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Education: Asian Society of Cardiac Imaging April 2008
Educationjohnhoe writes "2nd Asian Society of cardiac Imaging Meeting and 4th CT coronary angiography teaching course will be held in Singapore in April 2008.Closing date for submission of scientific papers is 15 Feb 2008.For more details visit www.asci2008.org "
Posted by mantra on Saturday, December 29 @ 16:06:56 GMT (72 reads)
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Adverts: Steps To Organize Your Home Office
EducationAnonymous writes "Taking control and being organized requires commitment - your commitment - to try something new and to break old bad habits. By being in control of your work day, you'll be more confident about yourself and your career."
Posted by mantra on Monday, October 09 @ 15:06:22 GMT (409 reads)
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Adverts: How to Get Rid of Panic and Anxiety through Self-help
EducationAnonymous writes "Understanding the emotions can help you to learn to control the emotions without allowing the devastating feelings and emotions take control. To throw away all these anxieties and worries one must follow a proper system and diet. Here are some points that will help you reduce anxiety and panic situations."
Posted by mantra on Monday, October 09 @ 15:05:21 GMT (331 reads)
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Adverts: Doctors can Work as E-Scription Editors ....
EducationAnonymous writes "Now, with introduction of EMR (electronic medical records) system in the US by president J. Bush, by 2008, all the hospitals in the USA have to convert thier print reports to digital format only. This has opened up a new window of job opportunities for MTs, Editors, Medical Editors, Escription Editors (For Doctors).

