Friday, April 12, 2013

Top 10 Daily Medical News Stories (4/12/13)

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Back by popular demand, this new MedFriendly Blog feature compiles the top 10 daily news stories from reputable sources across the interne...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Top 10 Daily Medical News Stories (4/10/13)

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This is a test of a new potential feature on MedFriendly in which top news stories are compiled from around the web and posted here in one...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013

What Do Ergonomic Chairs Offer Doctors

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When searching for doctor chairs to use in offices and clinics, doctors have a lot of options to choose from such as adjustable chairs an...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Four Ways to Manage Your Diabetes

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Living with diabetes can sometimes be frustrating but with the proper planning and care it can be manageable. There are 4 major components...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Deaths and Injuries from Falling Signs

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On Friday, 3/22/13, a mother and her three children were crushed by a falling sign weighing 300-400 pounds inside an airport in Birmingha...
Monday, March 18, 2013

5 Reasons Steubenville Occured and 5 Ways to Prevent It

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On 3/17/13, two high school football stars (Ma’lik Richmond and Trent Mays) from Steubenville, OH, were convicted of victimizing a 16-year...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Lil' Wayne's Syrup Drink Addiction May Have Caused Status Epilepticus

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The social media world has been abuzz about rapper, Lil’ Wayne’s seizures and disputed claims that he is in a coma, on life support, and ...
Saturday, March 16, 2013

Society’s Failure to Protect Children Against Violence: 5 Ways to Improve

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It was 9:00 in Clay, New York, on Thursday, 3/15/13. Most of the people in the central New York area were still celebrating the Syracuse U...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

New Gene Therapy Destroys About 200 Lung Cancer Tumors

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Cancer is any of a large group of malignant diseases characterized by an abnormal, uncontrolled growth of new cells in one of the body or...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Does Thickening Baby Formula Reduce Apneas in Infants With GERD?

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When infants are born premature, one of the problems they commonly experience is apnea of prematurity. This is when breathing stops for mo...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

How Winner Cells Kill Loser Cells: New Perspectives

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There are literally many trillions of cells in the human body. Every day, 20 to 70 billion of those cells die while others continue to su...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Kim Kardashian: Exercise, Over-exertion, and Miscarriage Risk in Pregnancy

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Kim Kardashian has been in the news lately for medical reasons. Specifically, the 32-year-old socialite and TV personality, who announce...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

Decreased Child ER Visits after LA Lakers Title Games

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There are many situational factors that can potentially affect why people bring children to the Emergency Room (ER). One such factor is ma...
Saturday, March 09, 2013

Daylight Saving Time Change May Increase Heart Attack Risk

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When people go to bed tonight, at 2:00 am, an hour of sleep will be lost due to daylight savings time. Last year, in a prior blog entry , ...
Friday, March 08, 2013

Helicopter Pilots: Associated Diseases and Sicknesses

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Research studies have shown that pilots are more prone to numerous adverse health conditions related to chronic exposure to high altitu...
Thursday, March 07, 2013

Cholesterol Lowering Drugs Slows Progression of Clogged Arteries

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Cholesterol is a waxy, fatty substance found only in animal tissues. High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is called "good chole...
Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Five Ways to Protect Medical Websites and Blogs from Marketing Scams

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If you run a popular medical website or blog (or any website/blog for that matter) you will inevitably be contacted by people who want to ...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Remember the Joys of Sleeping

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Sleep is one of the most important things we do as human beings. Without proper sleep, the rest of our life can be negatively affected. Wi...
Monday, March 04, 2013

Bariatric Surgery in Obese Persons Does Not Reduce Long-Term Health Care Costs

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One type of drastic treatment for obesity is bariatric surgery (also known as weight-loss surgery).This involves surgically reducing the...
Sunday, March 03, 2013

Prescription Medications for Children’s Headache Are Generally No Better than Placebo

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Similar to adults, headache is one of the most common symptoms that children (including adolescents) report. Patients are often treated ...