Tag: healthcare
group name: publichealth
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August 05, 2008 05:40 PM EDT --
I have been in the hospital more times than I care to count. A few years ago I was in the University hospital. That means that you have a Dr who is not a full licensed Dr yet. They evaluate . . .
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October 22, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
Yale University researchers say that doctors could benefit from creative writing through tapping into their own emotions.
In a small study of 15 medical residents at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center, . . .
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June 06, 2009 11:05 AM EDT --
119 Million Americans Must Be Wrong
As the health insurance industry and its defenders in Congress lay out their case against permitting a public option in a reform bill, perhaps their most curious . . .
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November 07, 2009 09:28 AM EST --
Introduction
Animal rights activists support the vegan diet, which contains no animal products. I am an activist for human matters. I feel that there are serious ethical and medical matters . . .
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January 12, 2009 02:12 PM EST --
This Christmas, in a similar tradition to years past, the church my family attends had a huge tree. It was beautifully decorated and towered over the church pews. From top to bottom it was covered with . . .
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July 09, 2007 11:11 AM EDT --
The most current statistics indicate that thirty percent of the American adult population have been alcoholics, been dependent on alcohol or abused alcohol in their lifetime. An estimated . . .
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November 30, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
A Seattle fourteen-year-old Seattle boy died of leukemia after a judge ruled he had the right to refuse a life saving blood transfusion because of his religious beliefs. Dennis Lindberg . . .
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March 14, 2008 03:53 AM EDT --
Dumb Americans
by Marilyn Mackenzie
Sadly, if you're a member of a site like this, another social network site, or even a writer's site, you can almost tell the age of most folks by . . .
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November 01, 2007 10:46 AM EDT --
MRSA: What It Is Or is Not
What is MRSA?
MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a type of staph infection that is resistant to methicillin and other commonly used antibiotics . . .
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October 08, 2009 01:35 PM EDT --
In New York, all health care workers who "could potentially expose patients" must be vaccinated for influenza by November 30 (with a few temporary exceptions). In other states, corporations are . . .
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August 13, 2008 06:54 PM EDT --
Every week I spend an afternoon on a Helpline operated by our local United Way. The purpose of the Helpline is to connect local citizens with social service agencies that can . . .
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June 08, 2009 12:17 PM EDT --
LISTEN UP, BUSTER
We, the people, are sick and tired of hearing that "single payer is off the table" in the same breath with "health care reform." Attempting to "repair" a broken-down old vehicle . . .
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September 07, 2006 05:51 AM EDT --
New Company Will Seek Drugs Against Diabetes and Cancer
A new St. Louis-based company will use a novel technology to rapidly screen thousands of drugs for their effectiveness against two of the biggest . . .
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January 08, 2009 04:27 PM EST --
Dr. Julie Silver comments on the news that the rise in healthcare costs is improving and offers suggestions about how to treat yourself at home.
Watch it now!
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October 12, 2006 05:42 AM EDT --
Foolish Vaccine Exemptions
New York Times Editorial . . .
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January 12, 2009 01:08 PM EST --
I fully realize that this will probably start a flame war with some of our more (American) conservative members, because the main part of this article deals with an anathema to most Americans...universal . . .
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August 08, 2009 10:32 AM EDT --
Don't tread on me! It's not just political anymore folks!
http://action.afa.net/videos/aarp/ Angry senior citizens at a meeting sponsored by AARP were left to themselves after the AARP rep . . .
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August 08, 2009 01:22 PM EDT --
A Washington-based conservative group is notifying Americans when and where their U.S. senators and representative will be holding healthcare town hall meetings this month. TVC executive director . . .
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July 30, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
There's a new bill on healthcare reform that is authored by John Conyers and others. I am posting a link to that site. Please go to the site and tell others what you think. Agree? . . .
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June 04, 2009 02:41 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Medical bills are involved in more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies , an increase of 50 percent in just six years, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. . . .
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