There are intractable long-term problems and then there's America's waistlines. And in particular there's the issue of childhood obesity. I shudder to think what we can do about it, and recently interviewed Alan Greene on the topic of changing eating habits for children. But earlier this week First Lady Michelle Obama kicked off a campaign to try to end childhood obesity within a generation. The campaign is called "Let's Move"
We've already covered how to launch a Facebook page, what to post, and how to advertise your social media pages. Today we're covering photo albums on Facebook.
Facebook photo albums are a great tool for showing off what you do best.
Right now, American health care information technology is undergoing two enormous leaps. First, it is moving onto Web-based and mobile platforms - which are less expensive and facilitate information exchange - and away from client-server enterprise-centric technologies, which are more expensive and have limited interoperability. In addition, more EHR development activity is headed into the cloud, driven by large consumer-based firms with the technological depth to take it there. Both these trends will facilitate greater openness, lower user cost, improved ease of use, and faster adoption of EHRs.
In a recent New England Journal, Peter Pronovost and I make the case for striking a new balance between “no blame” and accountability. Come on folks, it’s time.
At most hospitals, hand hygiene rates hover between 30-70%, and it’s a near-miracle when they top 80%. When I ask people how they’re working to improve their rates, the invariable answer is “we’re trying to fix the system.”
Now, don’t get me wrong. I believe that our focus on dysfunctional systems is responsible for much of our progress in safety and quality over the past decade. We now understand that most errors are committed by good, well-intentioned caregivers, and that shaming, suing, or shooting them can’t fix the fallibility of the human condition.
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The one on the left one protesting against the extension of health care to the uninsured at Sen Arlen Specter's townhall meeting? Or the one on the right--some of the 1500 un and underinsured queuing for 2 days for care in inner-city Los Angeles (both photos from NY Times)
According to stereotypes in our society, it is a man that should say «I love you». Can a woman confess her love first?
Whether we like it or not, but male and female roles are distributed quite strictly in our world. According to unwritten rules, ladies should not first report on their feelings. While sharp movements are needless.
1. Smile! Smile, so that he could feel - this smile is just for him. This method has a batter effect when you are in a big company. And especially if the object of your feelings is obviously not a «soul of society» in this situation.
Escaping from yourself is not so easy, but any person can escape from his bad mood, regardless of this very bad mood’s origins. Let’s examine 40 simple ways to overcome bad mood.
1. Lie down to sleep.
2. Go to a coffee club with a nice person to talk about the meaning of his life.
3. Write down the things you care about on a sheet of paper. Read this several times and burn.
4. Walk through the streets under the pouring rain without an umbrella. Enjoy ozone and romance.
Scientists reveal the most common misconceptions, the beautiful half of humanity is surrounded with. Interested?
1. Men have always been getters
There is an established submission: primeval men hunted mammoths, led lions out of caves, and women cared about children, cut skins, gathered berries, at best - edible roots. However, recently U.S. archeologists found: not men, but mostly women provided tribe’s sustenance - brought to 80 per cent of food. Namely: fruits of wild watermelons and melons, nuts, bird eggs. Yes, the stronger sex sometimes procured meat, but it took several days of hard hunting. Women fed congeners regularly.
Today the Lumosity team launched a couple of new features that mark the beginning of a more social Lumosity experience: Lumosity Friends and user profiles.
Now, you can see what your friends and family are doing on Lumosity and what their best cognitive attributes are. If they aren’t already on Lumosity, invite them to join so you can add them as Lumosity Friends.
Also, check out your new Lumosity profile and personalize it with a photo.
