The "why" of cancer and tragedy in Virgina

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:20 PM EDT (blog.healthtalk.com)

I couldn't understand why families of horrific violent victims would go to court during the trial of the murderer and subject themselves to all the details of the act and the story of their loved ones murder. After cancer hit, I understood; they want the "why".

cancer, health, breast-cancer, virginia-tech, tragedy, gunman

Study shows that women who eat meat are more likely to develop breast cancer

Seeded on Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:43 PM EDT (blog.healthtalk.com)

According to a recent study that followed 35,000 women over eight years, women who eat meat are 56 % more likely to get breast cancer than women who don't eat meat.

cancer, study, health, breast-cancer, eat, meat-red-meat

Our personal integrity and chronic pain

Seeded on Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:47 PM EDT (blog.healthtalk.com)

Can you lie to others and maintain your own integrity? Can you lie to your doctor and get the best care he/she can give you?

health, doctor, integrity, ra, chronic-pain, sjorgens, sciatic

Milk showdown: could raw milk kill you?

Seeded on Mon Apr 9, 2007 5:59 PM EDT (HealthTalk)

Since 1987 it has been illegal to sell milk that has not been pasteurized via interstate commerce.

health, dairy, milk, organic, e-coli, salmonella, raw-milk, listeria, mortality-weekly-report, fda-web

Cancer: What is it?

Seeded on Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:50 PM EST (HealthTalk Blogs)

You have heard of what can possibly give you cancer (which is just about everything) and you know that people die from it. But do you know what it really is? This article offers an easy to understand and informative explanation of what exactly cancer is.

cancer, health, science, blog, physician, explanation

Who is the FDA trying to protect?

Seeded on Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:46 PM EDT (blog.healthtalk.com)

The FDA ODAC meeting held in Washington DC denied the approval of genasense, a drug that may help save the lives of CLL cancer patients. This article contains a very contraversial thread on the FDA's process of approving drugs.

drug, cancer, fda, politics, cll, odac, federal-food-and-drug-administration, genta, genasense, drug-approval

Patient's Rights- Insurance Wrongs

Seeded on Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:40 PM EDT (blog.healthtalk.com)

A Pacific Northwest insurer, Regence Blue Cross & Blue Shield, has recently made a medical policy decision based upon (what appears to be) solely economic rational. Do they ever tire of ripping us off? If it happened to them it could happen to you.

insurance, health, patient, health-insurance, ms, multiple-sclerosis, patient-rights, regence-blue-cross, copaxone, betaseron

HealthTalk - Living with Chronic Pain » Blog Archive » Actually, I cant feel your pain!

Seeded on Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:37 PM EDT (blog.healthtalk.com)

Very witty and funny take on comparing pain due to an illness or surgery. As the author states: this isn't the Miss Sick America pageant!

health, pain, complaint, sick, patients, complain, symptoms, symptom, chronic-pain

HealthTalk - Dr. Z's Medical Report » Blog Archive » Baby boomer alert: Extra fat may mean earlier death

Seeded on Fri Sep 8, 2006 1:41 PM EDT (blog.healthtalk.com)

There is now research to prove that being over weight can increase the chance of earlier death. Article shows how to calculate your Body Mass Index and determine if you are overweight.

death, diet, health, obesity, weight-loss, exercise, fat, prevention, mortality, baby-boomer

A big step in the fight against chronic pain

Seeded on Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:35 PM EDT (blog.healthtalk.com)

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered a protein in nerve cells that appears to act as a switch that turns pain signals on and off.

drug, health, treatment, patent, chronic-pain