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What If It's Not Alzheimer's?

Marie Marley | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Parkinson's-Like Conditions, Gail Rosseau, Not Alzheimer's, Md, Nph, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Alzheimer's-Like Conditions, Home News
Marie Marley

Approximately 5.4 million Americans have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and many more are showing symptoms of it. A small number of them, such as Alicia, actually have something else.

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Clear the Clutter: Organization Boosts Health and Vitality

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Environment, Maria Rodale, Isaac Eliaz, Healthy Environment, Maria's Farm Country Kitchen, Md, Space, Health, Organization, Clutter, Healthy Living News
Maria Rodale

by guest blogger Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, integrative medicine pioneer, researcher, clinical practitioner, author, and lecturer As a holistic ...

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The Silent Killer: Diabesity

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Ultrawellness, Type 2 Diabetes, Nutrition, Diabesity, Diabetes, Functional Medicine, Md, Mark Hyman, Healthy Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

One of every two of you have a deadly disease that's making you sick and will kill you, and 90 percent of you don't even know you have it.

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Rawlings-Blake Wins Race For Baltimore Mayor

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Md., Baltimore, 2011 Elections, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Election, Baltimore Mayor, Maryland, DC News

BALTIMORE — Incumbent Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has easily won Baltimore's mayoral election nearly two years after her predecessor stepped down e...

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Maryland Alcohol Tax Distribution To Schools: A Political Process?

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Politics, Md, Video, Alcohol, Maryland Reporter, Baltimore Sun, Schools, Alcohol Tax, Scandal, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The government transparency nonprofit group Maryland Reporter is alleging that rotten politics has played a role in how state alcohol ta...

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Live or Die: Do We Care Anymore?

John Geyman | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Single Payer, National Health Care, Social Contract, Class Warfare, M.D., John Geyman, Employer-Sponsored-Health-Care, Business News
John Geyman

We have had about a 75-year experiment with employer-sponsored health insurance, but its track record is one of continued decline over the last 30 years.

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'Moral Hazard' In Health Care: Duplicity On Steroids

John Geyman | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Universal Health Care, M.D., Single Payer, Health Care Reform, Moral Hazard, Medicare, Class Warfare, Obama Health Care, John Geyman, Politics News
John Geyman

When will logic, common sense, evidence and fairness take center stage for health policy makers and legislators? The way things are going could well be called legislative malpractice.

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Myths and Misperceptions About Primary Care

John Geyman | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Ethics of Health Care, National Health Insurance, Decreased Access to Health Care, Do Not Resuscitate, M.D., Shredding the Social Contract, Depersonalization, Overspecialization, John Geyman, Obama Health Care Reform, Fragmentation of Care, Crisis in Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Copernicus Healthcare, Uninsured Americans, Arianna Huffington, Aarp, Health Care Crisis, Huffington Post, Universal Access to Care, Decline of Primary Care, Costs of Health Care, Quality of Health Care, Pnhp, Bill Moyers, Affordability of Health Care, Hijacked!, Books News
John Geyman

We are indebted to the late Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health for this basic definition of the four pillars of primary care.

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The Making of MiniDisc

David Julian Price | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Aac, Minidisc, mp3, Sony, Ipod, Apple, Cd, Md, Japan, Morita, Technology News
David Julian Price

MiniDisc was surely the last hurrah of Sony's heroic age. It was a time when Sony was driven by engineering purity rather than sales and marketing commonsense.

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Interview with Robert Egger of D.C. Central Kichten and James S. Withers of Operation Safety Net

Mark Horvath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mtental Illness, Operation Safety Net, Robert Egger, Poverty, Homelessness, Mark Horvath, M.D., invisiblepeople.tv, James S. Withers, Homeless, DC Central Kichten, Impact News
Mark Horvath

This was a truly humbling experience. The BeCause Foundation arranged for me to share a conversation with two amazing men, both of whom I had never met before, and both are brilliant with huge hearts.

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The American Story: A Patchwork of People

Kate Kelly | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Journey Through Hallowed Ground, Frederick, Great Americans, Md, The American Story, Catoctin Aqueduct, Healthy Living News
Kate Kelly

What did your great-grandparents do? If you think about it, they were probably important players in helping develop our country, no matter what their...

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A Psychiatric Drug Story of Tragedy and Triumph

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Psychiatry, Depression, Peter Breggin, Peter R. Breggin, Empathic Therapy Conference, Drug Withdrawal, Dr. Breggin, Biopsychiatry, Empathic Therapy, Psychiatric Drugs, Bipolar, Psychiatric Diagnosis, Md, Health, Healthy Living News
Dr. Peter Breggin

people need to know how lifesaving it can be when health professionals dare to be honest about the hazards of psychiatric drugs and the value of empathic therapeutic approaches.

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Ask Dr. Pat: What Can I Do About These Hot Flashes?

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Patricia Yarberry Allen, Night Sweat, Michelle Slatalla, Women's Health, M.D., New York Times Magazine, Hot Flash, Menopause, Dr. Pat, Cynthia Gorney, Hot Flashes, Health, Healthy Living News
Patricia Yarberry Allen

If you're convinced that you'll be tortured by hot flashes and temperature disruptions, then you certainly will be.

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Resveratrol -- Eat Whatever and Live to 120?

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Anti-Aging, Ultrawellness, Supplements, Energy, Md, Resveratrol, Mark Hyman, Health, Healthy Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

"Live to 120 years old by eating as much as you want and drinking lots of red wine!" That's the intriguing finding of a recent study from Harvard researcher David Sinclair and his group.

