Monday, February 16, 2009

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Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention (AP)
February 15, 2009 at 8:48 pm

Yaima Milian, right, who is in a nursing residency program, uses a stethoscope to check on patient Marta Gonzalez  Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 at Baptist Health of South Florida in Miami. More hospitals are investing in longer, more thorough residencies. These can cost roughly $5,000 per resident. But the cost of recruiting and training a replacement for a nurse who washed out is about $50,000, personnel experts estimate. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Newly minted nurse Katie O'Bryan was determined to stay at her first job at least a year, even if she did leave the hospital every day wanting to quit.


Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention (AP)
February 15, 2009 at 12:29 pm

AP - Newly minted nurse Katie O'Bryan was determined to stay at her first job at least a year, even if she did leave the hospital every day wanting to quit.

Decoy molecules drive cancer cells to suicide: study (AFP)
February 15, 2009 at 12:28 pm

This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. French specialists on Sunday unveiled a new weapon against cancer -- a molecular AFP - French specialists on Sunday unveiled a new weapon against cancer -- a molecular "decoy" that mimicks DNA damage and prompts cancerous cells to kill themselves.


China launches campaign to break sex taboos (Reuters)
February 15, 2009 at 12:18 pm

Reuters - China on Sunday launched a national sex education campaign aimed at breaking traditional taboos and getting more people to seek treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and infertility.


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Ditch your diet excuses
February 15, 2009 at 7:45 pm

We're all guilty of coming up with excuses about why we can't possibly


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Her fiance needed a kidney; she donated hers
February 15, 2009 at 5:13 pm

From songs to poems to sayings on the side of coffee cups, everyone tries to define love in words.