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Kids Drinking Starbucks After School

Have you noticed that there’s Starbucks near elementary schools? If so, you should try going in to one after school hours and you will see most customers are elementary school students. Doesn’t that shock you? These kids from ages 8 to 12 years old are drinking coffee with the size of ventis! This is quite […]

Popularity: 11% [?]

Zee | May 10th, 2008 | Continued

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U.S. Shortage In Nurses

We all know about the nursing shortage in the U.S. The news now is that it has gone to an all time low. Yes, the number of nurses to cover all the patients in the hospitals is lower than ever. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t seem to worry about this since they are […]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Zee | May 10th, 2008 | Continued

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Generics Not As Good As Brand Drugs: Registered Nurse Survey

There was a national online survey conducted by the American Society of Registered Nurses on April 28 to determine if generic drugs were as good as brand drugs. The results showed that 41% of the 781 Registered Nurses surveyed said that generics weren’t as good as brand drugs.

You would probably ask how come it […]

Popularity: 12% [?]

Zee | May 7th, 2008 | Continued

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Feature Article #4

Insulin Pumps Cause Injuries

Type 1 diabetes or also known as juvenile diabetes mostly occurs in your children or teens whose own body attacks the pancreas so it produces lesser or no insulin. This would mean the diabetic has to provide the body with insulin through other means and this includes insulin injections and also through pumps.

Although the […]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Zee | May 7th, 2008 | Continued

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The Fit But Fat Theory

Have you heard about the fit but fat theory? It’s when a person is overweight or obese but still he exercises regularly or is constantly active in most days of the week. This has been a theory long studied by many researchers to determine if there is a relationship between being fit but fat and […]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Zee | May 7th, 2008 | Continued

About this Site

Zee is a whimsical globetrotter whose passions revolve around music, art, literature and of course, Formula One Racing. She is an artist, a writer and most recently – a registered nurse. Having been exposed to the different areas in the hospital, she has felt the exhilaration of delivering a newborn to the meticulous aseptic lifestyle […]

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EV 71: A Threat to the Olympics?

China, which is to host the Beijing Olympics, is now having a problem with another disease outbreak, the EV71 or also known as the Enterovirus 71. This highly infectious virus has already caused the deaths of 25 children in China. Could this child virus become a threat to the Olympics?

The EV71 was discovered late […]

Popularity: 14% [?]

7May2008 | Zee | 0 comments | Continued
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Get Your Kids Vaccinated

Some of you might ask yourselves why you should go through all the trouble of remembering dates for your kid’s vaccination schedules. That’s because there are lots of diseases that can be prevented through vaccines. It could mean that you have to pay for the shots but those expenses are negligible compared to the expenses […]

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6May2008 | Zee | 0 comments | Continued
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What’s wrong about Pregnancy with Diabetes?

Reports have shown that rates of women starting their pregnancies with type 1 or type 2 Diabetes have doubled since 1999. But the statistics on women developing diabetes during pregnancy, which is called gestational diabetes, remains the same and that is the good part about it.

Diabetes is considered a risk factor when the woman […]

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5May2008 | Zee | 0 comments | Continued
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More and More Breastfeeding Mothers

I
n reports from the CDC, there are now 3 out of 4 women who breastfeed in the US. This is the highest that it has ever been for the last 20 years. This has been attributed from the increase in breastfeeding campaigns and educating pregnant women early on about the advantages of breastfeeding.

According to […]

Popularity: 16% [?]

5May2008 | Zee | 1 comment | Continued
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Are You Awake?

Next time you go to the movies, you should watch Awake. It is a movie starring the bubbly Jessica Alba and the once Jedi knight, Hayden Christensen. It is a suspense thriller movie that’s full of deception and betrayal.

But why would I want you to watch it and why would I even mention a […]

Popularity: 15% [?]

4May2008 | Zee | 1 comment | Continued