Gall Bladder Surgery

April 20, 2010
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Well mom had her gall bladder surgery last Thursday and is fine. The surgery took no time at all actually. We arrived at the hospital at around noon. She went into the surgery prep at around 12:30 or so. Then we waited until 2:30ish for the surgery to start. At that point neither me nor [...]

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AntiBacterial Soaps Part 2

April 8, 2010
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Back in May of 2009 I wrote a post about how the overuse of antibacterial soaps was causing antibiotic resistant bacteria such as MSRA. Well it looks like there is more information out about the negative impact of the soaps. The article on MSN talks about triclosan and its use in soaps and other household [...]

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Gall Bladder

April 1, 2010
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So my mom was having trouble a few weeks ago when she was eating foods with a lot of fats in them.  Everyone she talked to was telling her it sounded like a gall bladder attack. So she went to her doctor to find out if that was what it was. The doctor said that [...]

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Haiti Bound!

March 25, 2010
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This is something that I have mixed feelings about. My father has decided to go to Haiti for a couple of weeks and help with the disaster relief efforts. You see he works for the FAA and they have a program where you can sign up to be a volunteer for relief efforts. Well he [...]

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Dry Eye Second Opinion

March 18, 2010
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About a month ago I had another dry eye incident. This time it happened on a Monday and it was bad enough that I had to miss work. The problem is that before it was completely healed it happened again. I didn’t miss work the second time but when it happens twice in a row [...]

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Vitamin D And Cancer

March 1, 2010
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I just watched a video from ABC on vitamin D and cancer that I found interesting. They were talking to professor Joellen Welsh from the State University of New York and apparently, preliminary studies indicate that a potent form of  vitamin D kills cancer cells in test tubes and in mice. I guess some of [...]

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Genetically Modified Corn

February 12, 2010
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I recently received an email from a website that I subscribed to. Here is the headline that caught my eye: GM Corn Shown to Cause Organ Failure If you are into healthy eating or health foods like I am you should be concerned by this. Even if you’re not into eating right you should be [...]

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Whoa! Jennifer Love Hewitt

September 25, 2009
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Whoa! It looks like JLH has followed my diet in order to get in shape again! She talks about how she got in shape in an article in Shape magazine. Part of what she did includes a diet that I have been pushing for almost a year now.. Here is a direct quote from her: [...]

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