Recent Articles
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Club Sport Carrera stays forever true to Porsche’s heritage
Sydney Scrogham Transportation Technology & AutomotiveFor many Porsche owners, buying and selling a car is a business investment as well as a reflection of personal taste. When it comes time to sell your beloved car, your justifying statement may sound like, "I'll find another one."
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Allowing stress to be your friend
Jessica Taylor Mental HealthcareStress. It's a simple word with a lot of impact. But what people don't know is stress can actually make you healthy — if you change your views on it. Most people believe stress is bad for you, which actually can lead to an increased risk of premature death, according to a 2012 study in Health Psychology. That's right. Just believing stress is bad for you increased the risk of early death.
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Could uterus transplant be the next fertility treatment?
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareTransplant medicine has come a long way — from the first attempts of wartime field surgeons attempting skin grafts to the first successful kidney transplant between two twins in Boston in 1954. It has been an amazing journey of evolution of medicine.
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A free way to increase foot traffic the Saturday after Black Friday
Paul Zukowski RetailAs an independent local business selling to consumers, you need to look for every edge you can find. So when I tell you that a major credit card company is spending millions to help promote local small businesses, you've got to at least be a little curious about how it works and what's in it for you.
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Education groups making sure ESEA reauthorization doesn’t get left…
Bambi Majumdar EducationNational education organizations have launched an intensive social media and digital ad campaign to push Congress to act on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Their pointed message stresses creating opportunity for all students, despite their locations — legislation that has already seen much development and simply needs that final push towards the revised law.
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Be a true leader: Serve the community this Thanksgiving
Kelly Sharp Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementEvery business has a story. The story of where the idea started, how it got off the ground or that moment where you almost threw in the towel. It all began with a dream only you could envision, but needed assistance to grow. Whether through financial or emotional support, your community is an essential player in any great business.
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Home infusion therapy market to expand exponentially by 2020
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareSeems everything related to the home healthcare market currently is hugely popular, and the trend continues. A perfect example is the home infusion market, of all things. What exactly is the home infusion market? The simple answer is that home infusion therapy refers to intravenous at-home administration of medicines into the patient's body through a needle and catheter.
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A closer look at the latest treatments for frozen shoulder
Heidi Dawson Medical & Allied HealthcareAdhesive capsulitis (more commonly known as "frozen shoulder") is a condition causing initial pain followed by increasing stiffness and eventual severe restrictions to motion at the shoulder joint. The aetiology of the condition is unknown, although it does appear more often in individuals over 45 years of age, with females at an increased risk.
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Police chiefs want stricter background checks for guns
Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThe gun debate in the U.S. may never end, but opinion polls show most Americans — as well as police chiefs across the country — want stricter gun laws. In a recent move, an alliance of organizations representing police chiefs and executives released a unilateral statement proclaiming they would strongly support universal background checks for firearms purchases.
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Anti-heartburn medications may increase risk of death for hospital patients
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareAntacids are used commonly for symptoms such as heartburn, abdominal pain and nausea resulting from a number of conditions, such as inflammation or acid-peptic ulcers of the esophagus (esophagitis), stomach (gastritis) and duodenum (duodenitis). In almost any hospital in the United States, about half of the patients have a prescription for an acid-reducing drug to reduce heartburn or prevent bleeding in their stomach and gut.