A study a year or two back was assessing if hormone changes were
Posted By: what causes women's memory loss (sm) Ladydi on 2006-03-17
In Reply to: anyone ever do this ? - April
Specifically, does LOSS of estrogen cause memory loss in women. Multi-year study, BIG study, lots of subjects.
Upshot? There WAS memory loss happening. It was not due to hormones. Middle-aged women were SO busy and SO stressed and had SO many things on the brain and things to do and places to be and things to remember about spouse, kids, job, parents, extended family, that they were STRESSED TO THE POINT THEY COULD NOT REMEMBER IT ALL! Bah on the hormone theory. We just get full up to our eyeballs of all the things we have to do and something has to give.
Like, spelling the word school or something. No can do, school does not exist in this brain any more, it got kicked out so I can remember to pick up beer on the way home!
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I saw them in concert about a year back...
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I worked with an MT who went and that's what she made.
Not getting back - how much we made gross for the year. nm
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Congratuilations! I did a year ago and never looked back!
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Happy New Year back at you! Have fun! We'll
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I have been waiting since I first heard they were coming back last year...
and I'll probably fall asleep before the ending. Happens all the time. 
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Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy
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Menopause and hormone replacement. sm
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hormone replacement therapy
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Good luck to you. It will get better. 
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Brain natriuretic peptide...hormone produced by the
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Does hormone replacement (specifically low dose Prempro) cause you to gain weight? nm
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Most recent Consumer Reports magazine did an article about this. Most effective was hormone replac
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New study on MS and
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What is recommended to study for CMT?
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Sleep Study
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Honestly, probably the best way to study for it
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Get a Sleep Study
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S/L Perfifth study per neurology?
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vellum - in swallow study???
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Just FYI, to say "affect" would mean that the bleeding would change the procedure -- which makes not a lick of sense.
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Sleep study transcription...
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Thanks, by the way!
Study your options though before committing...
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Here is a sleep study website
http://www.sleepnet.com/definition.html
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You could join a study group through sm
AHDI, but there is no radiology-specific CMT credential. In fact, I took the test within the past year and there are hardly any rad-specific questions on it.
My dad had a carotid ultrasound study done today --
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No, that's baloney. Study-up on meaning of 'cult'.
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I would agree with getting a sleep apnea study,
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Graveyard shift study results
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Stedman's sells a study guide. NM
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Recent study done... excerpt..see link ...
I read this just last night, as I too have been researching and gleaning information regarding the future of MT and pondering making any career changes.
http://govhealthit.com/Articles/2009/01/07/Spending-on-health-IT-would-generate-212105-jobs.aspx
EXCERPT:
The analysis found that a $10 billion health IT stimulus program would create or retain 43,410 jobs directly, most of them in areas such as software and hardware sales and system installation. Another 115,670 jobs would be created or retained indirectly, in areas such as sales of trucks and food to those holding the new jobs.
And the availability of new and improved networks and information would create 53,025 jobs, the foundation reported.
Stephen Ezell, a senior analyst at ITIF, said in answer to a reporter’s question that the analysis did not take into account the potential loss of jobs in areas such as medical records management and transcription of physicians’ notes.
Typing for a sleep study laboratory...sm
I make $5.00 a page, $5.50 a page for letters and $6.00 a page for stat dictations. BTW, this is whether there are two lines on the page or a full page.
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