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Friday, October 9, 2009

Doc makes more cash selling clothes on eBay - CNN.com

Dr. Jennifer Lickteig examines patients at the Linn Community Care Health Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She says she earned $120,000 last year on eBay, more than she did practicing medicine.

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Shingles Raises Stroke Risk: Study - US News and World Report

The first study to link shingles specifically with stroke which can be ischemic, caused by blood clot blocking a brain artery, or hemorrhage, doe to rupture of a blood vessel.

It was found that stroke results from herpes zoster virus-induced vasculopathy (
the vessel to the brain damaged by the the virus could be occluded or ruptured).

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Swine flu vaccine passes safety test - The Boston Globe

Swine flu vaccine is safe according to Dr. Benjamin Kruscal, a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at Harvard Vanguard Medical Association.

Dr. T.Frieden, chief of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced that his own children are being vaccinated.

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Martin Feldstein - A Better Way to Health Reform - washingtonpost.com

Health-care costs recently represents an overburden on both individuals and society.
This article is about health costs and how can they be legislated so that, it is guaranteed that everyone can get the appropriate care regardless of its costs, and ensuring that personal bankruptcy can not be the result of high medical pills.

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Q+A: How do you know you have the flu? | U.S. | Reuters

This article answers important questions about H1N1 swine flue like which groups are more vulnerable, what if one gets it, and what if it infects someone seriously.

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Q+A: How do you know you have the flu? | U.S. | Reuters

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