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Other Health News / Re: Robin Hood Tax
« Last post by cschwab on September 19, 2012, 09:17:50 AM »
Could it be that even that raging capitalist, Mad Money's Jim Cramer, would be in favor of the Robin Hood tax?

Cramer Slams High-Speed Trading

"Jim Cramer slammed high-speed trading on Tuesday, calling it a
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Other Health News / Re: Robin Hood Tax
« Last post by cschwab on September 19, 2012, 09:09:58 AM »
Looks like this tax also has the potential to help wall street pull back from being the gambling casino it has turned into:

A Robin Hood Tax will stop the machines wiping out the market
A small tax on each transaction will stop pointless yet risky high-frequency trading.

"A growing number of economists and financial experts
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Other Health News / Robin Hood Tax
« Last post by cschwab on September 19, 2012, 07:52:53 AM »
Nurses Make History, Main Street Campaign Moves Forward
 
What
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Main Forum / FRKPA meeting Sept. 30th
« Last post by cschwab on September 15, 2012, 06:44:29 AM »
Just thought I would let people know there is a Front Range Kidney Patients Association Meeting this Sept. 30th at Porter Hospital in Denver: http://frkpa.org/events (click on "regular meeting").  The speaker is going to talk about plant protein.
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Main Forum / Re: Need Help? Call Dialysis Advocates' 800 number
« Last post by cschwab on September 13, 2012, 03:59:11 AM »
Patients aren't the only ones that might seek help - from the Dialysis Advocates facebook page:

"All these workers have to do is contact info@dialysisadvocates.com or 1-202-567-1616. They can remain anonymous and make money as a Whistle blower"  http://www.facebook.com/DialysisAdvocates?ref=ts
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Main Forum / Re: Need Help? Call Dialysis Advocates' 800 number
« Last post by cschwab on September 05, 2012, 10:12:48 AM »
"She (Arlene Mullin) contends that DaVita clinics operate with virtually no accountability or oversight.
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Main Forum / Re: The Strangest Show On Earth
« Last post by cschwab on September 04, 2012, 08:02:35 AM »
Dr. Peter Laird speaks up on the recent 5280 article: http://www.hemodoc.com/2012/09/are-davita-patients-among-the-village-of-the-damned.html
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Main Forum / Re: The Strangest Show On Earth
« Last post by cschwab on September 01, 2012, 07:26:34 AM »
Quote from: cschwab on September 01, 2012, 06:46:09 AM

"DaVita
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Main Forum / The Strangest Show On Earth
« Last post by cschwab on September 01, 2012, 06:46:09 AM »
(The whole article can be found at http://www.5280.com/magazine/2012/09/strangest-show-earth, the following are some quotes)

"Thiry is switched on from sunup until bedtime, an inscrutably upbeat carnival barker whose default expression is delight. He
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Other Health News / Wounded Warrior Project program gets injured veterans on right 'TRACK'
« Last post by cschwab on August 29, 2012, 11:54:38 AM »
SAN ANTONIO -

The Wounded Warrior Project's year-long TRACK program is designed to get men and women coming home with battle wounds on the path to success in civilian life.

"The statistics show people getting out of the military, when they're just injured and doing it on their own, is very low that they succeed academically," said Michael Owens, dean of students of the TRACK program, and a himself Wounded Warrior.

He lost his right arm serving in the Marines in Iraq.


The program has the wounded warriors enrolled at classes at local community colleges.

Getting them to succeed academically is one goal of this program, but it may not be the most important one.

"Its the way we are. We stab. We thrust. We fight, but now you can't do that. You can't walk in and say, 'Buy my product or I'll stab you in the throat!' You can't do that," said 24-year-old Joshua Holm, of Akron, Ohio, who lost a leg to an improvised explosive blast while serving in the Army in Iraq.

"Getting to participate in a lot of social events. Going on the runs and the bike rides. It just really helped me get more comfortable being in public and being around people," said Evan Hudec, who suffered a traumatic brain injury, as well as PTSD, from multiple improvised explosive blasts in multiple tours of duty while serving in the Marines in Iraq.

"They're worried about what they look like. They're worried about how they are doing things or they have an injury that everyone can see," said Owens.

Fourteen wounded warriors graduated from this year's TRACK program on Friday.

They now have a better chance at succeeding in civilian life.

"The TRACK program has forced me to have to be in society to deal with these things. To do an internship with normal people and its worked out fabulous," said Holm, who now plans to go on to the University of Akron and Carnegie Mellon University to study engineering.

Hudec plans to finish his bachelor's degree at UTSA and eventually become an academic adviser at that university.

http://www.ksat.com/news/Wounded-Warrior-Project-program-gets-injured-veterans-on-right-TRACK/-/478452/15624754/-/ii8t6l/-/index.html
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