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Happy Pill Day…and Happy Mother’s Day…They Were Meant for Each Other
This commentary article by Elaine Tyler May puts the focus where it belongs when the topic is the Pill.
Motherhood.
The birth control pill enabled women to go to college—medical school, even—confident that no surprises would derail their educations. An educated mother is a huge advantage for a child in too many ways to count.
The birth control [...]
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Etiquette Advice for the Well-Intended When Dealing with Patients
If you are healthy, and you spy a person who is ill or in some distress, don’t offer unsolicited advice. Please, please, please don’t.
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The Story Behind the First Cancer Vaccine Cleared for Treatment
An article in The Atlantic presents part of the story about the first vaccine to be cleared for cancer treatment in the United States written by one of the researchers on the team.
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Primary Care Physicians Can Spend One-Third of Income Satisfying Health Plan Requirements
Pauline W. Chen, M.D., and author of The New York Times column, Doctor and Patient, writes about doctors and their growing anger at health plans.
While the topic is old, the emotion is reaching new levels. Physicians’ assertions about health plan administrative burdens are supported by several studies which document the cost to doctors to comply [...]
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Women with Pre-Malignancies May Be Spared More Invasive Treatment in Future
Many women’s pre-malignancies will not advance to a full-blown, invasive cancer. The challenge has been no one knew which women would remain stable and which ones would develop breast cancer.
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“I’m Still Here…”
This word is overused but, so what? This time it is the only word that will do. This is a luminous piece of writing by a woman who has lived 22 years—and nearly died more than once—from Stage 4 breast cancer.
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Some Smokers Have Genetic Risk, Which Makes It Harder for Them to Quit
Sorry, Mama. Sorry I did not accept your claim that you were “addicted” to cigarettes. I worked in health care. Nice try, Mama, I said. Nice try. No sale. Her smoking was the only thing we ever argued about but, as often was the case, Mama was right.
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Oprah Says…Don’t Drive and Text…Paying Attention Now?
There are many, many causes of distracted driving. Texting while driving is only one. However, when Oprah speaks, perhaps even the texters will listen. She insisted her employees stop texting while driving on company business. She heard all kinds of stories.
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Give the Pink Ribbon Foundation Another Chance
A Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket, pink, will proudly display the ribbon image—recognizable to millions—for the Race for the Cure, a breast cancer charity.
Fried chicken? Pink ribbon? Breast cancer? These three go together how…exactly?
This is one of the most feared of all cancers.
The Susan G. Komen Foundation which is the sponsor of the Race for the [...]
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Pharmacy Benefit Company Says Five Patient Groups Raise Drug Costs
There are times when only a branded medication works, for reasons not well understood. In addition, there have been questions raised about what really is in some generics when one or more ingredients are imported. Brand versus generic usually is not a tough call. Some times, though, the brand is better.
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