We’ve all heard the phrase that “nurses eat their young” and unfortunately many of us have experienced it as well. I remember as a new nurse, I was so excited to try out my new skills on my very first assignment of patients, making sure that they all ...
Posted Sunday, December 12th 2010 at 9:21PM
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Working with a difficult colleague is tough enough – but when the colleague is a physician, it can be all that much harder. For the most part, doctors are great colleagues, and when doctors and nurses work well as a team, the best of care can result ...
Posted Sunday, December 12th 2010 at 9:02PM
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I used to feel an inner struggle whenever I’d hum or sing the famous Beatles’ song “Let It Be.” I loved the tune, and I really liked the general message of the song . . . except for that darn, pesky line about “mother Mary” coming and urging the song ...
Posted Sunday, December 12th 2010 at 7:32PM
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Family and friends of Elizabeth Edwards recalled her Saturday as an idealistic law student who challenged professors, a political sage who offered advice at every turn and a matriarch who comforted her family even as she was dying of ...
Posted Saturday, December 11th 2010 at 9:40PM
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AP - Every day for two years, he carried the toxic burden of a name that meant fraud to the world. On Saturday, the eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself in his Manhattan apartment, another casualty in the saga that sent his ...
Posted Saturday, December 11th 2010 at 9:35PM
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Actor Wesley Snipes recently reported to prison for 36 months after committing the infamous crime of failing to file his personal and business tax returns for nearly 10 years. Before being sentenced, he pleaded with the courts and the media for sympa ...
Posted Saturday, December 11th 2010 at 9:24PM
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Enjoy your stylist at your favorite Black salon! According to the Washington Post, your stylist -- and your salon -- might not be around much longer. Sure, the recession is making it hard for African-American-owned salons to prosper, but there's anot ...
Posted Friday, December 10th 2010 at 6:49PM
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It's been two years and two Grammy nominations since Eric Benet's last album. Check out his latest, "Lost in Time," in its entirety before it hits stores next week, on November 30th. Just in time to heat up the cold winter with a sexy soundtrack... e ...
Posted Friday, December 10th 2010 at 5:01PM
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A needle exchange program assumes that people who are by definition irresponsible are, all of a sudden, going to be responsible.
As a rule, I tend to like documentaries. I even like "The Other City," which is currently being aired intermittently on ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 10:28PM
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Ahhh, the holidays. For many, Christmas equals a full calendar of holiday parties, endless shopping and running from store to store trying desperately to get that one last gift. The hustle and bustle of the season can leave anyone exhausted, broke an ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 10:21PM
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(BlackNews.com) -- "'Jesus worship' is equivalent to 'white male worship,' and it is detrimental to the mental and emotional health of black people and emasculating and devaluing to black manhood," argues Dr. Christopher C. Bell Jr. in his book, The ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 9:58PM
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Actor Wesley Snipes began serving a three-year sentence at a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Thursday for failing to file income tax returns. Snipes, 48, arrived shortly before noon at the Federal Correctional Institution McKean in the tiny northw ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 5:39PM
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•What is the pancreas?
The pancreas is a spongy, tube-shaped organ about 6 inches long. It is located in the back of the abdomen, behind the stomach. The head of the pancreas is on the right side of the abdomen. It is connected to the duodenum, the ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 4:59PM
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Family members confirmed the news to The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News...
News reports confirmed Wednesday that singer Aretha Franklin has pancreatic cancer.
Earlier in the day, family members confirmed to The Detroit Free Press and The ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 3:28PM
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LONDON — In a campaign that had some declaring the start of a “cyberwar,” hundreds of Internet activists mounted retaliatory attacks on Wednesday on the Web sites of multinational companies and other organizations they deemed hostile to the WikiLeaks ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 6:10AM
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The United States believes that China has "no morals" in its dealings with Africa, according to an assessment in a leaked diplomatic cable. The cable quotes Johnnie Carson, the US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, describing China as ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 5:38AM
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The world of WikiLeaks: WikiLeaks is the name of probably the world's most famous whistleblowing website. But such is the size and force of what it is doing these days, that it is becoming much more than that. It has triggered a huge debate over wha ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 5:04AM
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Michelle and I were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Elizabeth Edwards. This afternoon I spoke to Cate Edwards and John Edwards, and offered our family's condolences. I came to know and admire Elizabeth over the course of the presidential c ...
Posted Wednesday, December 8th 2010 at 6:01PM
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Yes. Even though the 2009 pandemic is over, the H1N1 flu (swine flu) virus is still around. In any given flu season, several different types of flu viruses may be making people sick. Last year, nearly all the flu cases were caused by H1N1 flu (swine ...
Posted Wednesday, December 8th 2010 at 5:24PM
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It’s ironic that just as we’ve reached the age when we truly understand that money can’t buy happiness, we try to bring joy to the kids in our lives by lavishing them with gifts. There’s nothing inherently wrong with this — spoiling the grandkids can ...
Posted Wednesday, December 8th 2010 at 4:46PM
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> Three guys were fishing on a lake one day, when Jesus walked
> across the water and joined them in the boat. When the three
> astonished men had settled down enough to speak, the first guy
> asked humbly, "Jesus, I've suffered from back pain eve ...
Posted Wednesday, December 8th 2010 at 3:20PM
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Wesley Snipes is due to turn himself in and start serving his three year jail sentence in two days, but he isn’t ready to give up just yet. He told Larry King tonight that he is holding out for a miracle.
What Wesley could have used several years ...
Posted Wednesday, December 8th 2010 at 2:00AM
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After three weeks of negotiating with the Israeli government,
the Obama administration has given up its effort to persuade
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to renew an expired freeze
on the construction of Jewish settlements, two senior
official ...
Posted Wednesday, December 8th 2010 at 1:39AM
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December 2, 2010 -- The recession has finally caught up to nursing, the so-called "recession-proof" job. But experts say the demand for nurses won't be slowed for long. Evidence of the now-lagging nursing job market is anecdotal and inconsistent; no ...
Posted Wednesday, December 8th 2010 at 1:25AM
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