November 21, 2009 – 3:41 pm
Check out the Doc Gurley SFGate article on this topic, bursting with tips on how you and your loved ones can stay
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healthy this holiday season. H1N1, food-borne illnesses, falling behind on your exercise, deep-vein thromboses, “staycation” issues – it’s ALL covered in this comprehensive round-up of practical health advice. Feel free to forward [...]
November 19, 2009 – 2:24 pm
Feeling annoyed, angry, confused, nay, veritably pissed off about how your breasts have become a punching bag for various groups? Are you wondering exactly what’s behind the battle of the sumo-sized egos when it comes to the new United States Preventative Services Task Force recommendations
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to NOT screen women in their forties with mammograms? [...]
November 17, 2009 – 8:14 pm
It is mind boggling. Somehow a mild-mannered, statistically-based recommendation that perhaps breast cancer screening guidelines should be revised becomes the same thing as a medical rationing – and somehow related to healthcare reform. The issue here is nothing to do with the screening recommendation (which are in fact likely to be ignored) and everything to [...]
November 6, 2009 – 12:41 pm
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The news about the H1N1 virus is not so great right now. As expected, this flu has accelerated its growth going into the Northern Hemisphere’s colder seasons and the World Health Organization now says that it is the commonest strain of flu globally. The WHO samples influenza sufferers worldwide and tracks [...]