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	<title>Top Colleges Blog &#187; Medical</title>
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		<title>WebMD Founder Launching New and Improved Version of the Site</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/18/improved-webmd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/18/improved-webmd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Arnold]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you one of the millions of people who rely upon WebMD to help you learn your about illnesses that you are suffering from? If so, you will be happy to learn that the founder of WebMD, Jeff Arnold, is planning to launch a new and improved version of the Website, which will be known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Top Careers Choices in Health Care</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/16/10-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/16/10-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Options]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Services Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even during the current economic downturn, job experts point to the health care industry as the employment mother lode, offering careers with solid incomes and long-term promise.  With over 500K jobs added in this sector since the start of the recession, it is hard to disagree.  However, some recent findings from the U.S. Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Dental Assisting and Medical Assisting Degrees</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/10/online-dental-assisting-and-medical-assisting-degrees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/10/online-dental-assisting-and-medical-assisting-degrees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online College Degrees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have an interest in the medical field, but you don&#8217;t want to spend several years in college, you might want to consider pursuing an online dental assisting degree or a medical assisting degree. Obtaining an online dental assisting and medical assisting degree typically takes less than two years. Yet, you can enjoy a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Careers in Healthcare without Blood &amp; Needles</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/12/careers-without-blood-and-needles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/12/careers-without-blood-and-needles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Options]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=38371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radiation Therapists Help Cure Cancer!</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/09/radiation-technician/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/09/radiation-technician/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“White Cap Wearer?” Try Medical Professional</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/07/medical-professional/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/07/medical-professional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Follow the links for more information on nursing and healthcare professionals!
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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Aren&#8217;t Your Medical Records On E-File?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/01/medical-filing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/01/medical-filing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama&#8217;s $5 Billion Grant Expected to Create Jobs in Healthcare</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/01/healthcare-grant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/01/healthcare-grant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Healthcare Growing in Popularity</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/09/23/natural-healthcare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/09/23/natural-healthcare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Options]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Students Learn the Ropes with Summer Program</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/09/17/medical-students-learn-the-ropes-with-summer-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/09/17/medical-students-learn-the-ropes-with-summer-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary care physicians]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=30341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s health care system. Apparently, the students did some job shadowing over the summer and learned many of the things that they don&#8217;t teach you in medical school &#8211; such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read President Obama&#8217;s Health Care Speech</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/09/10/obama-health-care-transcript/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/09/10/obama-health-care-transcript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the full transcript of President Obama&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine Flu Strikes College Campus in the Thousands</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/09/08/swine-flu-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/09/08/swine-flu-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=28661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thought swine flu was gone?  It’s not!  And this time the infamous influenza A (H1N1) virus has struck the Washington State University campus.  Although swine flu has not received any media coverage lately, WSU reported the largest outbreak of the influenza A (H1N1) virus on a US college campus with 2000 cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universal Health Care, Small Businesses and Growing Job Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/09/07/universal-health-care-small-businesses-and-growing-job-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/09/07/universal-health-care-small-businesses-and-growing-job-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Universal Health Care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report published by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (C.E.P.R.) maintains that nations who offer universal health care programs also enjoy a higher share of small business employment as well as self-employment. According to a blog posting found on the New York Times website, however, the report fails to take into account [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children in Phys. Ed Classes Get Injured 150% More than Before</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/08/25/children-in-phys-ed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/08/25/children-in-phys-ed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the old complaint about America’s youth may be ringing true.  “You spend too much time playing video games and not enough time playing sports, getting exercise, and being social with children your age.”  Well, according to a new study, there has been a 150% increase in injuries during physical education [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Assistant Degree – Become a Medical Assistant</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/08/17/medical-assistant-degree/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/08/17/medical-assistant-degree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Options]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Preparation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allied health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[associate's degree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[certificate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diploma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education and Training
In order to earn a medical assistant degree, you will need to complete coursework in areas such as anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology, as well as typing, transcription, record keeping, accounting, and insurance processing. Students also study laboratory techniques, clinical and diagnostic procedures, pharmaceutical principles, administration of medications, first aid, office practices, patient [...]]]></description>
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