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Image via Wikipedia There must be a significant astrological congruence of some kind – or maybe it’s just more drugs in our water – but just recently there has been a spate of health new of the weird or just gross. Not all the news is bad, but some of it is very […] It’s been a little while since I last wrote about Cholera in Haiti. Unfortunately, the LA Times is reporting that with the return of the rainy season, Cholera is back in Haiti in force with 1,000 new cases a day being logged in June. And despite an initial surge after the outbreak to help by […] Image via Wikipedia The economy is still bad and more and more people are struggling to pay for their prescription medications. In fact, millions of us are affected. Here tips on how to make your drug dollars go further. 1) Swallow your pride: Discard whatever lingering discomfort you may have about discussing price […] Image via Wikipedia A recent poll by Knowledge Networks on behalf of the Associated Press and LifeGoesStrong.com compared health attitudes and actual health for the baby boomer generation versus the rest of the population (conflict of interest notice – Doc Gurley just falls in the boomer category herself). While the poll actually shows […] Image via Wikipedia Does it feel like Summer is slipping away? (And doing it this year before it ever really got started). Are you already feeling the pressure of the end of Summer looming? How about all the things you didn’t get to do? One of the most useful tips for developing a […] Image via Wikipedia This week, the CDC announced the results of a study that shows that colon cancer rates in the US are decreasing. Between 2003 and 2007 the rate of colon cancer cases fell from 52.3 per 100,000 people to 45.4. That’s great news. So how has it come about? The CDC […] |
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