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Are you a veterinarian who checks e-mail and phone messages during the family road trip?

Few adverse effects linked to Ground Zero exposure.

Incentives help staff members shape up, stop smoking, and control their weight.

First, veterinarians can address the client worries, then go from there.

Banning your team members from the Internet might backfire.

At the same time, the percentage of larger companies audited is down from 2005 to 2007.

Prices on wholesale goods up 1.8 percent; pet food and energy prices climbing

Members of this Detroit-area management group see area practices as support-not competition

Dr. Ernie Ward's daytime TV segment addresses canine behavior problems

But women in veterinary, medical professions report less resentment, more contentment

If you start every day with a steaming cuppa joe, this report is good news.

Task force determines attainable practices.

A recent study shows that working overtime increases the likelihood you'll suffer from anxiety and depression.

3 tips to bring world-class Disney customer service to your clients.

These audits can cost you, so be sure you correctly classify your employees.

Use this tool to ease your burgeoning stress level and help bring balance to your life.

A wake-up call might be in order when we study the profit-and-loss ledger for the year. What might look like a 25 percent labor cost is really 33 percent. A huge difference.

Maintaining friendly eye contact often promotes trust, and can add emphasis to what we say.

A hard-working solo veterinarian reaches 67 years of age and wants to sell his practice and retire after 25 years of building it up. It's a no-brainer - or is it?

What is compassion fatigue, and how can you identify your risk? Serena Wadhwa, PsyD, LCPC, CADC, an expert on stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue in Chicago, offers answers to help team members identify and manage the emotional demands of veterinary practice.

Use these tips from Christiane Holbrook, a life coach in Pasadena, Calif., to maintain a healthy life balance.

What time frame is valid for a noncompete clause in an associate's contract? What distance from my practice do I use as a boundary?

By going equine-centric, Woodford Equine Hospital in Versailles, Ky., moves into the 21st century-and creates a first-rate facility.

Clueless about compensation ranges? Check out this chart.

Love for a feeble, weathered Labrador came quickly for this veterinarian.

Q. I've been at my first job for just over a year. I earn a base salary plus production and benefits. What percentage of my revenue is fair compensation?

Now, I've known Jim Panzee for years. You couldn't teach him to peel a banana.

The Hospital Design Merit Award winner of July 2008 won before, back in 1969. Read that old article here and compare the old Woodford Veterinary Clinic with the new Woodford Equine Hospital in Versailles, Ky.