Jobs in the healthcare field offer great paychecks and great job security.  However you shouldn’t overlook a career in healthcare just because you can’t stand the sight of blood or needles.  There are numerous health care jobs that don’t deal with blood at all and many don’t even deal with patients at all.  Take a [...]

Medical science is chipping away at cancer.  Thanks to research breakthroughs, survival rates are up and forms of the disease that were once deadly are now curable.  Research has also given us important information about prevention, including the environmental and industrial hazards and life-style factors.  But it is the rare family who has not been [...]

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People are regularly enraged by the New York Times crossword. Seemingly unsolvable cryptic clues often infuriate but for Registered Nurse Theresa Brown, the crossword struck a more sensitive nerve. The clue: White Cap Wearer. The answer: Nurse. Theresa was appalled by this outdated and stereotypical [...]

If you work in an office, you probably know that filing is a thankless job. Many companies are now storing their files on electronic databases, making it much easier to find and access records. So, why isn’t the medical industry getting on board? It can be very frustrating for both doctors and patients to leaf [...]

Are you thinking about a job in the health care industry? If so, now is the best time to get involved! President Obama’s economic stimulus plan is to set to create thousands of jobs in the health industry, giving researchers billions of dollars to help fight life-threatening diseases.
President Obama said recently that scientific research is [...]

Americans are turning back to natural healing methods as the costs of traditional medicines continue to soar. After years of being ostracized by conventional medicine, natural healing methods have gained popularity with America’s over-drugged population. Natural healing  is defined as an eclectic form of alternative medicine which claims to build and restore health [...]

A group of medical students from the University of Washington experienced a real eye-opener this summer as they took a first-hand glimpse of our nation’s health care system. Apparently, the students did some job shadowing over the summer and learned many of the things that they don’t teach you in medical school – such as [...]

Below is the full transcript of President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 9, 2009, as released by the White House.
Read the speech below, or you can watch the whole video here to weigh in on this very important issue.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, and [...]