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Tuberculosis - An old enemy in a new form
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
San Diego and other cities are being attacked by Tuberculosis. What was once an easily treatable disease is on the rise and becoming harder to cure. This is because there are now strains of TB that have become resistant to the usual treatments.
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Think Pink
Monday, October 13th, 2008
October is breast cancer awareness month. One out of eight women will be affected by this brutal and demoralizing disease. That means that 200,000 women will be affected. The good news is that 160,000 will be cured. Even though we think of this as a female disease let it be known that men are affected [...]
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Health workers and their lack of confidentiality
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
There is a story online of workers in an ER taking pictures of patients and posting them on their Myspace Page. This is such a breach of a patient’s confidentiality that there are no words to express my anger.
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Viagra miracle or monster maker?
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
I have been alone for many years now. With so much time on my hands and a strong desire to have a social life, I am amazed at the sexually aroused 60 and 70 year old males. It is not a pretty thing. If I thought dating in my twenties was a chore, fighting off the [...]
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Cancer - This Nurse’s Nightmare P3
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
I went back to work with my badge of courage, a scare that runs from under my right shoulder blade to five inches above my right wrist. I have never tried to hide it. I think of this as something to remind me that I am a survivior. As little as I thought about it, [...]