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Rare, Medium, or Melanoma / By Tom Secrest
It’s hard to know why it took so long to reach the conclusion announced on 29 July 2009 by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
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Thinking Clearly about ACE inhibitors / By Tom Secrest
Cognitive decline; the words are simple, but not the consequences. Today new technologies, medicines and treatments can increase the quantity of life, but sometimes the extended life spans come with something few people anticipate, i.e. cognitive decline.
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Falling Short of the Target / By Tom Secrest
If you like diet and fat jokes then here is another classic, well perhaps not a classic, not yet anyway. Question: How do you know if you’re too fat? Answer: Whenever a doctor gives you an IM injection you only get a sub-q.
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H1N1: Are you at special risk? Step on a scale and find out / By Tom Secrest
Question: How do you know if you’re too fat?
Answer: You know you’re too fat if whenever you go to the beach, people rush up and start pouring water over you, while others try to drag you back into the ocean.
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Music to Soothe the Savage Beast / By Tom Secrest
Everyone has their own particular taste in music. Some like opera, some rock, some jazz, and others like what appears to be random noise played a very high volume, although I think the technical name is hip hop.
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Live Long and Prosper / By Tom Secrest
The words in the title are typical words of parting in Vulcan society and were used most famously by Mr. Spock, Vulcan’s best known ambassador. However, if Vulcans had lived in Greece, they might very well have changed it to “Eat a Mediterranean Diet and Prosper,” …
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How to Catch High Blood Pressure / By Tom Secrest
The word cytomegalovirus (HCMV or HHV-5), which means ‘big cell virus’ in Greek, may sound a little disquieting, but for most people it produces only a mild infection with minor, virtually insignificant, symptoms. As a member of the Human Herpes family of viruses (HHV-5), it is characterized by its ability to remain latent for years or even decades.
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Some Like it Hot! / By Tom Secrest
If you’re a film buff or a Marilyn Monroe fan, then the title of this article brings to mind the film, which is considered by many, or perhaps most, to be the greatest American comedy film of all time. The film is from 1959 and stars Marilyn Monroe ...
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Apples and Aspirin / By Tom Secrest
There’s an old proverb which goes something like this, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This little bit of wisdom, in a somewhat modified version, probably had its origin in Wales and dates back to the second half of the 19th century. It was certainly true, as we now ...
