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Head on over to SFGate – the online version of the San Francisco Chronicle – for a wide-open Doc Gurley discussion of all things…swine flu! That’s right, there’s now a new forum for Doc Gurley’s unique take on healthcare, with six (count them – six) articles in response to breaking swine flu news. Here are […] Sad recent news on the topic of depression and hearts. Image via Wikipedia 1) The first big news is that depression is signficantly associated with an increased incidence of heart failure after a heart attack. The study showed, first, that depression after heart attacks is very common (10%), and that it is a marker, at […] Ready for a wonderful round-up of the best of the healthcare blogosphere? Head on over to Six Until Me, where Kerri Image via Wikipedia will wow you with the latest and greatest posts. Her site is full of all the key elements of great blogging – unique insight, personal drama, pithy opinions and superb healthcare […] Now that America has declared a state of swine flu public health emergency, you may be asking yourself – what am I supposed to do? Here is a list of ten practical steps you can take to prepare and protect yourself and your family. 1) Know the symptoms – Here are some of the symptoms […] Roxana Saberi, from Fargo, North Dakota, is spending her birthday in Tehran’s Evin Prison, starving. She’s on a hunger strike. Around the world, people continue to face similar violations of their rights to freedom of expression, free speech, and a free press. As Scott Simon at NPR so beautifully stated, “This may seem a […] Whoa! Weird and wonderful medical news this week! The New England Journal of Medicine published three Image by gwen via Flickr simultaneous reports proving the existence of a veritable Loch Ness monster of physiology – the identification, at long last, of “brown fat” in adults. Say what? See, the conventional wisdom for many many years […] |
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