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Making the Right Decision about Medications -
 - Fran Larson (28,335)     
Fran Larson   
Medicine can do wonderful things. Our lives are better in the last 50 or so years because of medical advances. We have birth control pills, vaccines for childhood illnesses and medications for blood pressure and cholesterol. These are only a few of the "miracle drugs" that now are life-changing... ( added 13 days 2 hours ago.) |
Preventive Measures To Avoid Swine Flu -
- Wes Hamilton (784)  
Wes Hamilton
As the popular saying goes prevention is always better than cure. One neednt panic a lot about the spread of swine flu. With proper precautionary measures it is quite easy to prevent the disease and not have to suffer from it. So what do you have to do? Just follow the listed measures, protect... ( added 19 days 21 hours ago.) |
How Swine Flu Has Spread Around The World -
- Wes Hamilton (784)
Wes Hamilton
Swine Flu has become the serious sober sensation that is currently sweeping the world. Just like any other epidemic, what began on a small scale started spreading all over the world within months and has pretty much scared every person that is aware of its existance. But as the case would be... ( added 19 days 21 hours ago.) |
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History of Swine Flu -
- Wes Hamilton (784)
Wes Hamilton
Thanks to the media, all of us are well informed about swine flu, its symptoms and dangers, but how many of us know that swine flu is not actually a newfound malady, but a pandemic that has been circulating around the world for nearly a century now. The swine flu that is currently dominating the... ( added 19 days 21 hours ago.) |
Prior Authorization for Advanced Imaging: a Nurse Reviewer's Perspective -
Terri Richards (0) 
Many insurance companies now require prior authorization for advanced imaging (MRI, CT, PET scan and Nuclear Medicine) and providers are being tasked with conforming to this process. What this means in most cases, is that the physician's office must now delegate a staff member or even create a... ( added 4 days 2 hours ago.) |
Avoiding Fraudulent Diabetes Supplies -
Kayleigh Fitch (9)
The National Retail Federation has updated its “Buyer Beware" list of common household items sold through online auction sites. Certain products, including diabetes supplies, according to the NRF, have a higher than average risk of being stolen or tainted, and, therefore, can pose serious health... ( added 10 days 9 hours ago.) |
How Helpful Is the Surgical Mask? -
- Wes Hamilton (784)
Wes Hamilton
As swine flu continues to spread and care people around the world, the sale of surgical masks has shot up. In fact, the masks were so much in demand that their prices rocketed making them very expensive. All over the place, people in cars, on roads, in schools, colleges and offices are seen... ( added 19 days 21 hours ago.) |
How Can Human Anatomy Diagrams Further Your Career -
Jason Zoyiopoulos (89) 
We all understand that the human body is very complicated and one way i learned to understand,is by the way of human anatomy diagrams. Many of us have failed to understand the numerous details behind its working, as students, or patients when your doctor explained in detail of what is happening... ( added 13 days 8 hours ago.) |
What To Do If You Have Swine Flu -
- Wes Hamilton (784)
Wes Hamilton
If you have severe illness and the symptoms indicate swine flu, contact your health care provider or seek medical care. Your health care provider will determine whether flu testing or treatment is needed or not. If you are ill with fever and other swine flu symptoms like cough and sore throat... ( added 19 days 20 hours ago.) |
What Is Swine Flu? -
- Wes Hamilton (784)
Wes Hamilton
The world has been subjected to different epidemics and pandemics through the ages. Different diseases have come and gone, and science, medicine and vaccination have played their miraculous roles. So nearly, every form of illness has had its own centre stage and limelight. However the one that... ( added 19 days 20 hours ago.) |
Tamiflu- the Helper -
- Wes Hamilton (784)
Wes Hamilton
Amidst all the fear and threat swine flu has been causing, Tamiflu has emerged as a harbinger that can protect lives. What is Tamiflu and how does it help? Pandemic swine flu virus is sensitive to the antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza. The drugs are most effective when taken within 48 hours of... ( added 19 days 20 hours ago.) |
Symptoms of Swine Flu -
- Wes Hamilton (784)
Wes Hamilton
Just a few months back, very few people had even heard of swine flu. However in the recent past, there have been increased talks, news and panic gripping the entire world. Newspapers, television, blogs, social networking websites, everything and everyone seemed to discuss swine flu. In this... ( added 19 days 20 hours ago.) |
Doctor Diagnosis - Does Your Doctor Suffer from Sports Car Syndrome? -
Julian Price (13,927)   
Julian Price
Whenever I need to visit a doctor or a GP, the first thing I look for is if there is a fancy sports car in the Doctor's parking spot in the car park. As strange as that may sound, I now immediately (when scanning the parking lot) predict to myself what standard of treatment or care I am likely to... ( added 54 days 7 hours ago.) |
Doctors, Thank You Cards and Health Insurance -
Michelle Mackin (3,251)   
Michelle Mackin
My article submission over the last year has gone down immensely and I miss everyone at Search Warp. I would apologize but it is not my fault. I can't help that I have been running around with a broken wrist for almost a year now.
