A new perspective on domestic violence from the children's eyes

Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 10:23 AM EDT (Makers of Memories)

The effects of domestic violence on children is greater than anticipated. Makers of Memories continues to help raise awareness on domestic violence and commission studies to find out more information on its devastating effects.

education, domestic-violence, makers-of-memories, domestic-violence-statistics

Live witness account of Bin Laden's last moments

Seeded on Mon May 2, 2011 10:47 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

With his tweets, 33-year-old Sohaib Athar (@ReallyVirtual), who moved to Abbottabad to escape the big city,inadvertently recorded the end of a worldwide manhunt for the man held responsible for orchestrating the September 11, 2001 attacks.

world-news, bin-laden-killed, obama-bin-lade

Medical Collage | 5 solutions to alarm fatigue in todays hospitals

Seeded on Thu Apr 7, 2011 9:49 AM EDT (The Chicago Tribune)

We know the problem. It's time someone started talking about the solution to alarm fatigue in today's hospitals.

health, false-alarm, alarm-fatigue, hospital-alarm-fatigue, frequent-monitor-beeping, desensitized-nurses

Makers of Memories - Domestic Violence Charity

Seeded on Tue Apr 5, 2011 4:40 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The mission of the Makers of Memories Foundation is to bring positive, transformational change to children who experience domestic violence.

charity, education, domestic-violence, domestic-violence-charity

The medical impact of the earthquake in Japan | Medical Noise

Seeded on Tue Apr 5, 2011 4:35 PM EDT (Medical Noise)

health, boston-scientific, medical-news, japan-earthquake, earthquake-radiation

Free Grants available for children's medical expenses

Seeded on Tue Apr 5, 2011 4:33 PM EDT (The St Louis Post Dispatch)

UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation is now allowing grants up to $5K for children with medical expense needs that qualitfy financially.

health, medical, unitedhealthcare, childrens-medical-grants, free-childrens-medical-grants

Will you have enough room to 'Kinect' with your Xbox 360?

Seeded on Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:57 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

It seems that the new xbox 360 Kinect accessory will require at least 6 feet between it and the person using it (per Amazon description).

technology, xbox-360, kinect, amazon-kinect, xbox-360-accessory

Why should your doctor take good notes?

Seeded on Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:46 PM EDT (Food Consumer)

The question of whether patients should have unlimited access to their medical charts and doctor's notes.

insurance, health, accountability-act, harvard-medical-school, medical-transcriptionist, us-department, electronic-medical-records, health-insurance-portability-and-accountability-act, hipaaprivacy-rule

Officials consider cost cuts and new fees for Van Nuys Airport - Los Angeles Times

Seeded on Tue May 5, 2009 3:30 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

The airport agency, looking for ways to trim a projected $9-million deficit, is considering renewing landing fees, reducing staff and charging tenants a 'debt recovery' fee. WIl this end up killing Van Nuys airport or help the LAX make it through this economic hard time?

travel, airport, airplane, helicopter, recession, van-nuys

Deck Builders rejoice - World's First Semi-Automatic Hidden Deck Fastener Installation Gun

Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:00 PM EDT

Tiger Claw announced earlier this week the general availability of a new semi-automatic installation tool that dramatically reduces the already-quick installation of Tiger Claw's hidden deck fasteners.

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home-improvement, home-garden, tiger-claw, hidden-deck-fastners

Man sues for not closing chest properly after heart surgery

Seeded on Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:12 PM EDT (The Arkansas Democrat Gazette)

William E. Black, 63, claims that Dr. John B. Weiss failed to properly close his chest incision on Nov. 3, 2006, when he performed aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery on him.

lawsuit, health, hospital, heart-surgery, malpractice