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Weekly Insider 11.3.09

Cancer screening news
Read about how the American Cancer Society has shifted its stance on breast and prostate cancer screening.

Swine flu politics
Slate tells us about an unexpected side effect of the swine flu: political unity.

Secondhand smoke and heart attacks
A new study by the Institute of Medicine finds smoke-free policies reduce the risk of heart attack by 47 percent.

Restaurant freebies
Smoking in restaurants may be banned, but free restaurant matches are making a return.

Weekly Insider 10.27.09

Branding trends
Check out the branding blog Branding Strategy Insider for 10 branding and marketing trends for 2010.

Hopeful ads
Some of the country’s biggest advertisers would lead us to believe the economy has rebounded. Read more about these upbeat commercials in the New York Times.

Discussing health care costs

With health care reform front and center, read highlights from The New England Journal of Medicine’s roundtable discussion about health care costs.

Website inspiration
Tired of the same boring old websites? Take a peek at Toxel.com’s favorite examples of beautiful and creative websites from all over the world.

Weekly Insider 10.20.09

Drug delivery methods
Today’s Pharm 101 lesson: who decides whether medicine is in the form of a pill, a shot, a snort or worse?

Dethroning email
Email’s reign as king of communications is over. Read more about why always-on email successors such as Twitter and Facebook are faster and more fun.

If you’re happy Facebook knows it
Do you have a case of the Mondays? Thanks to Facebook’s new Gross National Happiness Index we know Thursdays are happier than Fridays and holidays make us happy.

Scary methane leaks

Read about what energy experts say is a no-brainer solution for curbing global warming.