Receptionists in GP surgeries play a “hidden” role in ensuring patients get the correct treatments when they need them, says a study in the British Medical Journal.
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GP receptionists ‘play key role’
After 10 slow miles on a bumpy dirt road with no other person or dwelling in sight, it crossed my mind that maybe the owners of Bitterroot Ranch didn’t really want to be found. There were no signs anywhere, no encouragement that we were getting any closer, or had even made the correct turn off the one-lane road just past the blink-of-an-eye cowboy town of Dubois, in Wyoming’s less-traveled Wind River Valley. There was nothing. No GPS guidance. No cellphone service. No caravan of other rented four-wheel drives to fall in behind. Nothing. Nothing but 360 degrees of mountain ranges of every size and hue, backlit by a big sky turning purple and orange as the sun set. Gray and white strokes of rainstorms moved across the grassy meadows and sagebrush plains in the distance. I wanted to stop and stare forever. I wanted to keep driving, too, to figure out if we were lost before it became pitch dark. Read full article > >
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A city slicker finds the perfect vacation at, yes, a dude ranch
Dozens of cash machines in Sydney, Australia, were ejecting cash erroneously. If you take the money under those circumstances, what is the correct legal and moral action?
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What should you do if a cash machine overpays?
Cough syrup could hold the key to deciding the correct dose of a vital breast cancer drug.
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Cough syrup clue to breast drug
A clever map substituting typography for topography Ingeniously charting Anglophone countries with city names written in their correct geographical location, Bold & Noble ‘s striking maps are a typographic puzzle that stimulate the eye as well as the mind. The U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand and a detailed London are each transcribed, with various font weights drawing attention to the major destinations. Hand-pulled and screen-printed on a medium weight 100% recycled card, each map is crafted using hand-mixed inks white print on contrasting Duck Egg Blue or Sheer Slate backgrounds. Created by Hertfordshire-based design duo Bold & Noble , each type maps sell online for
Many parents are incapable of giving their children the correct dose of liquid medicines, claim Australian researchers.
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Warning on child medicine errors
A city slicker finds the perfect vacation at, yes, a dude ranch
Friday, June 10th, 2011
