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Daily Archives: November 12, 2009
Guys, keeping your cholesterol low may reduce your prostate cancer risk
There’s good news for men concerned about developing prostate cancer. The AP reports, “Men may protect more than their hearts if they keep cholesterol in line: Their chances of getting aggressive prostate cancer may be lower.” Want to learn more? … Continue reading
Posted in Men's Health
Tagged cholesterol, high cholesterol, hypercholesterolemia, preventing prostate cancer, prostate cancer, statin, statins
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How to Keep Normal Labor Normal – Part 10 – Positions
This blog series is designed to help women who are developing a birth plan join together with like-minded birthing professionals so as to have a shorter and safer labor and birth. Although written primarily for professional birth attendants, I hope … Continue reading
Posted in General Health
Tagged birth, birthing, cesarean birth, fetal distress, keeping normal labor normal, labor, labor and delivery
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World – Part 9 – Italy
In the midst of our national debate about healthcare reform, people on both sides of the debate seem to pick and choose among the facts and myths about the nationalized healthcare available in a number of other countries. The fact … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Medical Economics
Tagged healthcare reform, nationalized health insurance, nationalized healthcare, Obamacare, socialized healthcare
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