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Jacob M. Appel | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Ethics, Law, Politics, Switzerland, Human Rights, Assisted Suicide, Health, Bioethics, Health Care, Medicine, Privacy, Canada, Politics News

If Betty Coumbias had only six months left to live and expressed a desire to die, most assisted-suicide advocates would support her cause. Why should she have any less control over her life because she is in good health?

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Motherhood: Is It Ever Too Late?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Medical Ethics, Women's Rights, Women, Late Motherhood, Women's Issues, Personal Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Ivf, Women's Health, Health, Women and Politics, Living, Bioethics, Medicine, Health Care, Living News

Births to women in their late fifties and early sixties are no longer international news. Whether they are empowering or irresponsible has been a matter of ongoing debate.

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What Is A Nuclear Medicine Examination?

Helene Pavlov | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Pavlov, Medicine, Doctors, Nuclear Medicine Examination, Living News

There are no major aftereffects of a nuclear medicine examination. Rarely, localized pain or a bruise may occur at the site of injection. As can occur with any needle stick.

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The Defamation of Cynthia McKinney and the Violation of Her Civil Rights

Ray Hanania | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Member of the U.S. Congress, Extremism in Israel, Clothing, Violation of Civil Rights, Georgia Representative, Food, Cynthia McKinney, Gaza Strip, Israel, Medicine, Israel's Rightwing Government, Politics News

McKinney should be released immediately and the medicine and food and clothing she was trying to bring to the besieged and brutalized civilians of the Gaza Strip should be delivered.

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Get to the Doctor, Dr. Ahmadinejad!

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

I'm the last person to take any mental health issues lightly, but when it comes to racking up crazy points, Dr. Ahmadinejad wins the prize.

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Small Good News: Get Up, Stand Up! Stand Up for Your Medical Rights

Karen Stabiner | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Patient Advocacy, Medicine, Health Care, Health, Healthcare, Wellness, Living News

Here is the hard truth about health-care reform: No matter how good it is, it won't come soon enough and won't be profound enough to spare all of us ...

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Blood and Treasure: Free Trade Human Plasma Across the US Mexican Border?

Aram Roston | Posted 07.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Nafta, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Plasma, Public Health, Health Care Reform, Mexico, Investigative Journalism, Medicine, Health Care, Investigation, Business News

The United States is the world's leading exporter of human plasma - providing about 70 per cent of global supplies, the biggest player in what is now a multibillion dollar business.

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Obama's Health Plan: What Matters the Most is Missing

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 08.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Psoriasis, Depression, Chronic Disease, Health, Osteoarthiritis, Asthma, Health Care Reform, Adhd, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Obesity, Chronic Illness, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Functional Medicine, Medicine, Wellness, Home News

To effectively reform healthcare in the U.S., we must change not only the way we practice medicine, but also the type of medicine we practice.

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The Sounds and Sleeplessness in the ICU--Part I

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Health, Hospitals, Sleep Deprivation, Medicine, Icu, Illness, Sound, Sleep, Noise, Living News

Being in the ICU is hard enough to endure. Throw in sleeplessness caused by noise pollution and just about everything worsens.

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Radiology Myth Buster: Medical Sonography (Ultrasound) Is Only Used to Image a Pregnant Woman

Helene Pavlov | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Tendonitis, Pregnant, Ct, Ultrasound, Mri, Neuroma, Sonogram, Sonography, Medicine, Living News

The most well known application for ultrasound is to produce pictures of a fetus in the mother's uterus, but this is just one of a vast number of medical uses for this fascinating technology.

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Do You Tell Your Doctor The Whole Truth?

Los Angeles Times | Karen Ravn | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Cholesterol, Lying, Personal Health, Exercise, Health, Doctor, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Diet, Medicine, Living News

Bill Moore of Pacific Grove was barely in his 20s when he found out he had cholesterol trouble. This was bad news for Moore because his father had ...

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Got Acid Reflux? Will Your Medicine Break Your Bones??

Ashley Koff | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Integrative Health, Bone-Density, Integrative Medicine, Acid Reflux, Medicine, Nutrition, Health, Wellness, Living News

What is Acid Reflux, really?

