The Stir: 5 Celebrities Who Have Kicked Cancer Ass (PHOTOS)
As Michael Douglas faces throat cancer, it's a startling reminder of the disease's reality in the world of celebrities who seem untouchable. We hope he gains inspiration from other celebrities who have fought cancer and won.
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Employers Pushing Health Care Cost Increases Onto Workers, Report Shows
As employers struggle with rising healthcare costs and a sour economy, U.S. workers for the first time in at least a decade are being asked to shoulder the entire increase in the cost of health benefits on their own.The average worker with a...
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Lady Gaga’s Strange Diet Revealed
Lady Gaga’s strange diet is revealed. Gaga had passed out on stage earlier in the year, so since then, she has taken her health a bit more seriously and is watching what she puts in her mouth…and it seems a strange combination. More picture...
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Craig Newmark: Veterans: the Blue Button gets you electronic health records
Okay, this is a really big deal for two reasons. Getting your medical records from doctor to doctor is really important. If you're a...
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Experienced clinician says psychopathy is a spectrum
This week we are continuing to discuss The Psychopathic Mind by J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D. The author is diplomate in forensic psychology, former Chief of the Forensic Mental Health Division for San Diego County and Past President of the American Academy of ...
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Mouse Virus Link To Chronic Fatigue Looked At
WASHINGTON — A U.S. government study has uncovered a family of mouse viruses in some people with chronic fatigue syndrome, raising still more questions about whether an infection may play a role in the complicated illness. Monday's st...
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Dr. Jim Taylor: Has America Lost its Self-respect?
We must declare "respect for others" to be a national obligation rather than a quaint platitude because without respect for our fellow citizens, America can never have respect for itself.
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Claudia Ricci: Shop the Economy Back to Health? Not When You’re Unemployed!
I'm no economist and my stint as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal was years back now. But you don't have to be a...
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Egg Recall Expands To More Than Half A Billion Nationwide
WASHINGTON — More than a half-billion eggs have been recalled in the nationwide investigation of a salmonella outbreak that Friday expanded to include a second Iowa farm. The outbreak has already sickened more than 1,000 people and the...
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Mark Hyman, MD: How to Eat Healthy for Less
I understand the challenges of trying to eat well with limited resources, limited time, or both. But I promise you -- you don't have to be rich or retired to eat well and take care of yourself.
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