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HEALTH

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Health Articles

Easy to swallow and time-released so you'll think about it later.
From the doctor who is not afraid to tell you what you don't want to hear
Dr. C. K. Wong, M.D.

Folk Medicine

History

  • Henigan Water by Mike Cox 4-3-08
    "...Word of the amazing restorative qualities of the water spread faster than the contents of a spilled bucket. The Javelin said the people of Carrizo Springs got so healthy that the local doctors practically fell into poverty...."
  • Pink Palace of Healing by Archie P. McDonald
    University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • 1918 Flu
Health - Humor & Opinion
  • Medicare Fraud by Peary Perry 8-13-08
    Last month I read a report that stated that the good old US government had paid out more than ninety two million of our hard earned dollars to Medicare fraud. It seems so called medical suppliers have been billing the government for wheelchairs and other pieces of home equipment for people who had already died. Not only had the patients died, but so had a large number of doctors who had originally prescribed whatever was needed...
  • Everybody's Scared of Something by Maggie Van Ostrand 4-7-08
    Comedian Steven Wright, says "I'm not afraid of heights, I'm afraid of widths." Good thing his audiences don't suffer from Geliophobia, a fear of laughter. But there are some people who really are afraid of widths like Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger. She suffers from agoraphobia, a fear of open spaces...
  • PSA by Peary Perry 4-3-08
    "... I thought I would take a moment to explain to both the ladies who read my stuff as well as to any men who are unaware of what a PSA score is and why it is important. PSA stands for prostate-specific-antigen test. To understand exactly what the test is and why it is important..."
  • Congress by Peary Perry 3-20-08
    "...The spokesman for Lipitor for several years now has been a Dr. Robert Jarvik. Dr. Jarvik is the inventor of the artificial heart and started describing the benefits of Lipitor in 2006. The congress is now probing the use of old Dr. Jarvik and has reached a conclusion that forced Pfizer, the drug’s manufacturer, to remove Dr. Jarvik from the ads..."
  • Children's Health by Peary Perry
    "...The parents who would sign up for any test would be the ones who were concerned over their children, but how do you reach the parents who are feeding their kids two pizzas a day and have no concept of the health of their child?..."
  • Heartburn by Peary Perry
    [H]ere is this ad telling all of us that this wonderful little pill is going to help us feel much better and they are even offering to give me free samples. I didn't really think anything about this but then turned the page and found the section describing the potential 'side effects' that this wonder medication might have. ...
  • The Pause That Regresses by Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal
    "Andropause. Male menopause. HA! That’s all I can say. HA! I was interested to read an article recently addressing the issue of male menopause, or andropause. I was gratified, satisfied and gleeful and not in a very nice way, if you must know. Here’s why..."
  • Follow-up Visits by Peary Perry
  • Itchy Problem by John Gosselink
    "...Swollen and itchy is no way to go through life, so I ignored my usual aversion to going to the doctor and made an appointment. Looking like a bus had repeatedly backed over my face...more"
  • Food and Diet by Peary Perry
    "This year I’ve decided to get a head start on my annual pilgrimage towards the torture of exercise and caloric reduction. No more pie, no more cake, no more anything that remotely tastes good...."
  • Got Flu? Try A Sock Full of Onions by Maggie Van Ostrand
  • Sniffing at Allergies by John Gosselink
  • God and Botox by Maggie Van Ostrand
    What happens to those wonderful laugh lines when they're shot full of Botox? How will anyone know we ever had any fun if our faces are unlined, unlived.
 
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