Tag: life
group name: publichealth
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March 04, 2008 05:02 PM EST --
You cannot control some risk factors for breast cancer. For example, you can't change your sex, age, or family history. But there are lifestyle changes that can help reduce your risk of breast cancer, . . . more
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May 30, 2006 01:25 AM EDT --
We often hear of folks suddenly being stricken with an illness, but like car accidents, we never think it will happen to us. That's how I felt back in 1996 when I was working full time (plus . . . more
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November 11, 2006 07:55 PM EST --
I suffer from Post Tramatic Stress Disorder, and it is horrible. I am on medication, but it doesn't really help. there are :"triggers" that constantly bring up bad feelings. . . . more
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September 07, 2006 12:01 PM EDT --
As you know, those of us in northern climates are experiencing a drop in temperature from the high 80s and low 90s of summer, to mid-60s to mid-70s. While that doesn't seem like much, my body has certainly . . . more
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September 11, 2007 02:07 PM EDT --
Nothing seems more inevitable than aging and death—not even taxes. Yet as we better understand the biological processes of aging, we’re realizing that aging may be a process that can . . . more
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July 02, 2006 12:48 PM EDT --
When you're really, really fat -- and by that I mean what doctors refer to as "morbidly obese," there is one thing that is screamingly clear: people who are not really, really fat have no . . . more
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December 26, 2006 11:51 PM EST --
December started out promisingly -- with a frosty six-inch blast of snow. As we watched that layer dwindle, the doldrums slowly sunk in. By the time of the 22nd, I was ready to . . . more
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July 01, 2008 11:27 AM EDT --
When I last contributed to this blog, I wrote about the field of positive psychology and how different therapies can help some people alleviate symptoms of depression. This week, I'd like to share . . . more
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May 17, 2006 02:52 PM EDT --
A new study revealed more than 40 percent of women in the Seattle area had been physically or psychologically abused by their husbands, dates or boyfriends.
Dr. Robert Thompson of the Seattle-based Group . . . more
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November 12, 2006 04:28 PM EST --
Wendy H. Oddy, PhD, from the University of Western Australia and colleagues investigated the relationship between the level of the cytokine TGF-ß1 in breast milk and wheeze in infancy to determine . . . more
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November 15, 2006 06:23 AM EST --
Cola Causes Bone LossStudy: Scientists Link Cola Consumption to Osteoporosis Risk in Women over 60
ABC NEWS Medical Unit
Oct. 6, 2006, Some women drink diet cola to help keep the weight off, but a new . . . more
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June 22, 2006 11:45 AM EDT --
Last night I read Martha Jette's Attention All Women. You can find her article here: /viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976761817
I was amazed when I followed a link in Martha's article that took . . . more
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May 25, 2006 06:06 PM EDT --
Living in a Nursing home is expensive. The average cost of Long Term care in The U.S. is enough to break all but the most prosperous of us. On average, a semi private room in a home today runs between . . . more
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October 24, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
VICKS VAPORUB...TRY IT, IT WORKS
In a lecture on Essential Oils, they told us how the soles of the feet can absorb oils. Their example: Put garlic on your feet and within 20 minutes you . . . more
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November 12, 2006 03:49 PM EST --
As the winter months are approaching, and I am having my first reactions to the chills, I am wondering how many out there are fellow/fellowette Reynaud sufferers. I have only had this syndrome since . . . more
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January 01, 2007 11:55 PM EST --
At the end of 2005, I swore off all resolutions for the rest of my life. Faced with my 40th birthday, my daughter's announcement that I was SURPRISE going to be a grandmother, the last semesters of . . . more
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May 07, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
When The Mentally Ill Meet The Criminal Justice System
The mentally ill come into contact with the criminal justice system at an alarming rate these days. Often once in the system they return too . . . more
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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 . . . more
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November 13, 2006 02:01 PM EST --
I wanted to follow up from the original article that i had posted. Trish B. had mentioned in a comment that Some of her children were breastfed, and still have athsma.
Mine do too. In fact, I have four . . . more
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August 04, 2006 01:00 PM EDT --
For-Profits versus Non-Profits
In my twenty three years as a Nursing Home Nurse, I have spent the majority of my time in non-profit facilities, working in one, and traveling to numerous others as an . . . more
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