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• Outta my way! America's rudest cities

  Thu Jan 19, 2012
  • I was born and raised in Manhatten. I've lived in S. Fl, Georgia, and S. CA ( O.C. )for the last 15 years. The retires in S. Fl on the road are like a demolition derby. They get in their cars and go as if they are the only ones on the road. Totally clueless of anything going on around them.

• Do you really want to know what your doc is writing about you?

  Mon Dec 19, 2011
  • Don't have to sneak anything. The 2 times a year I'm at the MD he starts dictating before he even leaves the room. Within a week I get a copy of the whole thing in the mail. I don't know if he does this with everyone. He knows I've been a Critical Care RN many years.

• Why banks want to wean you off debit cards

  Thu Oct 27, 2011
  • Using checks is not the answer unless you know of any bank where you really do have "free checking."

• Making sure health isn't an economic casualty

  Fri Jul 10, 2009
  • So this lady went and got a free health screening, because she couldn't afford it herself.

• 1 in 3 breast cancer patients may be overtreated

  Thu Jul 9, 2009
  • Is choosing a lumpectomy over a mastectomy "over treating?"  Breast cancer currently can be divided into many types, cell type, hormone receptive, genotype, etc.  Each has it's own characteristics and each has it's own prognosis, along with specific treatment.  Every woman diagnosed …

• Have you had to skip medical care due to costs?

  Mon Apr 20, 2009
  • I take 4 medications for high blood pressure, then assorted other ones to counteract the side effects of the BP medications.  I also have multiple other problems, but cannot afford to get them diagnosed, never mind do anything about them, once I know what they are.  I have been without …

• Have you had to skip medical care due to costs?

  Mon Apr 20, 2009
  • I take 4 medications for high blood pressure, then assorted other ones to counteract the side effects of the BP medications.  I also have multiple other problems, but cannot afford to get them diagnosed, never mind do anything about them, once I know what they are.  I have been without …

• Wider cholesterol drug use may save lives

  Sun Nov 9, 2008
  • There is still a controversy in the research community whether or not cholesterol is an actual contributor to heart disease.  They have NOT come up with any difinitive answer.  Inflammation is also a contributing factor.  As a Critical Care RN for over 35 years, I am and …

• How to buy organics while on a budget

  Thu Jul 17, 2008
  • Somehow we all managed to grow up in the 50's and 60's without designer organic foods. WE weren't all fat, obese kids or adults because we had PE in school and spent the majority of our time outdoors, not sitting at computers or in front of a television.