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How to Give Yourself a Metabolic Tune-Up

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Metabolic Burnout, M.D., Fatigue, Metabolism, Energy Loss, Energy Boost, Mitochondria, Energy, Mark Hyman, Wellness, Health, Healthy Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

How could they eat high amounts of bad food and not exercise, yet still become fitter AND live 30 percent longer than the average rat? One word: MITOCHONDRIA -- the source of your energy.

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Heralding What's New In Movies, ShoWest Opens In Las Vegas

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AMC Theaters, Ken Kesey, Clyde W. Yancy, Lenny Lipton, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Md, Michael Lynton, National Association of Theatre Owners, Governor Schwarzenegger, Timothy Leary, Nato, Gerry Lopez, The Berkeley Barb, Mehmet Oz MD, Showest, President Clinton, oculus3d, Entertainment News
Ellen Sterling

ShoWest opened today in Las Vegas. This is the trade show of the the National Association of Theatre Owners and more than 2,500 people convened today in Las Vegas to see what's new in the industry.

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The HealthScare Debate

David Spiegel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Public Health Insurance Plan, Insurance Industry, Government-Option, Medicare, David Spiegel, Health, M.D., Healthy Living News
David Spiegel

So the health scare mongers accuse the government of what the private insurers are now doing. The anti-change 'protesters' are angry and they're not gonna take it any more. The only problem is that the private insurers have already taken it, and the anti-reformers are angry at the wrong people.

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Video: Treatment Options For Uterine Fibroids

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Uterine Fibroids, Alison Jacoby, Md, Ucsf, Fibroids, Health, Video, Healthy Living News
Kathy Plesser, MD

Dr. Jacoby describes the symptoms and indications for hysterectomy and also about uterine artery emobolization, a method of shrinking fibroids in women who have completed childbearing.

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Video: A Clinical Trial Explaining DCIS

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Shelley Hwang, Dcis, Md, Breast Cancer, Uscf, Video, Healthy Living News
Kathy Plesser, MD

Since all DCIS is not the same as regards malignant potential, Dr. Shelley Hwang describes a clinical trial that will hopefully provide some answers.

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The National Cancer Institute Should Delay Its Collaboration With Love/Avon

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cosmetic Ingredients, Avon Army of Women, Nci, Parabens, National Cancer Institute, M.D., Health, Samuel S. Epstein, Women's Health, Carcinogens, Cosmetics, The Avon Foundation, Dr. Susan Love, Healthy Living News
Samuel S. Epstein

The NCI should insist that Avon reformulate its products to phase out all toxic ingredients and replace them by safe alternatives before proceeding with their important initiative.

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What Defines A Woman...And What Does California's Prop 8 Have To Do With Menopause?

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Intersex, Erectile Dysfunction, Prop 8, Gender Testing, Menopause, Turner's Syndrome, Procreation, Doma, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Md, Rebecca Booth, Relationships, Sex, Love, Dr. Rebecca Booth, Healthy Living News
Rebecca Booth, MD

Recently I have held some interesting conversations stemming from the debate about California's Prop 8. Specifically, if the law defines the state of matrimony to be legal only between a man and a woman, how does the law define a man and a woman?

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Help Women and Girls Fight HIV/AIDS

Joyce McFadden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Kristen Ashburn, Women and Girls Infected With HIV, International Women's Health Coatlition, Holly Andersen, Md, I Am Because We Are, Forward by Madonna, Cornell Weill Medical Center, Girls Power Initiative, Womens Rights, HIV/AIDS Africa, World News
Joyce McFadden

Ensuring equal access to prevention, treatment, care and support for women and girls requires ending the gender inequality and discrimination that drive the pandemic.

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Helping Women: Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Developing World

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Facebook, Mexican National Institute of Health, Ronald Reagan, Myspace, ?€œGlobal Gag Rule?, Women?S Health, Pregnancy, Thought Leaders, Vaginal Fistula, Global Citizens, South Africa, Clinton Global Initiative, Roe v. Wade, Argentina, World Health Organization, Abortion, Uganda, Bill Clinton, Developing World, M.D., Roman Catholic Church, EngenderHealth., Mexico, Twitter, AIDS Prevention, Barack Obama, Ana Langer, Women, Population Control, Reproductive Health, Smith Barney, India, Obstetric Fistula, Orphans International Worldwide, Frances D. Alleman-Luce, Usaid, Pep Far, Engenderhealth, World News
Jim Luce

EngenderHealth focuses on far more than fistula repair and prevention. They are dedicated to improving the overall health and well-being of people in the countries where they work.

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In Global Recession, Health Care Reform Which Saves Money Is An Economic Imperative

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Great Depression of the 1930s, Global Recession, M.D., Health, Market-Driven Inflation of Health Care Costs, Mccain Proposal, Medicare, Health Care Reform, Failures of Deregulated Markets, John Geyman, Nhi, Obama Healthcare, National Health Insurance, Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan, Obama Healthcare Plan, Gdp, Single-Payer National Health Insurance, FEHBP, Politics News
John Geyman

While the so-called "debate" over health care reform heats up, the only real option to reform health care -- single-payer national health insurance (NHI) -- is being largely overlooked.

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Market-Driven Inflation of Health Care Costs and Spreading Hardships

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rockefeller Foundation/Time Survey, Centers on Budget and Policy Priorities, 46 Million Uninsured, 25 Million Underinsured, Deloitte?S Health Research Center, M.D., Market-Driven Inflation of Health Care Costs, Health, John Geyman, Economy, Business News
John Geyman

We are in the second Gilded Age, and conservative market policies fail the public interest.

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