Canadian Health Care
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Posted in Health Care, Medical, Video | No Comments »So everyone has been talking about health care and how government run health care similar to Canada's is either eternal heavenly bliss or Satan's personal torture chamber. But how would the average US citizen know for sure which is true? ...
Mercury Poisoning
Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Blogroll, CDC, FDA, Food, Medical | 3 Comments »Everyone wants to eat healthy if they can, right? And what could be healthier than fish! There is alot of protien and omega-3 in fish so it has to be good for you. What could possibly go wrong? Well you're ...
Lipoprotein (a) And Heart Attacks
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Heart, Medical | 5 Comments »It looks like another type of cholesterol besides LDL (low density lipoprotein) is behind some of the heart attacks people are having. It's called Lipoprotein (a). Typically LDL is treated with statins such as the drug Lipitor. Unfortunately statins do ...
Health Insurance Gone Bad
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Posted in Health Care, Medical | 2 Comments »It's nice to know that you can count on your current health insurance . . . or maybe not? It looks like insurance companies are cancelling policies before major surgery so they can save money. And they are using the ...
Anti-Bacterial Soaps
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in CDC, Medical | 1 Comment »Are they really good for you? What do they really do? Let's ask the CDC! And since the CDC article gets somewhat technical, I'll break it down to what I understand about it. For years now we've been hearing about the ...
Hands Only CPR
Monday, May 11th, 2009 Posted in Medical | No Comments »I think this is worth spreading around. Early research indicates that doing only the compression part of CPR (at 100 compressions per minute) is more beneficial than doing both the breaths and compressions. Here is the NPR article on the ...
Vitamin E May Help Alzheimer’s Disease
Monday, May 4th, 2009 Posted in Government Studies, Medical, Vitamins | No Comments »Now this is ironic. Not even three hours ago I was telling my mom how anti-inflamatories were supposed to help alzheimers. And guess what I just read on Yahoo? The article talkes about a Vitamin E and anti-inflamatory study done. I ...
Swine Flu Map And Information
Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in Medical | 7 Comments »June 11th Update: It looks as though the swine flu has been raised to a level 6 by the World Health Organization. So far the prevention methods are the same, don't sneeze on people and wash your hands. May 12th Update: I ...
Sore Throat
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 Posted in Medical, Vitamins | 1 Comment »So Tuesday I woke up with this odd pain in the back of my throat on the right side. Kind of where the point of the back of your jaw is except on the inside. It felt like something was ...
Skin Tag Removal
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 Posted in Medical | No Comments »First things first...Happy Valentines day! While driving to the grocery store today I was listening to The People's Pharmacy, a radio show on NPR. They were talking about the removal of skin tags and how some people have had success getting ...
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