Five HIV Facts You Need to Tell Your Parents and Other Elders

January 13, 2011

They have bathed us, fed us and changed our dirty diapers, but today they need our help. As our parents live single, experience life after divorce, survive the death of a spouse or even “step out” on or have an “understanding” about their dead-end marriage, most re-enter a dating world much more dangerous than the [...]

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What are the symptoms of kidney failure?

January 13, 2011

I have a kidney transplant for 26 yrs. so far but my blood pressure has been a little bit up like 110/90 but it's always been this way. my cholesterol has been going up but my doctor say it's because I've been taking Prednizone all my life. Out of curiosity, I just want to know [...]

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What would the symptoms be if i had a lack of the hormone estrogen?

January 13, 2011

ive always been very underweight, and never developed breasts. Been for LOTS of medical tests, have a good diet and have normal periods etc! just waiting to see a hormone specialist, any help before that would be great You would grow a crooked penis the size of a crayon… this is related to your age.are [...]

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Irrationality vs vaccines: Fighting for reality

January 13, 2011

Chris Mooney, contributor (Image: Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty) Three books investigate how so many people have become so dangerously irrational about vaccines – part of a general confusion between fact and belief AT FIRST it may seem strange that a media reporter penned The Panic Virus, an essential new book about the modern anti-vaccination movement and [...]

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Utah company Lineagen introducing test to diagnose autism

January 13, 2011

“Kids are not getting diagnosed early enough,” he said. “There’s a watch-and-wait cycle in many pediatrician’s offices so the time to referral can be over a year. Then there’s more wait to see a specialist.” Typically, diagnosis occurs around age 4 or 5. Autism spectrum disorder is the fastest-growing developmental disorder in America, believed to [...]

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Cervical Cancer Treatment And Prognosis

January 13, 2011

Cervical Cancer Treatment and Prognosis However, the much larger danger with cervical cancer symptoms is that they often go unnoticed because they mimic so many other common conditions such as PMS and ovulation pains. Cervical Cancer Treatment and Prognosis These common symptoms that most females have at one time or another are written off without [...]

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Ever wanted to ask a vet how to tell if your cat is sick? Online Vet Reviews Sick Cat Symptoms

January 13, 2011

Ever wanted to ask a vet how to tell if your cat is sick? Online Vet Reviews Sick Cat Symptoms Our feline friends are not as easy to read as dogs, and cats are much less likely to complain when they are ill. As a veterinarian, all too often my cat owning clients bring their [...]

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Whooping cough shots now required for students

January 13, 2011

A new state law requires that all children entering seventh through twelfth grades next year get a whooping cough booster shot before beginning school in the fall. Though the law won’t take effect until July, Mount Shasta High School principal Jennifer McKinnon is urging parents to have their children immunized now to avoid the back-to-school [...]

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Tuberculosis test positive but no symptoms. Anybody experience this?

January 13, 2011

Im a 21 year old male and in healthy athletics shape. I had to get a TB test and my injection spot was red and inflamed. When I talked to my doctor, He had me do a blood test and a chest x ray and I will not know till monday. The thing that is [...]

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Wheelton pub chef dies of suspected swine flu (From Chorley Citizen)

January 13, 2011

Wheelton pub chef dies of suspected swine flu 5:32pm Wednesday 12th January 2011 Print Email Share Comments(3) A CHEF at a Wheelton pub has died of suspected swine flu. Stephen Hall, 45, who worked at the Dressers Arms, was described by a long-term colleague as ‘a lovely man whose warmth and good humour was felt [...]

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