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San Francisco, California (PRWEB) January 31, 2012

Few would argue that the US health care system is sick, and physician-founded Orbicare of Miami is betting that Silicon Valley’s Health Travel Technologies (HTT) has the cure with its global patient referral application.

The partnership between Orbicare and Health Travel Technologies connects US patients with international doctors like never before, saving thousands on the cost of necessary and cosmetic medical, dental and surgical care.

League City, TX (PRWEB) January 27, 2012

According to NeuroGenesis, an all natural supplements manufacturer and the American Medical Association (AMA) recently pharmacies throughout the country have experienced a shortage in certain types of drugs, specifically those found in Ritalin and other drugs needed for people with ADHD. Areas such as Boston Massachusetts, Washington D.C. and the entire state of Michigan have been affected as well as a significant number of counties across the country.

by Wonderlane

Mary Whiton Calkins: Great Women in American Psychology

As psychology was developing into a science unto itself in the later part of the 1890s, universities were being established all over the world at an astronomical pace. Although the subject of psychology was taught in several different forms, the curriculum was not available to women and minorities at the graduate level. In fact, one of the predominant theories of the period was that women were intellectually inferior to men and higher forms of learning could prove hazardous to the health for a delicate female (Goodwin, 2008). During this period a few exceptionally intelligent and determined individuals did manage to make a name for themselves in spite of the odds they faced. Mary Whiton Calkins is one such individual. In a time when women were not only thought to be inferior, but were barred from most institutions of higher education, Mary Whiton Calkins persevered and became one of the most widely known women in the history of psychology (Goodwin, 2008).

goodnews.ws Anthony Robbins …Anthony Robbins (born February 29, 1960) is an American self-help writer and professional speaker for over 30 years. He became well known through his infomercials and bestselling self-help books, Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement and Awaken The Giant Within. The first edition of Unlimited Power was published by Fawcett Columbine (Ballantine Books) in 1987.Robbins writes about subjects such as health and energy, overcoming fears, persuasive communication, and enhancing relationships. He also became well known in America and internationally through infomercials promoting personal development audio programs and motivational seminars. His audio programs, seminars and self-help products featured Neuro-linguistic programming and Ericksonian hypnosis which he studied at the start of his career. Robbins seminars also used firewalking as a metaphor for overcoming fears and limiting beliefs. Later, Robbins combined his skills and techniques with other methods claimed to effect personal change…. Anthony Robbins Foundation Robbins is the founder of the Anthony Robbins Foundation, which proclaims its mission is to empower students, help prisoners to improve their lives, organize food drives, and fund Robbins’ summer “Discovery Camp”.According to the website, it has “products and programs in more than 2000 schools, 700 prisons, and 100000 health and human service organizations. The Foundation is committed to make a difference in the quality of life for children, the homeless, the prison population, and the elderly through its various programs.” Charity Navigator gives the foundation an overall rating of three out of four stars…. Read the full story » goodnews.ws WWW.GOODNEWS.WS Anthony Robbins is an American self-help writer and professional speaker… For more informations about PNL write to pnl@goodnews.ws

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Why doesn’t self-help help? Cultural critic Micki McGee puts forward this paradoxical question as she looks at a world where the market for self-improvement products–books, audiotapes, and extreme makeovers–is exploding, and there seems to be no end in sight. Rather than seeing narcissism at the root of the self-help craze, as others have contended, McGee shows a nation relying on self-help culture for advice on how to cope in an increasingly volatile and competit… More >>

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