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Nurse Net App Created By and For Nurses

NYConvergence

Robert Freeman, a registered nurse on staff at Beth Israel Hospital, created Nurse Net, a free app that gathers medical news from the top nursing websites. “Health care is always changing and the standards of care are always evolving,” Freeman told the... »

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FDA shutting down Queens cheesemaker

Queens Crap

From the NY Times:The Food and Drug Administration is trying to shutter permanently a cheese factory in Queens whose owners failed to clean up the plant after a potentially deadly bacteria was discovered on more than one occasion, according to the gove... »

10 Most Common Car Seat Installation Mistakes

A Child Grows In Brooklyn

I know I’ve made about 4 of these car seat installation mistakes and I’m pretty sure that I’m not alone. In fact, I know I’m not: studies show that 82 percent or 9 out of 10 car seats are not installed and used correctly. Even more upsetting? Crashes a... »

Smashed Volvo in Cobble Hill Prompts Neighborhood Safety Meeting

BococaLand

All weekend, we kept walking by this smashed-up Volvo on the corner of Kane St. and Henry St., wondering what could have happened and does the owner have a clue? What we found out from neighbors is that around 11pm, a car at the crosswalk was apparentl... »

Fewer Idiots This Year; Chocolate Earth Opens; and More Brooklyn Briefs

mcbrooklyn

- 2012 Idiotarod: Has the city run out of idiots? Gothamist - Report: Despite economic conditions, gentrification keeps on progressing in Brownstone Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle  - A 'Le Pain Quotidien' bakery is coming to Montague Street. BHB and Le Pain ... »

Quarter-Life Crisis Survivors Become Underqualified Life Coaches [Life Coach]

Jezebel

#lifecoach Life coaching is starting to look a little bit like the pre (and probably post)-bust lending industry: anything goes nobody has to worry about silly regulations! The New York Times ran a story yesterday about the increasing number of 25-35-y... »

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NYC Gym Vs. Paula Deen

Joe. My. God.

Copyranter says this New York Sports Club ad is "fucking tasteless." »

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Number of Cops With Cancer Way Up After 9/11

nymag.com Daily Intel

Almost three times more NYPD officers have applied for disability pensions tied to cancer post-September 11, 2011, the New York Post reports, with an average of six per year prior jumping to sixteen. Data from the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association say... »

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