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...hardest by those who would profit financially from it - not just technology companies but also large hospitals and medical practices hoping to improve billing and control internal costs. With a digital chart, every test, diagnosis and treatment a doctor orders is instantly passed along to the billing side: Why give away that Ace bandage for free? This could make the billing bureaucracy more efficient. But communication the other way, from billing to medical, would take place too. And this is more insidious. In a digital system, doctors can't simply write whatever they want: they generally must select from predetermined...
...cannot give her what she wants. Narayan's hands have been pressed against my heels for 10 minutes, and she'll be damned if she stops before I breathe into my feet, let the energy go and give it to her. And I'm trying. I've tried willing my feet to warm up, push out the mojo, even glow. I've tried breathing heavily, meditating, briefly falling asleep. There are crystals on my forehead, my chest, my throat, clutched in both my hands. But Narayan is not satisfied. Eventually she gives up. "Whoa, dude. You put up a fight...
Finding the funds to meet applicants' unprecedented financial need this year is a tall order for all but a handful of mega-wealthy schools, and as colleges decide how much they can afford to give, many worry they won't have enough to attract a full freshman class. Because private undergraduate colleges draw an average of 60% of their operating costs from tuition revenue, a student shortfall could cause a painful budget crunch, forcing schools to cut programs, slash faculty salaries and potentially raise tuition for students already enrolled. With admissions letters in the mail, many colleges are as nervous...
...that people who are able to focus on the positive fallout from a negative event - basically, cope with failure - can protect themselves from the physical toll of stress and anxiety. In a recent study at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), scientists asked a group of women to give a speech in front of a stone-faced audience of strangers. On the first day, all the participants said they felt threatened, and they showed spikes in cortisol and fear hormones. On subsequent days, however, those women who had reported rebounding from a major life crisis in the past...
...proposal is at the forefront of a broader national trend: from New Jersey to Wisconsin to California, school districts and private investors are developing similar projects. Supporters hope that U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who pushed for public boarding schools as CEO of Chicago's school system, will give the programs even greater traction. (See pictures of public boarding schools...