More than 50,000 E-Scription jobs are waiting for doctors. Any doctor (MBBS, MD, BDS, BAMS, BHMS) with excellent written English can work as E-scription editor and can work from home or clinic with earning potential of 15,000 to 45,000 PM with PC and internet. He or She can continue in thier field and can work parttime as E-scription medical editor, so that doctors have secure monthly income and can plan their monthly budget accordingly.
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Posted by mantra on Thursday, June 29 @ 14:27:12 GMT (814 reads)
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Adverts: Get Organized Secrets
EducationAnonymous writes "1. Tell yourself that no matter what, some level of clutter with a child is going to happen. 2. Begin with messes and clutter that you see every day. Get organize your kitchen, garage, and family room before your hallway closet. 3. Use drawer dividers for socks, underwear, lingerie, and tiny items, to keep them separated and organized. 4. Use this same principle to organize your silverware, with clearly defined places for every fork and knife, or drawers for ties and socks or, underwear. Think in this same way for every aspect of your home. This will save many hours of searching for things. It will dramatically cut down on the clutter of items left out "for now" or "until I find a place for it." Develop a new mantra: everything has its place and a place for everything! 5. Allocate everything in your house a place. This way your family will know exactly where to find it and where to put it away, when they searches for something they need. 6. Keep items that are used frequently in places where you can reach them without stooping or bending, and store them close to the place they will be needed. 7. Establish one defined place in your house for storing library books, and end a house-wide hunt when it is time to read or return them. 8. Hang hooks for your keys and purse at the entry to your home, so each time you walk in, you can hang them up. 9. Get rid of all junk drawers, or allow yourself just one that you clear out once a week or more. When you establish certain items are being used repeatedly, designate a drawer for those. 10. Enlist a new rule: throw out one old thing for every new purchase that enters your home. 11. Make a mental note to observe what things pile up in your house and where they cluster, and then come up with a place nearby that becomes the official home where those things will reside. For this purpose baskets, shelves, and folders will work well. Set aside one basket for you and your partner for incoming mail, bills, and receipts and letters. 12. Never go up or down empty-handed when using stairs. Always grab some items that belong to upstairs rooms and quickly put it away while you are there. 13. Create a number of brightly marked folders for discount coupons, invitations and directions, and other time-sensitive papers that just clutter your counters. 14. Things you don’t need any longer: · Expired medications. · Clothes you no longer wear. · Extra paper or plastic grocery bags. · Makeup and samples you have never worn. · Sunscreen that's expired or more than one year old. · Organize your coupons and throw out all that have expired. · Cookbooks you rarely use. Cut out your favorite recipes only. · Magazines you meant to read but have never taken the time for. · Stuff your crumpled plastic bags from your grocer inside a cardboard roll like a hand towel roll. Keep under your sink. You will free your mind to remember your daily chores by getting rid of your clutter and organizing your home top to bottom. Be vigilant about cleaning about once a month and you will find it much easier to keep up, week-by-week. Summary: You will free your mind to remember your daily chores by getting rid of your clutter and organizing your home top to bottom. You need these 14 Get organized tips to solve your problem. "
Posted by mantra on Wednesday, June 21 @ 16:32:02 GMT (409 reads)
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Adverts: Goal Setting Tips and Techniques
EducationAnonymous writes "Every person in the world dedicates countless hours to thinking of their future and their present condition in life. Most of us wish that there was something that they could change in their life. Whether it is their family life; their relationships or finances, friendships; everyone wants to change something. Goal setting is the first step to do that. Though, many of us are great at trying to set goals but most of us are practically inefficient of following these goals. Think about it. How many times have you determined on a particular course of action and simply didn’t follow determined way of doing it? Quite often many of the individuals behave in this way. Unable To Follow the Goals Sometimes the toughest part of the accomplishing any goal is the setting of goals itself. The easiest way of looking at this is to think of each and every New Year. Actually it is the resolutions, which form the largest part of New Year’s celebrations but not the parties and the get-togethers. We all like to attend and talk about New Years Eve parties; the resolutions for the New Year are the most common source of conversation. The only trouble is that most of us set the same resolutions every year, and every year, we are unsuccessful to achieve these goals. After all, we would not make the same resolution every year, if we were successful in achieving those goals. You need to know the fact about what is really holding you back. Goal setting and motivation go hand in hand. The goal is your journey and the motivation your fuel to get there. You may have gallons and gallons of fuel, but no journey to go on. You may have many goals, but no fuel to get there. What can avoid you from going on that journey? There are many more things holding you back than you understand. Goal Setting Techniques · Make sure that your goals are your own and no one else’s · Deciding what is important for you to accomplish in your life and making your options based on this knowledge · Motivating yourself to attainment to ensure their accomplishment · Building your self-confidence based on the measured attainment of goals · Separating what is significant from what is unrelated so that your focus is in the right place By setting goals you can: · Improve your self-confidence · Increase your motivation to achieve the most out of life · Achieve more in your lifetime · Plan to eliminate attitudes that hold you back and cause unhappiness · Improve your overall performances in life · Increase your pride and satisfaction in your achievements Advantages of Goal Setting · Concentrate and focus better · Are happier and more satisfied with life · Show more self-confidence · Suffer less from stress and anxiety · Perform better in all areas of life Reward Yourself When you have accomplished a goal, you have to take the time to enjoy the satisfaction of having done so. Absorb the implications of the goal accomplishment, and observe the growth you have made towards accomplishing other goals. You should reward yourself appropriately, if the goal was an important one. Think of the goal like this, why would you prefer to ignore any achievements that you have made? In doing that, you are minimizing the importance of your achievement, which will induce you that it wasn’t that important in the first place. Summary: Goal setting can go wrong due to number of causes. When these things happen, it can be a great bit upsetting to the self esteem and can make the idea of setting any no more new goals. Let’s discuss about the tips and techniques in achieving your goals without failure. "
Posted by mantra on Wednesday, June 21 @ 16:04:10 GMT (366 reads)
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Adverts: New Generation of Diagnostic Imaging Agents Raising Expectations and Expanding A
EducationAnonymous writes "(Amherst, NH) – A new generation of imaging agents that can target specific organs and even specific molecules is poised to play the role of midwife to the birth of a new level of disease detection and metabolic eavesdropping. The ability of this new generation of contrast agents to detect metabolic changes at the molecular level has significant potential for improving visualization and quality of care.

Targetable and activatable imaging agents are gaining interest for a wide range of diagnostic applications that include cardiology, neurology and soft tissue tumor detection. From amyloid plaques and soft tissue tumors to myocardial perfusion and therapeutic nuclear medicine, the ability of noninvasive diagnostics to detect pathologies, monitor therapeutic outcomes, guide interventional procedures and play an active role in disease therapies is positioned to increase dramatically.

