Tangled Ribbons, Tangled Lives
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Awareness ribbons looped on lapels. Around trees. Through chain-link fences. Yellow for missing children and bone cancer. Red for heart disease and
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Statins: Who Needs Them?
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I was asked by several people to write about statins. There is much confusing information about what they are, what they can
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Beriberi is Alive and Well in America
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Readers of this website must surely be aware that the American medical profession completely resists the possibility of vitamin deficiency as a
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As a lifelong jock, athletics have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember and though the
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Why Are We So Scared of Salt?
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Over the past several decades, the general consensus of health professionals has been to recommend that all people lower their salt intake.
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The FDA Legacy: A Dereliction of Duty
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“Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.” – The Who (Pete Townsend, Songwriter), 1971The FDA recently finalized its ruling to
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Maple Syrup Urine Disease at 52 Years of Age
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There are some rare diseases that appear at birth known as inborn errors of metabolism. Their symptoms are nonspecific in most cases
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Where Bias Reigns
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To Bias is HumanWhen we think about bias, we tend to think only about the prejudicial biases that favor one perspective, group,
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