Will someone please remind me to send the old orthopedic... ( added 65 days 12 hours ago.) |
Public Health Care: The Time is NOW! -
- Missing Link (670) 
Missing Link
So the national debate goes on about health care and in my opinion there are NO DEBATABLE POINTS. Should there be a public option that drives prices down to a level that people can afford so they don't die without treatment or should we continue to allow a bunch of greedy, arrogant people who run... ( added 125 days 1 hour ago.) |
Life to the End -
- Jean Purcell (1,882)  
Jean Purcell
Tim Bowen makes sense about life and death. I met him this morning in the newspaper. He wrote of "very special moments--moments of living life to the fullest," and he focused on "what might be."
Bowen's focus on the "now" of life, the treasured moments, told me that he knows the issues of... ( added 261 days 6 hours ago.) |
FDA: Johnson & Johnson’s Gel for Diabetic Foot Ulcers Could Heighten Cancer Risk -
Avis Ward (11,265) 
Avis Ward
If you have diabetes, you are at risk for having a diabetic foot wound. The medical term for diabetic foot wound is diabetic foot ulcer. Regranex (pronounced ree-gran-x) Gel is a prescription drug for the treatment of deep neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers. Regranex Gel is the only FDA-approved... ( added 1 year 165 days ago.) |
Is Smallpox Still a Threat? -
V Berba Velasco Jr PhD (549) 
V Berba Velasco Jr PhD
Biological terrorism. Germ warfare. These words can strike fear into the hearts of the population, as people wonder when the next terrorist threat will arise. The danger of bioterrorism hangs over our heads like a modern sword of Damocles.
We all remember the anthrax scares from 2003... ( added 2 years 209 days ago.) |
Making the Right Decision about Medications -
- Fran Larson (28,335)
Fran Larson
Medicine can do wonderful things. Our lives are better in the last 50 or so years because of medical advances. We have birth control pills, vaccines for childhood illnesses and medications for blood pressure and cholesterol. These are only a few of the miracle drugs that now are life-changing and... ( added 32 days 8 hours ago.) |
What Is Autism Trying to Teach Us? -
Julie Lakehomer (0)
The rising numbers of children with autism could be a warning. Genetically, these children may be especially sensitive to some of the tens of thousands of pollutants in our environment.
According to Discover magazine, autism researchers have begun paying attention to the digestive and immune... ( added 77 days 10 hours ago.) |
New Omega-3 fattty acids test -
- JP Bender (9,756)  
JP Bender
There is a new blood test, measuring the level of omega-3 fatty acids in red blood cells. It is now broadly available for the first time to the public everywhere - as a consumer-friendly, at-home "finger stick" test.
Scientists have long known of the benefits of fish and fish oil for overall... ( added 81 days ago.) |
Medical Nursing Staff Could Relate! -
- Marijo Phelps (2,873)  
Marijo Phelps
"We're Short Staffed"
There are times when I see So vividly every piece of bark On every log of the cabin we hope to build And it's those times when I think I'd be a mailwoman and exercise My job away in fresh air Rather than a short circuited robot Whose start buttons have all Been... ( added 96 days 3 hours ago.) |
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Healthcare Debate: A Schoolyard Brawl -
- Missing Link (670)
Missing Link
It is an interesting feature of the current health care debate that what we are actually debating is so ill-defined by both sides. Oh, both Democrats and Republicans both agree that health care needs a makeover, but that's about all they seem to have in common on the issue. Or do they? From where... ( added 102 days 21 hours ago.) |
Drugged by Drug Companies -
Joel Hirschhorn (2,868) 
Joel Hirschhorn
Nothing is more revealing of the commercial crassness and insanity of American society than the bombardment of consumers by commercials and advertisements for prescription drugs. Few people may remember that for a very long time there were no such pitches for prescription drugs and people relied... ( added 109 days 6 hours ago.) |
Bogus Beliefs - Homeopathy -
Ben Morrish (7,933) 
Ben Morrish
Over a decade ago I had homeopathic
treatment for a skin condition I have psoriasis, which causes
patches of skin cells to multiply too fast, leading to the formation
of thick, reddish scales, bits of which tend to dry out and flake
off. Not very pleasant really.
I tried... ( added 137 days 5 hours ago.) |
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