Targeted and activatable imaging agents offer a unique capability to generate unambiguous images by exploiting specific molecular targets, pathways or cellular processes. This new wave of imaging agents signals a paradigm shift in which the reagents take on new importance in corporate business models alongside system hardware in revenue projections and product line ROI.

These findings are contained in a new and comprehensive report. Diagnostic Imaging Agents: The Next Generation. The report contains in-depth analysis of the science, technology, and market participants that are shaping the future of diagnostic imaging.

More information is available at

http://www.greystoneassociates.org

About Greystone

Greystone Associates is a medical and healthcare technology consulting firm providing services in strategic planning, venture development, product commercialization, and technology assessment.
Contact:

Mark Smith
Voice: 603-595-4340
Fax: 603-804-0466
www.greystoneassociates.org
Source: Greystone Associates

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Posted by mantra on Wednesday, June 21 @ 15:58:54 GMT (414 reads)
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Adverts: Understanding Fats and carbohydrates and their role in a healthy diet
EducationAnonymous writes "In recent times it would give the impression that fats and carbohydrates have both gotten a bad rap. First it was fat that was the culprit in all dietary ills, and low fat diets were all the rage. Then the two switched places, with carbohydrates being the bad guys and fat reigning supreme.

Both fats and carbohydrates play an important role in nutrition, and both are vital to a healthy diet. It would be impossible and unwise to remove all fat from the diet, since fat is important for the production of energy, and for carrying valuable fat soluble vitamins like vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin K, throughout the body. In addition, fat plays a very important role in regulating various bodily functions.

Even though some fat is essential to a healthy body, too much fat can be harmful. Excessive levels of dietary fats have been implicated in heart disease, stroke, high cholesterol levels and even some cancers. Most nutritionists suggest limiting daily fat intake to less than 20% of calories, although taking that level lower than 10% is not recommended.

The type and amount of fat in the diet makes all the difference. A diet high in saturated fats, trans fats and cholesterol has been associated with a variety of ills, including heart disease, stroke and other related diseases. In addition, many long-term chronic problems, such as obesity, are associated with high levels of dietary fats.

Food labels do make the complex process of choosing the right fats somewhat easier. For instance, trans fats will be listed on the ingredient list of foods that include them. In general, trans fats are found mainly in processed foods. When limiting your daily intake of fat and cholesterol, it is good to have an understanding of nutritional labels. This government mandated labels could be a huge help to those who take the time to read and be aware of them.

Carbohydrates are an important part of a healthy diet as well, and carbs are necessary for providing energy and many vital nutrients. Carbohydrates are found in fruits and vegetables, in grains and in milk and dairy products. It is important to choose carbohydrates carefully, however, since not all are equally healthy.

Keeping saturated fats and trans fats to a minimum is important to a healthy diet. Trans fats, which are solid at room temperature, are most often found in highly processed foods like cookies, cakes and other baked goods. In addition, trans fats are often found in fried foods and in salty snacks like potato chips. While these foods are fine in moderation, it is best to avoid large quantities of such snacks.

As with many products, less is often more when it comes to choosing foods rich in carbohydrates. For example, less refined whole grain bread is generally more nutritious than white bread, which has gone through a greater amount of refining. That is because the refining process tends to decrease nutrient content over time.

Of course, there are some elements in the diet that should be limited. Two of these elements are sugar and salt. Most Americans consume too much salt and sugar, and this has led to epidemics of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other ills. Limiting sugar and salt, while choosing good fats and unrefined carbohydrates, is a great way to make the most of the nutritional value of the foods you eat.

There's a lot to understand about Fats and carbohydrates. We were able to provide you with some of the facts above, but there is still plenty more to write about in subsequent articles.


