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Coffee is Teacher Crack10 comments

cafecasey wrote 2 days ago:   English: Cute coffee. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Coffee is teacher crack. I’m about to m … more →

Tags: Education reform, Satire, Teaching, Addiction, American Medical Association, Beverage, Caffeine, Coffee, Coworkers

Breaking News!

parserjet wrote 4 days ago: BREAKING NEWS: Holy Smokes FDIC Seizes Failed Bank in AZ on a WEDNESDAY!!!!  … more →

Tags: bankruptcy, Cloning, Banking, DNA, Parkinson's disease, Embryo, Stem Cell, Oregon Health & Science University, Embryonic Stem Cell

"Small Study of Reflexology Finds Nothing," Headline Should Read1 comment

Mason I. Bilderberg (MIB) wrote 4 days ago: Written by Kyle Hill via randi.org If alternative medicine wants to be taken more seriously, the stu … more →

Tags: Alternative medicine, Debunk, educational, Health 2, Homeopathy, James Randi, Medical, pseudoscientific, Science

A no-prophylaxis platelet-transfusion strategy for hematologic cancers. (Wittkamp)

E. Lawson wrote 4 days ago: N Engl J Med. 2013 May 9;368(19):1771-80. PMID: 23656642 BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of platelet t … more →

Tags: Hematologic Neoplasms, platelet transfusion

Kids in the Kitchen: Dipping Oil

Robin Lewis wrote 4 days ago: Several years ago, the memory is a little hazy about the when and where, we were eating a family mea … more →

Tags: Family Mealtime, Health Benefits, Kids in the kitchen, recipe, balsamic vinegar, Dipping Oil, Italian herb dipping oil, olive oil, parmesan and garlic dipping oil

HEPARIN BASED T1 TREATMENT - UPDATE

BvA-TeC Ltd wrote 5 days ago: WE’VE THE PATENT FOR THIS T1 HEPARIN TREATMENT Heparin (Photo credit: Wikipedia) id00000000706 … more →

Tags: BCG Research, diabetes cure, Drug Information, Patent, Prof. von Arnim, public offering, Resources, TNF Research, anticoagulant

Unlearning the Reasons You Shouldn't Be a Vegetarian1 comment

mandala2013 wrote 6 days ago: Unlearning the Reasons You Shouldn’t Be a Vegetarian In addition to informing readers about th … more →

Tags: Nutrition, Vegetarianism, Protein, American Institute for Cancer Research, T. Colin Campbell, health, united states

Discovery of A New Leukemia Oncogene2 comments

fancysci wrote 1 week ago: The molecular cause of many cancers associated with blood remains unclear. However, using deep seque … more →

Tags: Fancy, Leukemia, Gene, Cancer, mutation, Oregon Health & Science University

The "Oregon Experiment" at 2 Years.

zedie wrote 1 week ago: A lottery for Medicaid enrollment simulates a randomized trial. In 2008, Oregon modestly expanded it … more →

Tags: Medicine, Pap test, health, united states, Medicaid, Oregon, Oregon Experiment, Health Insurance

Continued Warfarin Better Approach to Cardiac Device Surgery.

zedie wrote 1 week ago: Higher-risk patients undergoing cardiac device surgery are better off continuing warfarin than switc … more →

Tags: Medicine, Surgery, anticoagulant, prothrombin time, warfarin, NEJM, American College Of Chest Physicians, heparin

Would you like fries with that embryo?

tabright wrote 1 week ago: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb1215894?query=genetics Yes, the time has come where you c … more →

Tags: Moral/ethical issues, Embryo, Embryos, Morality, NEJM, Reproductive Rights, sale of embryos

Study: Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks

Cyndee Maxwell wrote 1 week ago: (AP) – Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at … more →

Tags: News, features, Health 2, Italy, American Heart Association, Fish oil, Fish, Alice Lichtenstein, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

Studies pointing to projected healthcare cost reductions are foolishly missing a key fact

johnbergmi wrote 1 week ago: Over the last several days we we have seen several new studies that are analyzing the slowdown in he … more →

Tags: Healthcare Reform, Healthcare Reform, healthcare spending, Brookings Institution, Health Affairs, health spending slowdown, medicaid expansion, Healthcare Reforms, Insurance Availability

Lower Oxygen Saturation Levels in Preemies Associated with Higher Mortality by Discharge .

zedie wrote 1 week ago: The question of which oxygen-saturation level is best for very premature infants remains open after … more →

Tags: Medicine, united states, preterm birth, infant, Retinopathy, JAMA, oxygen saturation, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Genomic Studies Allow Better Classification of Leukemias, Endometrial Tumors.

zedie wrote 1 week ago: Two studies, one of leukemia and the other of endometrial tumors, show the usefulness of genomics st … more →

Tags: Oncology, Cancer, tumor, Hematology, new england journal, Endometrial Cancer, Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Azithromycin Does Not Increase Cardiovascular Mortality in the General Population.

zedie wrote 1 week ago: The excess cardiovascular mortality previously observed with azithromycin use is attributable to the … more →

Tags: Controversy, Burning Issues, Azithromycin, mortality rate, Infection, antibacterial, cardiovascular disease, Medicaid, Long QT Syndrome

Sofosbuvir for Hepatitis C Genotype 2 or 3 in Patients without Treatment Options..

zedie wrote 1 week ago: Background Patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 2 or 3 for whom treat … more →

Tags: Medicine, Gilead Sciences, Infection, Hepatitis C, hepatitis C virus, Interferon, genotype, Sofosbuvir

"Dirty" Little Secret - Is the Bacterium in Your Body to Blame for Increased Cardiovascular Risk?2 comments

Health Innovation Blog wrote 1 week ago: Recently astudy by the Cleveland Clinicand astudy published in the New England Journal of Medicinein … more →

Tags: health innovation, Personal Health, Cardiovascular Risk, Carnitine, clevelend clinic, Heart Disease, lecithin, Nutrition, TMAO

Eggs- Good or Evil?2 comments

glass-halffull wrote 1 week ago: In the constant back and forth about whether eggs are good for you or bad for you, we’ve heard it al … more →

Tags: Wild Cards, health, The Scoop, Eggs, Heart Health, TMAO, Trimethylamine N-oxide, choline, lecithin


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