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A great warning from the British Thyroid Association
Written by Dr. Art Hister Wednesday, 13 May 2009 00:00
There is a great divide, I think, between doctors on this side of the Atlantic, particularly physicians in the US, and doctors in Europe (especially doctors in the UK), and that divide involves how - and where - we see disease.
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Kidney stones in kids are on the rise and no one knows why.
Written by Dr. Art Hister Tuesday, 12 May 2009 00:00
Kidney stones are collections of chemicals or "garbage" (the Yiddish word "schmutz" is perfect in this case) that coalesce in the urinary tract to form hard concretions.
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Travel to home countries
Written by Dr. Art Hister Monday, 11 May 2009 00:00
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Important news to help reduce the risk of blood clots and economy class syndrome part 2
Written by Dr. Art Hister Sunday, 10 May 2009 00:00
As I pointed out in the preceding blog, any news that can help prevent a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) which is a blood clot in a deep vein the leg, is welcome indeed because thousands of people die every year when a piece of a blood clot in the leg breaks off and travels to the lungs to become a potentially deadly pulmonary embolus.
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BPA
Written by Webmaster Monday, 03 November 2008 17:08
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Temptation may help build willpower
Written by Webmaster Thursday, 30 October 2008 19:44
This is certainly tempting news - temptation may help build will power
In a study published in the Journal of Consumer Research, researchers set out to see the effect of temptation on a group of adults, specifically a small group of female college students (OK, they're not quite adults, but they all think they are).
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High Blood Pressure
Written by Webmaster Tuesday, 28 October 2008 04:27
I don't know if it's to laugh or to cry: according to a study released at a recent meeting of the American Heart Association that was geared to High Blood Pressure Research, many doctors are simply not up to snuff when it comes to treating high blood pressure, which is, of course, a leading risk factor for stroke, kidney failure, heart attacks, and whole host of other problems you really don't want to get, and which in one form or another (either as defined hypertension, or in its new-fangled guise of pre-hypertension) is said to threaten the health of up to 60 % of the population.
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Surgery for narrow arteries
Written by Webmaster Tuesday, 28 October 2008 04:25
I've used this one before but it's worth repeating because it applies to so many situations: two American surgeons talking, and one says, "So what did the patient have?" and the 2nd one says, "a thousand dollars."
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Bisphenol A
Written by Webmaster Tuesday, 28 October 2008 04:22
BPA is back in the news, and again, scaring people needlessly.