About the author:
Nishanth Reddy, is an author and publisher of many health related websites. For more information on how to choose healthy diet visit http://www.weightloss-diettips.com/healthydiet/ "
Posted by mantra on Wednesday, June 21 @ 15:56:06 GMT (451 reads)
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Adverts: Pediatric Drug Delivery No Longer an Afterthought
EducationAnonymous writes "Greystone Associates Finds Growth of Drugs Targeted for Childhood Diseases is Driving Advances in Pediatric Drug Delivery

(Amherst, NH) – Recent recognition and industry acceptance of the unique therapeutic needs of pediatric patients has led to regulatory activity and development programs that are re-defining the market for pediatric drugs. The result has been a push by developers and formulators emphasizing the creation of formulations engineered and packaged specifically for children to meet the needs of pediatric patient populations.

The pediatric sector will be one of the fastest growing drug markets over the next ten years. Several factors are driving the growth of the pediatric drug sector. By circumventing the normal clinical trial and regulatory approval process, off-label prescribing and extemporaneous formulations add risk to pediatric prescribing. The growing availability of drugs targeted for childhood illnesses is focusing efforts on child-friendly delivery methods. To encourage drug developers to perform clinical testing in pediatric age groups for drugs anticipated to be used for children, the FDA has published special rules and guidance that include incentives. The European Commission adopted similar regulations in 2005.

“To meet the challenge of pediatric therapeutics, unique formulations and improved delivery methods will be essential,” explains George Perros, Greystone Associates Managing Director. “We are forecasting rapid growth in this sector, with specialized pediatric delivery products representing more than one-third of all pediatric prescriptions by the end of the decade.”

These findings are contained in a new and comprehensive report - Pediatric Drug Delivery: New Formulations, New Opportunities. The report analyzes the key factors and market forces that are shaping this evolving market segment.

More information is available at www.greystoneassociates.org

About Greystone

Greystone Associates is a medical and healthcare technology consulting firm providing services in strategic planning, venture development, product commercialization, and technology assessment.

Contact:

Mark Smith
Voice: 603-595-4340
Fax: 603-804-0466
www.greystoneassociates.org
Source: Greystone Associates

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Posted by mantra on Wednesday, March 15 @ 14:30:53 GMT (441 reads)
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Adverts: EMR Experts add A.I.med EMR & PM Software to product line
EducationAnonymous writes "SAN DIEGO, CA, October 30th, 2005 – EMR Experts a leading provider of Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management Software announced today that they have teamed up with Acrendo Medical Software to further expand their medical software product base. EMR Experts will be distributing Acrendo Medical Software’s A.I.med - Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management Software, A.I.dialer - Automatic Patient Appointment Reminder System, A.I.fax - Electronic Faxing module for EMR Software. We plan on working closely with Acrendo to offer quality support and service to our clients while offering superior sales service. We chose Acrendo Medical Software because of their great track record in retaining clients and their dedication to research and development. We feel that A.I.med is a unique program in that it meets the needs of today’s small medical office by being affordable and easy-to-use. This addition to our product line will help meet the growing demand for low-cost EMR solutions and will compliment our existing product line. A.I.med is a Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management software programmed using the Filemaker engine. A.I.med can operate in both Windows and Macintosh environments. Because it is programmed in Filemaker, A.I.med can be easily customized in real-time. This is especially helpful for EMR templates, where doctors often need their SOAP note templates customized. A.I.med also supports the ability to manage patient documents via it’s electronic document management system. A.I.med is a Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management software programmed using the Filemaker engine. A.I.med can operate in both Windows and Macintosh environments. Because it is programmed in Filemaker, A.I.med can be easily customized in real-time. This is especially helpful for EMR templates, where doctors often need their SOAP note templates customized. A.I.med also supports the ability to manage patient documents via it’s electronic document management system. Acrendo Medical Software is a leading distributor of practice management and electronic medical record software to the healthcare industry. Located in San Diego, Acrendo Medical Software boasts a 100% client retention rate and 7 years of providing quality products to the healthcare industry. For more information on Acrendo Medical Software, visit www.acrendo.com EMR Experts is a medical software sales and consulting firm specializing in Electronic Medical Record and Medical Billing Software. They offer software for medical offices of all sizes and specialties. For more information on EMR Experts, visit www.emrexperts.com"
Posted by mantra on Wednesday, March 15 @ 14:29:52 GMT (520 reads)
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