Posts Tagged ‘Medicine’

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Jul16

Pork is not compatible with you

by Duane on July 16th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
Posted In: Our Health

From one time or another we have heard stern warnings from people telling us that pork is bad for you. If you take the time to look through this list, you will see why this meat should not be consumed by the human body.
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A pig is a real garbage gut. It will eat anything [...]

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Jun15

Here Lies Common Sense

by Duane on June 15th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Posted In: Commentary, Headlines, Just "Why?", Our Health

For quite sometime now, I have been talking about the trend of people in this country who simply will not follow medical advice.
From a 2008 Washington Post article:
“African-Americans have been shown in some studies to be nearly twice as likely to not take their medicines when compared to Caucasians,” study lead author Dr. Olugbenga Ogedegbe, [...]

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Feb10

Africa On The Cheap

by Duane on February 10th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Posted In: Headlines, World

(AP) High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality — including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal — raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according [...]

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Jun25

Why do we need facts anyway?

by Duane on June 25th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Posted In: Headlines, Our Health, Politics

They just get in the way.
From washingtonpost.com. 6/09
“As the debate on overhauling the nation’s health-care system exploded into partisan squabbling this week, virtually everyone still agreed on one point: There are not enough primary-care doctors to meet current needs, and providing health insurance to 46 million more people would threaten to overwhelm the system.“
From usatoday.com. [...]

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May23

Not following medical advice

by Duane on May 23rd, 2009 at 8:58 am
Posted In: Headlines, Just "Why?", Our Health, Sistahs

Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments
FRIDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Almost 25 percent of black women with advanced breast cancer refuse the chemotherapy and radiation treatments that could save their lives, a new study finds.
Black women have almost twice the rate of advanced breast cancer as white women do, largely because the disease [...]

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