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Many "Natural" Supplements Are Contaminated

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Alternative Medicine, Natural Supplements, Vitamins, Diet, Minerals, Medicine, Personal Health, Health, Living News

Lead in ginkgo pills. Arsenic in herbals. Bugs in a baby's colic and teething syrup. Toxic metals and parasites are part of nature, and all of these h...

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Our Cost-Quality Disconnect in Medicine

Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Colorectal-Cancer, Colon Cancer, Colonoscopy, Health, Health Care Reform, Cancer, Medicine, Health Care, Living News

Until we develop medical policies based on scientific accountability we are condemned to suffer with a permanent cost-quality disconnect in medicine.

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A Doctor's Tips for Surviving Your Hospitalization

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Tips, Hospitals, Medicine, Wellness, Living News

In this era of shrinking bottom lines, hospital resources are being stretched to their limits. Staffing is being reduced and those who remain are being asked to do more with less. Here are 10 important medical tips from a hospital insider on how to help you better navigate a potential hospitalization.

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How To Talk To Your Doctor

nytimes.com | Jane E. Brody | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Doctors, Personal Health, Medicine, Wellness, Health, Living News

What do you want from your doctor, especially if you have a serious or life-threatening illness? Researchers who conducted interviews a few years a...

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Follow Up -- Innovative MRI Technique Helps Identify Mystery Knee Pain following Knee Replacement

Helene Pavlov | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Pain, Knee-Replacement, Anterior-Cruciate-Ligament, Mri, Pcl, Knee Replacement, Knee Injury, Health, Medicine, Living News

Recently, a police officer underwent two surgeries including a partial knee replacement . When he walked he had severe pain and would hear a "popping noise." He also had trouble walking, even with a cane.

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Paying the Piper: Brain "Neuroenhancers"

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Provigil, Adhd, Mental Health, Brain, Adult ADHD, Focus, Health, Side Effects, Neuroenhancers, US Airforce, Medicine, Wellness, Ritalin, Adderall, Living News

If you don't have a medical condition like ADHD or narcolepsy and you take stimulants, you are entering the world of performance enhancement, where many have tread and paid a great price.

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Why Do We Cling To Medical Myths?

newsweek.com | Sarah Kliff | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Medical-Myths, Homeopathic Remedies, Personal Health, Medicine, Health, Living News

Rachel Vreeman and Aaron Carroll weren't looking to start a controversy. They're both pediatricians at Indiana University who, as a side project to th...

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Best Careers For Work-Life Balance

nytimes.com | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Law, Business School, Careers, Career Advice, Finance Careers, Work-Life Balance, Medical School, Law School, Medicine, Business News

The big influx of highly educated workers into finance in the last two decades has been the subject of some national hand-wringing lately. President O...

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The Taking Tree: Late Effects Are Teh Awesome

Matthew Zachary | Posted 06.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Survivor, Survivorship, Healthcare, Matthew Zachary, Young Adult, Health, Lance Armstrong, Medicine, Living News

Apparently the 'Aha! Moment' is that there's more to the 'cure' than just toxic medicine and a placental discharge back into the real world.

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Expanding Health Information Technology

Darrell West | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Information Technology, Medicine, Health Care, Health, Business News

Even with $19 billion in new federal resources, the obstacles limiting the utilization of health information technology will not improve unless financial and organizational barriers are addressed.

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More Macaroni, Bon Voyage Viagra: Why Prescription Medicines Should Not Be Advertised

Brian Ross | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Television, Newspapers, Radio, Prescription Drugs, Drugs, Media, Healthcare Reform, Medicine, Health Care, Healthcare, Living News

Patients who can buy a generic often do not, either because they are sold on an ad, afraid that there is something inferior about the generic, or the doctor pushes the brand name drug.

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Journalists Present Acupuncture Placebo As Cure

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Acupuncture, James Randi, Science, New Study, Science-Journalism, Placebo, Medicine, Placebo-Effect, Journalism, Living News

A flat Earth is not an equal proposition to a round one, and when a study shows that a placebo works as well as a medicine, it means that the medicine itself is probably a placebo.

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