Topic: Medical Schools

'Double Time': 6 stories about bringing up twins

First-time parenting? Try it times two. Writer Jane Roper shares her stories from her first three years of mothering twins.

Buying a car, college grad? Don’t forget the rebates.

Most major automakers offer discounts to college grads. All college grads need to do is read the fine print. 

In our silence, Muslim Americans essentially collaborate with the Islamists

Claims of 'McCarthyism' in the wake of the Peter King hearings threaten to suffocate a vital discourse on Islamism just when we need it most. Even as cries of 'Islamophobia' seek to smother debate, Muslim Americans must speak up, and out loud.

For gender equality, we need more male secretaries, like Obama's Jeremy Bernard

Jeremy Bernard is the new White House social secretary – the first male to ever hold the position, and a signpost in the fight for gender equality. We need to tackle not just the stereotypes restricting women, but men as well. Excluding men from nurturing roles in our society is bad for all of us.

Top 5 most stressful jobs

JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater – who quit and made a dramatic exit down an aircraft emergency slide on Aug. 9 – is the latest symbol of stress on the job. But he's hardly alone. With more employees electronically tethered to their jobs 24/7, greater competition in the workplace for fewer jobs due to a sluggish economy, and other factors may create more job-related anxiety. On the other hand, some of the jobs considered most stressful are also the most coveted.

Here's a short list of the most stressful jobs of 2010, based on information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Careercast.com.

FTC head says he supports AMA. He should be investigating it.

FTC Chairman Leibowitz is courting the American Medical Association (AMA). That's not a plus for consumers.

Haitians chafe at foreign paternalism

Port-au-Prince's General Hospital is now kind of a mini United Nations with all the foreign medical volunteers who traveled here on their own dime to help out, but foreign bossiness is getting on some Haitian doctors' nerves.

Different health care reform: doctors trained to deal with patients about faith

Most Americans say that faith is important to their health, yet few doctors and nurses are equipped to oblige. Medical schools could help by integrating spiritual topics into their training.

Medical school reinvented: Adding lessons in compassion

The education of doctors puts new focus on patients' cultural diversity and serving communities in need.

Horizon highlights – July 25 weekend