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Re: Master Cleanse Wussy
It's great that you use cleanses for spiritual purposes. However. The point that Samantha, and the Doctors, bring us is sadly valid. People who diet, ie use extreme control factors over food for the purpose of self worth/esteem/gratification, do so for unhealthy psychological reasons. It's not the worst thing ever, compared ot other ...
Posted to Slate V by Alyxmyself on October 20, 2009
Conservative Libertarians for Health Reform!
Hey, if the insurance companies are supporting it, why not? In any case, with the Republicans turning the debate over health care reform into a Bugs-and-Daffy ''Duck season! Rabbit season!'' argument of perpetual naysaying, a lot of important messages aren't getting across. Case in point? A strong public health insurance option is a ...
Posted to Prescriptions by The Limitarian on October 14, 2009
Apartment smoker affecting Cancer patient neighbor.
My boyfriend who was fighting cancer and going through 2 consecutive Bone Marrow Transplants and years of surgeries and chemo treatments, lived with me in our apartment. Our downstairs neighbor was a chronic smoker and our apartment ALWAY smelt like smoke. My boyfriend constantly would wake up coughing. The days that were especially bad we had ...
Posted to Human Nature by roberts on October 6, 2009
Boomers Smoking
I agree with the Dr.'s post previous to mine. I believe that each of us has a right to do what we think is best for us. I believe marijuana has many medicinal uses and that this slight risk is less than most presciption medications on the market. Look at the side effects of some of these meds and tell me would you rather take them or smoke ...
Posted to Science by Conita1 on September 28, 2009
Why US doctors are well paid.
First of all, a correction to the UK: it's not free unless you come from a low income family, otherwise you pay in the realms of over three thousand pounds a year, available as a student loan. Currently the precise figure for this year is 5374 in US dollars. The fifth or sixth final year is free and paid for by the National Health Service. ...
Posted to Prescriptions by Bhetti on September 10, 2009
The Elderly woun't be on government programs if
The Government didn't tax the leaving daylights out of 'em. What money could they save? None. Stop taxing them and everyone else and we F-ing could support ourselves!
Posted to Moneybox by Yoshi3329 on August 20, 2009
The Gluten Syndrome
It's hard to change isn't it, particularly when one does not fully understand why. This article reflects the social confusion that results from a ''party'' that has gone many decades too long. We've had too much fun with sugar and processed food, chemicals, etc. Now we are so toxic and messed up that we can't digest ''real'' food and it has ...
Posted to Science by jka8168 on August 12, 2009
Stigma Basis
Perhaps I am in the minority here, but I have only one friend who has used an IUD and she ended up developing cysts and ultimately had to have a hysterectomy as a direct result. Yes she, is certainly the exception and not the rule. However, now she's only 24 but knows that she'll never be able to have kids and was menopausal at 23. Say what ...
Posted to Medical Examiner by TheExPat on August 4, 2009
Gluten Intolerance is Important
Gluten intolerance is not a nuisance, as this writer blatantly shouts. It's a rare condition that affects 1 in 123 people in America. It is a safe way to eat foods that otherwise uneccessarily add gluten to bind or clump the food together. Without gluten, food products crumble and don't stick as well. Cookies, crackers and the like turn to dust ...
Posted to Science by sunnydays on August 1, 2009
Doctor Ratings Sites
While you have a point about the credibility of many of the doctor rating sites out there, what I found out is that most consumers do not only want to get the basic information on a doctor i.e. if he went to Harvard or not, but they want to hear or read what others say about the doctor. Yes the doctor may be absolutely brilliant, but what good ...
Posted to Medical Examiner by DavidGuy on May 27, 2009

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