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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It is no secret: the United States is in dire need of more nurses. Although colleges are doing their best to recruit new nurses, current figures indicate that we are still going to see a national shortage over the next several years unless the number of nurses-in-training grows dramatically. Although it is no secret that [...]
