Tag: medicine
group name: staywell
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November 20, 2007 11:43 AM EST --
Mary Jackson (not her real name) is 93 years old, and has been my patient for 35 years. She stopped school after the 8 th grade. Nevertheless, she is always up on the latest news and is a shrewd . . . more
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January 15, 2008 06:02 PM EST --
Have you or someone you know ever had shingles? Up to 20% of people get shingles at some point during their lifetime, so it is a good idea to know something about this painful disease.
What is shingles? . . . more
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July 31, 2007 04:16 PM EDT --
We use energy sources to drive cars, light homes and talk on the phone. Everywhere you look, there is energy working to power our world. Can energy be used to improve our health? Absolutely—energy . . . more
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June 12, 2007 10:10 AM EDT --
On June 6, 2007, a packed audience at a Congressional hearing listened as the U.S. Food and Drug Agency (FDA) announced that it was putting its most serious safety warning on the diabetes drugs Avandia . . . more
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January 16, 2008 01:02 PM EST --
Because I'm the webmaster for healthinsuranceinfo.net , I've been monitoring some online discussion groups for peoples' questions about their own health care coverage. A lot of people are . . . more
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July 10, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
Antibiotic resistance is almost as old as antibiotics themselves. Strep infections and gonorrhea quickly became resistant to the sulfa drugs, the first antibiotics. By the early 1950s, already three-quarters . . . more
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October 29, 2007 01:24 PM EDT --
Do you worry about the air you breathe? Air pollution is a problem and causes 800,000 early deaths a year worldwide (according to the World Health Organization). Air pollution alone is not enough . . . more
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December 04, 2007 02:08 PM EST --
Americans are taking more "hard core" painkillers than ever before, and they are not always taking them by the instructions of a doctor. When the National Institute on Drug Abuse surveyed 12th . . . more
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April 08, 2008 10:41 AM EDT --
Do you know anyone who has had whooping cough? This disease, whose medical name is pertussis, was very common when my parents and grandparents were children. Before the childhood vaccine was widely available, . . . more
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May 30, 2007 04:41 PM EDT --
About a month ago I decided to research herbal supplements and add some to my diet. I have a few medical situations that regular medical tactics are not completely alleviating. I decided to . . . more
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February 02, 2008 09:09 PM EST --
Another broken heart.
False start.
Will I ever, & when?
Master the art.
Of cloaking,
Myself,
Body, mind & depth?
In something,
Stronger,
Warmer,
Longer lasting? . . . more
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April 07, 2008 01:40 PM EDT --
More and more of my patients seem to know about sleep apnea-a breath-stopping type of snoring. But I bet most people will be surprised to hear that research has linked sleep apnea to depression. If you . . . more
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April 27, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
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"Eating my own words has never given me indigestion." - Winston Churchill
From Utopian Organics:
Tip #5: Easy To Swallow, Easy To Digest
Pharmeceutical companies . . . more
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January 16, 2008 01:56 PM EST --
I'm the webmaster for healthinsuranceinfo.net, which provides a bunch of free health insurance related information. Because each state manages its health insurance safety nets differently, what you . . . more
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September 30, 2008 02:46 PM EDT --
White (not sweet) potatoes, tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, tomatillos, tamarios, pepinos, pimentos, paprika, cayenne, and Tabasco sauce are classified as nightshade foods. The ongoing . . . more
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August 01, 2007 01:06 PM EDT --
"This is a rare kind of retreat. It creates a profound sense of community and allows participants to feel the mind-body-spirit connection and live it." — Dr. Victoria Maizes
Cancer can . . . more
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January 17, 2007 07:29 PM EST --
As we continue to discuss Health and Politics in the United States, this is a site you may find useful. On the evening of January 16, I participated in a two-hour panel discussion/debate on Universal Health . . . more
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August 21, 2007 06:24 PM EDT --
Today we are talking with Julie Bermant, a member of the Five Moms campaign to stop cough medicine abuse. Bermant is the mother of a pre-teen daughter and also is a pediatric nurse practitioner living . . . more
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June 14, 2007 05:50 PM EDT --
One of the main misconceptions about people with paralysis is that they are pain-free. In fact, an estimated 80 to 90 percent of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) have persistent annoying pain.
“People . . . more
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April 23, 2007 10:19 PM EDT --
From Utopian Organics:
An Excerpt From The Yellow Empreor's Classic On Medicine:
The Yellow Emperor Inquired:
"I have heard that in the days of old everyone lived one hundred years . . . more
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