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Develop attainable business resolutions to resonate year-round
Ellyn Caruso Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAs the calendar year draws to a close, it's beneficial to establish goals and set in motion a series of attainable business resolutions as we leap into 2015. Resolutions are typically lists loaded with specifics that quickly fall off the radar.
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Coming clean: Homeowners choosing shower over tub
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesAre they in or are they out? By some accounts, homeowners are done with bathtubs. Others say the bathtub is making a comeback. Although a case can be made for both trends, the shower is the washing environment of choice for the majority of Americans.
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Magnet schools lead the list of top US public schools
Bambi Majumdar EducationDespite plenty of criticism in recent years, public schools across the U.S. have proven their mettle. Last month, school data site Niche listed the 100 best public high schools from more than 100,000 schools in America.
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What’s behind high generic drug prices?
Mike Wokasch PharmaceuticalSkyrocketing generic drug prices have gotten the attention of patients, insurance companies, healthcare providers and the media. So much so that it prompted a congressional hearing during which Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) cited federal records that suggest prices for more than 1,200 generic medications increased an average of 448 percent between July 2013 and July 2014.
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Triggers that sabotage weight-loss efforts: Circumstantial triggers
Annette Radvansky Sports & FitnessHow do you react to sudden, unexpected events in your life? For some individuals, these events — whether good or bad — can trigger an impulse in us to eat. A trigger is any person, place, thing, situation or food that has a tendency to cause one to overeat.
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Look out, hotels: Airbnb means business
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementIn July, Airbnb announced its formal foray into the business travel industry by signing a partnership with Concur. The company looked at the big data and saw how business travel could be a lucrative source of revenue. Airbnb designed a portal specifically for this purpose, making it easier and more tempting for businesses to book rooms through them.
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Why are pharmacists not reporting adverse drug events?
Jennifer S. O'Reilly PharmaceuticalReporting an adverse drug reaction helps the pharmacist, the drug company that manufactures the drug, and the patient. When pharmacists do not report these events, it can hamper issues of medication errors and do the patient more harm than good.
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6 steps to patient leadership
Betty Boyd Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementLeadership is many things to many people, but is patience one of those attributes? How does a leader in an organization show patience to its workforce? Here are six steps toward being a more patient leader.
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The shale revolution and the American dream
Lucy Wallwork Natural ResourcesLast week Americans sat down to celebrate Thanksgiving, an homage to core American values — of which personal freedom is one of the foremost. As some European countries rush to emulate what the U.S. "shale revolution" has achieved, I suggest that it is the very foundations of America that allowed it to happen at all. Even if the geology is right, those foundations will not be easily imitated in other parts of the world.
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The nursing job outlook for 2015
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareWith 2015 poised to begin, economic forecasts for the new year are beginning to make themselves known, and the employment outlook in healthcare is a crucial aspect of those prognostications. A recent report from CareerBuilder.com places the position of registered nurse as having the third-best employment outlook of the site's top 10 chosen occupations.