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Upticks of 'Christmas Coronaries' and 'New Year's Heart Attacks' real? Yes!
With the evidence already established regarding known upticks of cardiac (or heart-related) deaths around Christmas and New Year’s, a new study seeks to elucidate if winter is a main culprit.Tags:...
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Carrie Fisher and Heart Attacks, or Medical Events Amid Holiday Travel
Carrie Fisher’s tragic death after last week’s inflight medical emergency is sadly an all too familiar occurrence. Learn how to improve your travel health and safety whenever possible.Tags: Carrie...
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New Study: Male Genital HPV Infection, Warts and All
When it comes to cancer, prevention is always preferred to diagnosis and treatment. Discuss HPV vaccination and your eligibility (as well as your kids' eligibility) with your doctor. A new study...
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CDC Cancels Climate Change Conference. Good.
There's little doubt why the CDC shelved the meeting. The Trump Administration is skeptical of anthropogenic climate change, so somebody – perhaps President Trump himself – made a call and that was...
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Doctors and Legislators: Listen to Patients, Not the CDC
It is impossible to estimate how much suffering that the CDC has caused with its asinine "guidance" on opioid prescribing for doctors. So, let's just listen to one voice. It says plenty. And she could...
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Scabies Outbreak and Things That Go Itch in the Night
With a recent hospital outbreak of scabies, is there a better time to clarify some misperceptions about them – and other things that go itch in the night? Nope, so take a look.Tags: scabieshead...
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Vaccine News: Updated Childhood and Adolescent Schedule
Each year the recommended childhood and adolescent vaccine schedules are reviewed, adjusted and approved. The 2017 revisions are now available, and here are some of the recent changes affecting...
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1 in 4 Adults with Hearing Loss (Protect it early and often!)
Ask yourself this: How often do you think about your ability to hear? Or this: How much would you, or your loved ones, be affected if your hearing was diminished, or lost completely? Not a pretty...
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CDC Suspends Work in Highest Biosafety Labs to Review Air Quality
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced they are temporarily suspending work by lab scientists in BSL-4 (aka biosafety level 4) facilities. They recently learned their...
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'Drunk' Babies? No More Partying in Your Crib!
It glistens, oozes, sometimes sparkles and seems to be everywhere: in homes, schools and offices, and on travel gear and key chains. So it's no wonder that kids are accidentally – and even...
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Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths Hosts Forum of Public Health Leaders
Our Dr. Jamie Wells attended a forum yesterday at the Harvard Club of New York. Public Health leaders presented diverse perspectives on how the complex task of preventing healthcare-associated...
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Dear CDC, Thanks For Debunking 'Chronic' Lyme Disease Myth
Sometimes the CDC really gets it right, and let's give 'em credit! That's certainly true in the case of "chronic" Lyme disease. The agency explains that the symptoms some people suffer after successful...
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Dear CDC, Thank You for Advocating Regional Approach to Infection Deaths
Recognizing the highly integrated nature of patient sharing between institutions, the Centers for Disease Control rightly aims to make a dent in healthcare-associated infection deaths by using a...
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Dear CDC, Why Are You Torturing Pain Patients?
It's one thing to read countless stories about pain patients being subjected to indescribable suffering, thanks to a thoroughly misguided, foolish CDC attempt to "address" the opioid overdose epidemic....
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On E-Cigarettes, CDC Should Learn from UK's NHS
E-cigarettes are "effective in helping people quit smoking" and "95% safer than smoking."* Additionally, there are "no health risks to bystanders."What evil, conniving, greedy, Big Tobacco-loving,...
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Is Public Pooping a New Trend?
It’s been an enlightening time in the realm of public defecation. Video of two serial poop-and-run culprits in Colorado and Kentucky – respectively named “The Mad Pooper” and “Poopman” – have baffled...
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Don't Freak Out About Monkeypox
Before media outlets start scaring you about another infectious disease, learn some important facts.Tags: Monkeypoxinfectious diseaseCDCWHOinfection control
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Hey CDC, Please Stop Pathologizing Infancy
When it comes to infant feeding, recent survey data from the Centers for Disease Control does more to add to the guideline burden than benefit a baby – let alone the parent. Tags: infant...
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When A Tree Falls In The Woods, You Hear It
Reflections of a recent, unsettling winter event, along with suggestions on how to avoid unintentional injury.Tags: National Safety Counciltop causes of deathunintentional...
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Tick-Borne Diseases are on the Rise. Which Ones Should You Watch Out For?
The CDC recently cautioned that there's a wide range of diseases being transmitted by ticks, and the caseload is growing. Some, like Lyme’s disease, we are familiar with. To take it an important step...
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