Medical error represents the sixth leading cause of preventable death and disability in the United States. Understanding and ultimately reducing the number
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Over-Prescribing Antibiotics
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As the school year begins and cold and flu season approach, it is important to remember that antibiotics do not work for
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Wal-Mart to Offer HPV Vaccine
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Now, in addition to low priced groceries and other goods, your local Wal-Mart will offer nurse kiosks ready to inject you or
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Thalidomide: an Apology 50 Years too Late?
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Fifty years ago, if you were pregnant you might have been prescribed or bought thalidomide over the counter for morning sickness. While
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Autoimmune Olympiads
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Well, the Olympics are over. Thank God! Now I can get some sleep. I was so sleep deprived. I could have won
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Put Treatment to the Test
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Researchers found hormone replacement therapy caused breast cancer and heart disease; yet this form of preventative treatment was recommended to healthy women
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The Poor Spend More on Health Care
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NPR recently reported How the Poor, the Middle Class and the Rich Spend Their Money in America, and there are notable spending
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A Ruined Life from Gardasil
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This was submitted by Tracy Wolf, the mother of Alexis who has suffered severe side effects from the Gardasil vaccine, this is
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