April 2010
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10 Best Big Cities for People With Asthma - asthma... →
March 2010
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In Health Reform, Boons for Hospitals and Drug... →
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WatchThis is remarkable!
What's wrong with this picture ?? #PM #Healthcare
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Gotta put your money (or OUR money) where your mouth is!
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WatchThis is one of the most startling realities of our healthcare systems. It is absolutely unacceptable for death rates for hospital infections to be in the several thousands in a country that supposedly has some of the highest standards of health in the world. What angered me the most in what I heard in this interview was the degree of arrogance some doctors have regarding their subordinates...
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Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given →
What is described in this article is exactly the reason why our president is pushing hard for health care reform. Medicare is being exhausted by the excess of billable tests that doctors order without regard for the necessity of these tests for their patient. Doctors deserve to be paid well for the type of work they do but they shouldn’t be milking a failing system. They should be...
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A 'silent epidemic' for teenage sports injuries →
I read this article on Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s Blog today and it concerned me. I realize that athletics are valued with a high regard by kids, parents and society, but at what cost?
The sad fact is that most of these kids getting injured would not have played at the high college or professional level regardless of how healthy they were. Is all the physical wear and tear on our youth worth...
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My New 3 Day Full Body Workout Routine
The other day one of my friends had sarcastically asked me whether I had been working out upon seeing my arms. I’ve always been ok with being skinny but the fact that people are noticing my lack of muscles made me feel much more self-conscious. However, beyond simple appearances I have realized that my skinny state could actually be approaching unhealthy. I check my body mass index (bmi)...