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Talking about Angelina Jolie’s dislcosure about BRCA mutation and surgery
June 4, 2013 With Angelina Jolie’s disclosure about testing positive for the BRCA mutation that strongly predicts the likelihood of developing breast cancer, a lot of media stories have covered her...
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Soy products and nutrition and cancer: Conflicting messages
June 6, 2013 One of my granddaughters is allergic to cow’s milk. I saw effects of such allergies decades ago when a nephew was born with severe allergies to cow’s milk and used goat’s milk. My...
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Why are bugs sometimes a good thing when it comes to our rivers, streams, and...
June 12, 2013 Just returning from the annual Juniata Clean Water Partnership river sojourn. This picture was taken in Lewistown, Pennsylvania after lunch yesterday as we started to get back on the...
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What is a patent and what did the US Supreme Court decide about human genes...
June 13, 2014 The US Supreme Court ruled that human genes cannot be patented. A patent is the authority to make, use, or sell something. Myriad Genetics Inc. sought patents regarding genes for which...
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21st century work-related health outcomes–bone spurs in the neck
June 15, 2013 If you’ve read my book, ‘Talking about health,’ you may remember the narrative about physical therapy as an alternative to drugs and surgery. The story relates to having bone spurs in my...
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Women’s health messages and more
June 16, 2013 Sometimes, we have a bit of a summer camp at my house. Here are my daughter and niece making candles. When I get to share time with my three sisters and my sisters-in-law, all their...
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Bite your tongue–but not literally
June 17, 2013 Ahh, the things we do to ourselves and our health. I had a dental check-up. Cleaning. Routine. Or so I thought. But then the dentist came in and said that there was a growth under my...
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Happy 80th Birthday to my Dad today! I am so blessed…
June 22, 2013 Today is Dad’s 80th birthday. We live too far apart to be together on many of these big life event days, and this is one of those days where a chat on the telephone just doesn’t quite do...
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CESAR–Center for Substance Abuse Research: High school students’ use of...
June 24, 3013 You can sign up to receive a weekly fact sheet called CESAR FAX in your email. Go to http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax.asp. The May 6th, 2013 issue asked 3,884 U.S. high school...
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What is popcorn lung and why should we care?
July 5, 2013 Who knew that the vapor from butter flavoring for popcorn would turn out to cause lung disease? The irreversible illness mostly affects workers who breathe the vapor of butter flavoring,...
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Low vision and the Affordable Care Act [ACA]
July 11, 2013 I had my six month low vision doctor’s appointment this week. What is low vision? Well, it is impaired vision that cannot be corrected by eye glasses or surgery or medication, and...
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Happy 60th anniversary to my parents…
July 14, 2013 I am sharing this beautiful video in gratitude. http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/122-Annie-s-Song It is fantastic when you enlarge it to full screen size while...
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Don’t forget sunblock…for you and your dogs
July 19, 2013 Scorching heat everywhere. Water. Water. Water. Stay hydrated. This was first reinforced for me when I was collecting my thesis data in Tucson, Arizona one summer and saw one patient...
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“Your potassium level is low”–what fruits can do about this message from my...
August 23, 2013 Well, the annual check-up was mostly good news. My numbers were mostly good. 64 resting pulse. 120 over 78 for blood pressure. But then my doctor said, “Don’t you like fruit?” Huh?...
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Happy birthday to my little sister–her story has inspired so many
August 28, 2013 One of the fun things about writing a book like ‘Talking about health’ is that readers tell me that they are inspired by the family stories included in the book. My youngest sister...
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What we all should know about the Food Safety Modernization Act
September 6, 2013 The news often tells us something about the quality of our food. It may be a story about salmonella and chicken. Or it may be about a recall based on something being in a food that...
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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute News on My Birthday
September 10, 2013 Nothing I enjoy more than a walk along a creek or stream and gathering fall foliage. In this case, it is cattails. A great way to spend a birthday. At the same time, an announcement...
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Social Justice and the U.S. Affordable Care Act: Part 1
September 15, 2013 As President Obama took on the health care issue, his overall aim appeared to be to address access to health care for those who do not have it. This includes some of our most...
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