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For my students at USIP

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Gene testing?

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As a society, we have evolved in many fields, before, we had no way of knowing who would have what disease and how we can avoid passing it o...
Sunday, May 3, 2009

Pandemics and Politics - A Recipe for Pandemonium

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The very nature of influenza virus makes prediction difficult. New strains of influenza for which populations are not immune in combination...
Saturday, May 2, 2009

Opulence and Insecurity and the outmoded 40-hour Work Week – A Personal Rant

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How insecurity develops is a matter of psychology – quite frankly I don’t care where it comes from. What concerns me is the impact personal ...
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Beans (A Poem for Organ Donation)

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Beans Because they fail to work properly on their own A catheter was inserted into her abdomen For easy access to the machine she...
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Friday, May 1, 2009

End of Life Health Care is Our Biggest Health Care Problem, both Financially and Morally

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These are horrible questions, but these questions must be asked. I do not claim to know the answers, but I do know that what we are doing no...

The Terms "Right to Die" and "Assisted Suicide" Won't Do

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As I write this posting about end of life issues, I am well aware that I am not an expert on this topic. Thus, I am writing more in the spir...

I am Beginning Consider "Comitting a Gaffe" Laudable

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I applaud the Vice President’s candor recently with regard to the swine flu. He said that right now he would advise his family to avoid plan...

To smoke or not?

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I don’t get it. They get so happy to tackle a smoking problem in this article . I wonder who they surveyed. They should come and survey the ...

Restrict late term abortion: A law?

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My opinions are neutral in the abortion area. I think no one should suffer whether it is the baby, the mother, the healthcare ...

Artificial insemination:Natural process or not?

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Some women get pregnant and they abort due to various reasons. The women who want to have a child can’t but now through artificial inseminat...

Congress, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Dietary Supplements

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The dietary supplement industry (vitamins, herbs) has bought off Congress to keep the FDA from regulating products that in reality are sold ...

Plan A or B?

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All this controversy surrounding two pills called Plan B, I wonder what happens to the rest of the population who have sex and ...

Got milk?

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I’ve been drinking milk all my life but never delved into what really goes into the process of store bought milk. If you are in ...

Mandating ultrasounds before abortion…

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Abortion is a controversial topic for a lot of people. Some people see it as killing a living being. Others see it as a means t...

To live or let go?

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Nowadays, we can’t even die peacefully without someone arguing over your life or death, mentally or physically. We all have a time t...

How tight is Airline Security in 2009?

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Boca Raton, FL is home to Kenton Weaver, a 13 year old boy who suffers from autism. Kenton has always loved airplanes and dreams for one da...

Coloring Book Helps to Teach Kids About Tragedy

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A coloring book with burnt out cars, buildings on fire and tornadoes does not sound like a coloring book that many parents would give to th...

Insurance Company Denies Claim After a Woman’s Husband is Murdered

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Last year, Curtis McCraw was gunned down and murdered. The insurance company in which he has a $25,000 life insurance policy with is denyin...
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Post Marketing Surveillance…No wonder doctors are skeptical to the point of confusion

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For another class, I had to write a paper on the safety of statins (you’ll see why in the second paragraph). (But for now – a little backgr...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Red Wine and Heart Disease: A Riddle Wrapped in an Association – Not Causation

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In 1991, the widely popular CBS television news show, 60 Minutes , featured a story that attributed the lower risk of heart disease in Franc...
Monday, April 27, 2009

Health in the News is not the Health News

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The media distorts the nature of our country’s challenges, especially those pertaining to our public health. One of those challenges is what...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Homeland Security? For Swine Flu?

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I watched the press conference today in which the Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano , was coordinating the United States’ Swine ...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Swine Flu and the Right Thing to Do?

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The outbreak of swine flu in Mexico (which has spread to the U.S.) raises some difficult questions. As of this writing early Saturday evenin...

A Non-Religious Case against Abortion

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I have concluded that abortion is wrong, but my reasons are not based on religion. Don’t get me wrong. Unlike the specious Bill Maher , I am...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

¿Tu hablo inglés?

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What did you say? ¿Cómo? Many hospitals, emergency rooms, clinics, and healthcare personnel must deal with language barriers every day. With...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Poor Justice for the Innocent

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Living a Life Sentence Kelly Cobiella CBS Sunday Morning April 19, 2009   Anything can happen to anyone at anytime and good thin...
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