Category: Mind, Body & Health
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It has been a slow last few months, the way time always seems to be when it's full of variety rather than intense drive. Sadly, my back has been full of intense pain, from general soreness during the day, to spasms when I try to get out of bed in the morning. As a welcoming…
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Remember the great Mammo or no Mammo debate that erupted a couple of years ago? The task force is back in action again. This time they recommend 'No PSA', as the evidence builds up that the cure is worse than the disease. "The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force examined all the evidence and found little…
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From the Associated Press: FORWARD OPERATING BASE JACKSON, Afghanistan (AP) — It is a conversation, the military surgeon says, that every U.S. Marine has with his corpsman, the buddy who is first to treat him if he is wounded by an insurgent's bomb. The Marine says, "'If I lose my manhood, then I don't want…
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This year is the officially recognized 30th anniversary of the HIV /AIDS epidemic in the USA. The focus on the disease is once again in the forefront - its spread, its prevention and its treatment have revealed many new medical facts about the virus, some hopeful and others frustrating. There is still no effective "cure" for the condition and afflicted patients continue to die…
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(Bringing the post to the front as we make a final push before the May event. Many thanks to those who have contributed. Your help will go a long way towards achieving our goals.) A message from Dr. Shiban Ganju, founder of Save A Mother: Save A Mother is a non-profit organization working to reduce…
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A couple of weeks ago I posted the news about KV Pharmaceutical's price gouging tactics involving a common drug used to prevent premature labor in pregnant women. The FDA, which gave exclusive manufacturing license for the drug Makena to KV, has now reacted to the massive bad press generated by the extortionist ways of the pharmaceutical…
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This news story is beyond absurd; it smacks of ethics violations. The company awarded the special privilege doesn't even have the excuse of recuperating the costs of R&D! And we wonder why the health care costs go up? Still think the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has your best interests in mind? According to new reports,…
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Something had changed at Blockbuster and it was not the annual rearrangement of shelves and their culling of the excellent in favor of the trite. I hurried. Taking advantage of my grise, if not eminence, I leaned toward the young man at the check-out and said, "This place smells like vomit". "We are required by…
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Here we go again. The headline reads "Study Ties Hot Flashes to Lower Breast Cancer Risk". The article goes on to blabber thusly: 'Here's some good news for women ever bothered by hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms: Your risk for breast cancer may be reduced as much as 50 percent, researchers from the Fred Hutchinson…
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Optogenetics is a promising line of research on the neural substrates of depression, and effective treatments.
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I have been meaning to write something substantial for my first post to Accidental Blogger, but my brain has been roasting at a pleasant 39°C (that’s 102°F for the Imperialists) for a large portion of the past week. It has simmered down to near normal now, and the pox are on the retreat. I was…
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