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See, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, so is this column going to be all-Haiti, all the time? Well, no. After all, health and wellth wait for no human. When the tides of symptoms start to rise, you have to grab whatever life preserver might help. And so, while I’m in the stage of […] Haiti trip, 5 days and counting (and, can I just say – !!). The overriding question, for me, has become, just how bad is it? There are so many stories – including stories of pressures that are building, like the report that aid workers shouldn’t visibly drink water because people are so desperate (and dying […] 10 days and counting to Haiti. My mind is whizzing and my days are packed with to-do lists that overflow into the next day. I keep trying to project myself into that moment when I return, and stare at my desk and try to figure out where I was and what I was doing before […] 14 days and counting. I got the message yesterday that a group would like me to go to Haiti. I’d already thrown my name in the hat in the beginning, but they all needed (appropriately) surgeons. Or nurses. But now the situation has morphed, and when the call came my insta-gut response was “yes.” Afterward, […] What’s Get Wellth? Get Wellth winners* are health resources and/or study results that meet the strict Doc Gurley criteria:Â cheap (hey, what’s cheaper than free?), simple to get/do, proven effective, of high quality and with minimal-to-no side effects. All great, right? Image by Ed Yourdon via Flickr First up – it’s sadly all too common […] Image via Wikipedia Doctors have called for a new approach to antibiotic dosing – one that is based on your weight. The rationale is that obesity, traditionally, has been regarded – pharmacologically speaking – as a rare phenomenon. The authors in the Lancet argue (in a classic science journal well, duh moment) that obesity […] |
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