Archive for the 'Medicine' Category

Sound Healing - Not Just For Britney Spears!

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Recently, the press was all over a story about Pop Diva Britney Spear's visits to a Los Angeles Sikh Yoga Master for “sound healing” sessions. Does Britney know something we don't?

Reportedly, as part of their session, clients like Britney are exposed to sound vibrations as they lie on a special couch. Sound like weird, […]

Deals for Canadian Naming Rights Shifting Upwards

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Imagine if one company had to do all the new plaques and signs for recent naming gifts made to Canadian non-profit organization. Wow, would they be busy. In the table below you find a collection of some of the high profile naming gifts over $10 million to Canadian groups.

$105 million 2003 Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine

McMaster […]

Pharmacist Career - Is it For You?

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Choosing the career you would like to pursue is clearly much more important than choosing what clothes to wear for that big party or what cake you want for dessert. It's definitely much harder and complicated and it's one that will directly affect your life to next five, ten or even twenty years so it […]

Ginseng As A Treatment For Prostate Cancer - How To Research The Medical Literature

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Many people today are interested in the use of herbs such as ginseng in the treatment of prostate cancer. People are certainly interested in whether or not the benefit of ginseng has been studied scientifically.

Before we describe the scientific and medical literature on the use of Ginseng for the treatment of prostate cancer, here is […]

Medical Practice or Medical Writing?

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Recent surveys show that many physicians are frustrated with their careers. They complain that the doctor-patient relationship has turned into a provider-customer relationship and that patients are more demanding than before. In general, the practice of medicine is more cumbersome because of:

Long hours
Increasing paperwork
Decreasing compensation
Malpractice accusations and lawsuits
Stringent government regulations

In fact, there are several […]

Medicines for the Jobless - Writing the Best Medical Cover Letter

Friday, September 26th, 2008

The health care industry is fast growing all over the world. As there are more and more ways to fight infections, heal people, and make people feel better about themselves, there are more and more job openings for scientists, pharmacists, nurses, medical technologists, and doctors. There are also thousands of people applying for jobs in […]

Charity Car Donation - Which Charity Should You Choose?

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

If you have done any research into the area of used car donation programs then you will know that there are many charities that are able to receive your car as a donation. Many are eager to take your vehicle from you but you can?t decide which one is right charity to donate to. […]

Communication And Flexibility Are The Best Pandemic Medicine

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Companies can survive the massive disruption of a pandemic?but only if they take steps now to inoculate against the threat of contagious misinformation and fatal chain-of-command breakdowns.

That warning comes from one of Canada?s most experienced disaster managers, who says even where a company has developed an emergency plan, few employees know about it, fewer are […]

What Do Physicians Want From Drug Reps? What All Drug Representatives Should Know

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

As drug representatives from pharmaceutical companies, do we really know what physicians want from drug reps? This has always been an interesting question. Since I?ve called on many physicians over my fourteen years in pharmaceutical sales, I believe that I can answer this. The points below should be clearly understood by all drug representatives who […]

Alternative Medicine for Treating Cancer

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Cancer is the name given to any illness resulting from one of our body's own cells growing out of control. There are many processes that control a cell?s growth and division, each of which can go wrong. Several of these control mechanisms need to be damaged before a cell becomes cancerous. There are more than […]