans...
From: National Review | By: Kevin Williamson | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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The Tea Party Is All About Race, Part 2
Republicans will readily admit that trying to win over black voters has been a lost cause since LBJ, so why not exploit that loss by playing to white racial bias and thus locking down larger chunks of the white vote?
From: Huffington Post | By: Bob Cesca | Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Our Hunky Naturopath Is Here to Help
Meet John Dempster, a licensed (and very handsome) Naturopath who practices in Toronto. The good doctor will regularly contribute to Blisstree about health and wellness issues. Find his practice here. What the ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
From: BlissTree | By: Blisstree Staff | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Soda Makers Say War on Sugary Drinks in Schools Is Won
Bottlers declared guidelines to cut sugary drinks in kids' diets a success, claiming a 95% drop in full-calorie sodas shipped to schools and a 72% cut in all drink types. Yet sales haven't suffered and childhood obesity and diabetes rates climb unabated,...
From: Daily Finance | By: Sarah Gilbert | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Video: Penny, stop trying to make the Declaration happen. ...
The so-called Manhattan Declaration is unabashedly hostile to LGBT equality. The Manhattan Declaration excludes any American who is not a conservative evangelical. The Manhattan Declaration publicly touts signatures from Scott "the gay movement is a...
From: Good as You | By: G-A-Y | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Renée Loux: Who Are You?
Renée Loux is a chef, author, restaurateur, and TV personality based in Hawaii. She will regularly contribute to Blisstree about food and the environment. As host of the Fine Living Network series ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
From: BlissTree | By: Blisstree Staff | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Massa's Cancer
Much of the political focus of the Eric Massa resignation has centered on whether, how and to what degree the former congressman was bullied by the White House or his colleagues in Congress to vote for healthcare reform or other measures. With his ambiguous...
From: FiveThirtyEight | By: Tom Schaller | Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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