MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'expansion'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:42:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159207&cid=t_221987_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F20%2Fthree-is-a-crowd%2F “Three is a crowd,” my husband told me when I shyly brought up the question of whether we should have more children. Maybe it was the complicated nature of the question or just the wrong timing (dinner), but we managed to get into a long discussion that culminated in an argument. An hour overdue, banana bread in the oven interrupted us with its burnt smell. I don’t even know if I want to have more children, but I have been plagued by the question the last few months. We have two. They are at the age where I can forget about buying mountains of diapers, carrying ten pounds of baby paraphernalia anywhere I go and performing the never-ending gymnastics of helping my kids with every move they make. I am finally becoming just a tad more relaxed, relearning the joy of adult company, uninte... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159207 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:51:49 +0100 5159207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5140260&cid=t_221987_147_f&fid=39273&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2F6Fdlt3GpqZg%2Fepharma-west-technology-and-future-of.html Opening Address at ePharma Summit West Bob Harrell, Director of Integrated Marketing, Shire Pharmaceuticals Exponential Technologies partnered with IT technologies are following an exponential trend. They work together to further advance each other. The Five Types: 1. Info Tech: Chip capacity has exponentially increased in price performance and sized since the 1960s. 2. Robots/Artificial Intelligence: Extends our capabilities with intelligence built in. 3. 3D Printing: Printing physical objects, a game changer in manufacturing. 4. Nanotechnology 5. Genomics: Genome sequencing has been exponentially increasing in capability while exponential decreasing in time and cost. Personal DNA sequencing is on the way, becoming available to the public. Accelerating Technologies and Our Radical Futu... ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5140260 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:00:00 +0100 5140260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4794896&cid=t_221987_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F06%2Fthe-greek-miracle-how-ancient-greek-philosophy-can-save-you-or-at-least-improve-your-life%2F Former nightclub owner Nicholas Kardaras died ten years ago. That’s right. For a few minutes his pulse was flat. Then he “pulled a Lazarus” as he describes it. He was revived and clung to life for a bit with the help of a respirator. When he finally emerged from his coma, he was a changed man. Plato, Pythagoras, and the other ancient Greeks saved him. That’s what he says in his new book, How Plato and Pythagoras Can Save Your Life. A drug addict living the glamorous life, rubbing elbows with the likes of John F. Kennedy, Jr., Tom Cruise, and Brooke Shields, he decided to turn all of his time and energy toward ancient Greek philosophy? Why? Kardaras writes: After my post-coma resurrection, I was desperate to better understand the universe and my purpose within it; I guess that a ne... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4794896 Fri, 06 May 2011 17:45:18 +0100 4794896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3742285&cid=t_221987_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F10%2Fptsd-benefits-now-easier-to-get-through-va%2F Good news for veterans — the U.S. Veterans Administration is easing rules in order to qualify for benefits related to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Under the new rules to be introduced as early as next week, soldiers will no longer have to show documentation that they directly experienced or were witness to a “traumatic event” — like a firefight, a bomb blast, or the death of a friend in combat. Getting supporting documentation has sometimes been a frustrating and challenging experience for soldiers. War zones aren’t always known for keeping the best paper records, and not every action or firefight is well-documented. According to The New York Times’ article, “Under the new rule, which applies to veterans of all wars, the department will ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3742285 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:10:41 +0100 3742285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710552&cid=t_221987_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FjXGXhpOQoYs%2F By Tad DeHavenThe 1990s were a decade of rapid private sector expansion and federal government restraint. The 2000s are a decade of government expansion at all levels and private sector retrenchment. From 1990 to 2000, private sector employment soared 21 percent. Then, remarkably, private sector employment actually fell during the 2000s and was 3 percent lower in 2010 than it was in 2000. The chart shows the changes in government employment in these time periods. (Note: Numbers are for January of each year for consistency and to avoid the inclusion of temporary federal decennial census workers that show up in later months.) Federal employment declined during the 1990s, when we mainly had Clinton in the White House and Republican control of Congress. However, federal employment increased u... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710552 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:16:36 +0100 3710552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585720&cid=t_221987_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fnever-miss-an-opportunity%2F If your practice is not doubling every ten years, you may have missed opportunities along the way.  How much have missed opportunities cost you?  Where would your practice be today if you had seized a few more opportunities over the last few years? Ken Runkle has uncovered 5 Rules related to the high cost of missed opportunities.  Learn them now and empower your practice to take advantage of opportunities for substantial growth today. Download the pdf here: MissedOpportunities Visit the Paragon Blog! (Source: dental blog for dentists about dentistry) dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585720 Fri, 21 May 2010 14:23:37 +0100 3585720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930959&cid=t_221987_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwnBLwpHHETs%2F How and when should the Fed unwind the enormous monetary expansion it undertook in response to the financial crisis and recession? The WSJ reports [$]: As the Federal Reserve’s next meeting approaches in early November, an internal debate is brewing about how and when to signal the possibility of interest-rate increases. The Fed has said since March that it will keep rates very low for an “extended period.” Long before it raises rates, however, it will need to change that public signal to financial markets. Because the recovery is so young and is expected to be so weak, many central bank officials are comfortable, for now, keeping rates very low. But they are beginning to strategize about how to walk away from the “extended period” language. My suggestion is t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930959 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:48:27 +0100 2930959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2634536&cid=t_221987_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Ftwo-sides-to-the-management-coin-investing-and-expanding-your-dental-practice%2F Investing in New Dental Technology, Practice Expansion, or a New Building Staff Viewpoint by Linda Miles – Doctor’s Viewpoint by Dr. Rhonda Savage During the life of a practice (30-40 years), keeping up to date with new equipment, technology and facility updates are all necessary investments that take time and money. In the past few years having a tax credit for equipment purchases has made it easier for dentists to make the decision that now is the time to make some of those purchases they have put off for a long time. Being technologically savvy is actually a marketing tool to patients who are also big on technology. One of the biggest mistakes dentists make is investing in computer software and hardware along with other pieces of equipment is NOT investing in the training for the en... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2634536 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:53:42 +0100 2634536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1452171&cid=t_221987_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D22 Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center are using natural killer cells from cord blood to kill human leukemia cells in rats.  Patrick Zweidler-McKay, MD, PhD has found a new method to expand the NK cells available in a cord blood unit while maintaining their leukemia treating effects.  One of the biggest areas of research today is the exploration of different methods of cell expansion with cord blood.  This will allow a patient to be treated with a single cord blood unit no matter how large.    If this treatment is proved successful in humans it will increase the types of leukemia patients that can be treated using cord blood. (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1452171 Mon, 19 May 2008 12:33:16 +0100 1452171