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From the Daily Caller - Medical insurance premiums in the United States are on the rise, the chief  architect of President Barack Obama’s health  care overhaul has told The Daily Caller. Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Jonathan Gruber, who...
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From the NY Times – By Dale Russakoff – While looking at nursing homes for my mother, I always asked the tour guides if I could talk to the nurses’ aides. This seemed to me a logical request. After all, these were the women — and they were...
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Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The victim may suffer severe brain damage  when people nearby fail to recognize the  symptoms of a stroke. Neurologists says that if a stroke is...
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by D.J. Wilson - The beginning of a new year causes us to pause and reflect on improvements we can make in our lives.  As we toast 2012, many of us make resolutions to get organized.  For some this means straightening out a few closets.  For others it’s...
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by Gene Barrett - You may have heard that many people with diabetes develop eye complications which can lead to blindness. People with diabetes do have a higher risk of blindness than people without the disease but most people who have diabetes experience...
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Children who live in households where they are exposed to tobacco smoke miss more days of school than children living in smoke-free homes, a new nationwide study confirms. The report from investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US –...
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 Don’t you just shake your head at all the studies being reported about the foods we eat? I certainly do. Many times I dismiss the reports but recently two interesting studies on tea and coffee were reported in separate well-respected medical journals. I...
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John L. Pfenninger, MD Influenza is a serious illness which can result in death for people of any age. It also causes significant days of just plain feeling bad, leading to lost work and school time. The most effective way to prevent true influenza is by...
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