Medical school applications drop nationwide, study says

Originally published in Orientation 1999 The number of students applying to medical schools throughout the country fell almost to 5 percent during the 1998 school year, according to a study released this week by the Journal of American MEdical Association (JAMA). The number of students applying to Boston University Medical School mirrored the national drop of 4.7 percent. At BU Medical School, the number of applications fell from 10,026 in 1998 to 9,898 this year, said BUMS spokesman Robert Brogna. Continue reading

MN Faces Looming Workforce Crisis for Long-Term Home Health Care

Updated: 04/25/2013 11:23 PM Created: 04/25/2013 10:13 PM KSTP.com | Print| Email By: Scott Theisen Minnesota is facing a looming workforce crisis when it comes to long-term home health care. Continue reading

Health Care Reform Is Prompting Changes In Employee Benefits

NEWARK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– As brokers and employers get ready to meet the benefits challenges posed by health care reform, many American workers have concerns about how the reforms will affect their worksite benefits. According to Health Care Reform: The Waiting Is Over, the third in a series of research briefs based on The Prudential Insurance Company of Americas (Prudentials) Seventh Annual Study of Employee Benefits:Today & Beyond, nearly half (46%) of employees believe it is likely that the cost of health insurance will increase overall and nearly a third (31%) say its likely that fewer employers will offer health insurance coverage. Brokers and employers both anticipate consequences from health care reform, with brokers expecting a larger impact Continue reading

Another View How Medicare’s low prices drive up health care costs

Steven Brill’s recent Time magazine cover story, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,” is an extraordinarily well-reported look at medical pricing, demonstrating that high health-care prices have little relationship to underlying cost. For many commentators, the much lower prices paid by Medicare suggest an obvious solution to our health-care problems – “Medicare for all.” There’s only one problem with this “obvious” solution: Medicare has been a primary driver of the explosion of health-care costs in the United States despite – and perhaps because of – the low prices it pays Continue reading

US Virgin Islands bans smoking at protected beaches

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Virgin Islands – The U.S. Virgin Islands has banned smoking at all beaches inside its national park system. The smoking ban covers cigars and pipes as well as cigarettes and is enforced from within 50 feet (15 metres) of the shoreline Continue reading

Health Care M&A Spending Falls Nearly 40% in 2012, Lowest Year on Record since 2003, According to Irving Levin …

NORWALK, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In 2012, dealmakers committed $143.3 billion to finance the years activity in the health care merger, acquisition and takeover market. Continue reading

NASA Finds 461 Alien Planet Candidates, Some Possibly Habitable

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has detected 461 new potential alien planets, including four worlds slightly larger than Earth that may be capable of supporting life as we know it. The 461 newfound candidate exoplanets, which were announced today (Jan. Continue reading

UC Riverside Medical School pushing for local students

The UC Riverside Medical School has another $5 million to help it reach its goal of increasing the number of doctors in the Coachella Valley, but is still lacking home-grown applicants. Continue reading

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Tags for the children as they go missing on beaches An increase in the number of children going missing on beaches in Port Elizabeth over the festive season has seen the return of a wristband tagging system..Last year during the festive season 43 children had to be re-united with their parents in Port Elizabeth. Statistics show that during this period the coastal areas account for 60 percent of missing children.From:sabcdigitalnewsViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:58More inNews Politics Continue reading

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Professor of Nanotechnology Djuro Koruga says water is beautiful and sublime, like the number e – Video




Professor of Nanotechnology Djuro Koruga says water is beautiful and sublime, like the number e Djuro Koruga talks in advance of the Colours of Water festival, March 2013 www.i-sis.org.ukFrom:InstScienceInSocietyViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:08More inScience Technology Continue reading