Unlovely but essential: why the pancreas is so important

May 14, 2012

What do you think this is?” a surgical registrar once asked me. we were standing over the blue-draped abdomen of a 60-year-old man, peering into the hole the registrar had made. The brown bulk of the liver was obvious – it is massive, relative to everything else, with a clearly defined bottom edge, like the [...]

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Liza Horvath, Senior Advocate: Consider a shingles vaccine

May 14, 2012

When Bud began to complain to his wife about back pains, Anna assumed it was just the normal aches and pains that come with age. when a painful rash appeared across the left side of Bud’s back, their doctor diagnosed herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles. Anna and Bud were shocked because most doctors, along [...]

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WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SICK

May 14, 2012

There are some people who are always sick while others are okay. People become sick due to pathogens. ‘pathogen’ means disease, a pathogen is an agent that produces a disease. it means suffering; it is an infectious agent, or germ, that causes disease or illness to the living organ. Many of these pathogens can make [...]

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New Orleans, La.: Free Hepatitis Screenings Offered

May 14, 2012

Tulane University’s Dr. Son Nguyen is hoping to raise hepatitis awareness locally by coordinating two West Bank testing events this weekend. Free screenings for hepatitis B and C, as well as blood pressure, blood glucose, and body mass index, will be offered. The Saturday event will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at [...]

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Tuscola Today » Linking TV to attention issues

May 13, 2012
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EU urged to act on improving treatment choice for kidney disease sufferers

May 13, 2012

By Brian Johnson & Martin Banks – 27th April 2012 It goes without saying, that chronic kidney disease and its treatment have an enormous impact on patients’ lives; it also entails significant socio-economic costs EU member states are spending around two per cent of their total healthcare budget on dialysis treatment, yet dialysis patients make [...]

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Sonia Rykiel reveals her battle with Parkinson’s disease in new book

May 13, 2012

Sonia Rykiel attends the Sonia Rykiel Ready to Wear S/S 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week at Halle Freyssinet on Oct. 1, 2011, in Paris. (Credit:Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) (CBS News) French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel reveals in her new book that she has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for the last 15 years. According [...]

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Ten siblings support their autistic brother

May 13, 2012

Published On: Apr 30 2012 10:39:01 AM EDT (CNN) – Matthew Allen’s 10 brothers and sisters have grown up helping their parents take care of him. Ranging in age from 2 to 27, they are his playmates, his protectors, his teachers and his advocates. They taught him to talk, but they speak for him when he [...]

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LYME REGIS: Time for a check-up!

May 13, 2012

2nd may 2012 OVER 40 people took advantage of free blood pressure checks on Saturday, organised by the Rotary Club of Lyme Regis for Stroke Awareness Day. Rotarians worked with local nurses Carys Hollis and Helen Polley to offer the blood pressure checks at the Fortnam, Smith & Banwell estate agents offices. Town councillor Lorna [...]

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Pet monkey in Pender euthanized after biting neighbor

May 13, 2012

On April 24, in response to multiple bite reports, Pender County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control removed a pet monkey named Elvis from the home of Nancy Browning, 68 Camellia Drive. Under orders from State Veterinarian Dr. David Marshall, Animal Control Officer Lt. Keith Ramsey and several deputies removed the male macaque monkey from the home. [...]

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