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Why Don't Patients Take Their Meds?

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD

A good chunk of those beautifully printed, fully legible prescriptions never make it to the drug store to be converted into actual pills.

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Geography -- The Missing Vital Sign In Your Physician's Office

Bill Davenhall | Posted 11.17.2011

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Bill Davenhall

You probably have your own stories about geomedicine -- unusual health symptoms that can't be explained, cancers that run in certain families or communities that don't have a genetic or lifestyle link.

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Geomedicine: The Missing Link In Our Personal Health History

Bill Davenhall | Posted 11.17.2011

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Bill Davenhall

As a good health-seeking consumer, we need to be better served by the great wealth of environmental health research that is available -- increasing the capacities of physicians to use this information.

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Thousands In Midwest Seek Medical Attention At Free Health Fair

Posted 05.25.2011

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Thousands from in and around Missouri lined up to be seen by doctors on the second day of The Kansas City Free Health Clinic. The event is just one of...

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