| Insulin Resistance Syndrome - What Are the Symptoms and Signs? |
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| Normally when you eat, food is absorbed into your bloodstream after it is digested and what are called beta cells in the pancreas increase putting out a hormone, called insulin, which helps remove glucose from the bloodstream so it can be used for e |
| Doctor - Retire the Prescription Pad and the Pen |
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| A few months ago, a coalition of companies including Google, Cisco, Allscripts, Aetna, Wellpoint, among others formed an internet based electronic prescribing system. Known as ERx Now, it provides physicians, who register, the benefits of electronic |
| The Field of Nursing Is In Critical Condition |
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| As the United States continues to face a severe nursing shortage, a shortage that has lasted the longest in decades, hospital administrators and staff are scrambling to find solutions to the problem. However, the tactics currently being employed in |
| Discount Health Plans Can Help Save On Costly Prescriptions |
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| Drugs, Drugs, Drugs As modern science makes strides in providing more and more advanced treatment for just about every condition under the sun it seems that more and more people are being prescribed medications for things we did not even know requir |
| Antibiotics - Reversing the Damage |
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| Why do doctors give out antibiotics like oxygen? Ok that was a bit harsh, however being prescribed antibiotics is becoming easier and more worrying. Is it something to do with the money? For those who dont know what antibiotics are: n. A substance, |
| What Is A Traumatic Brain Injury? |
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| An eighty-year-old woman tumbles down the stairs. A teenaged boy is spooked during a convenience store robbery and shoots the cashier in the head. Another teenthis time a girlis distracted by her cell phones ring and careens into a tree. A rugby pla |
| 18 Tips to a Safer Medication Use |
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| 1. List all medicines you take. Include name, dose and frequency. Don't forget to include vitamins, minerals, herbs, topical medications, eye and ear drops, sprays, weight loss aids, oral contraceptives. 2. Know the brand and generic names of the me |
| Routine Annual Physical - Not Worth the Time or Money |
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| A recent article in the September 24th issue of Archives of Internal Medicine found that routine annual physicals may not be particularly useful. Although these types of visits account for 1 in 12 doctor office visits, the study found: * only 19.9 p |
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