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Weight Loss Surgeries Can Be More Beneficial to the Obese

December 12, 2014

Weight loss surgeries can cause a lot more benefit to the obese because of the other medicines that have to be checked off the list. Before, surgeries are not a favorable way to lose weight because of its “artificial” nature. As much as possible, health experts encourage healthy diet and exercise to get rid of

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Study Looks at Sitting As Equally Deadly As Smoking

December 11, 2014

Sacramento, California – Doctors are now looking at the possible health risks of sitting for long periods of time. There have been speculations that it could be just as deadly as your typical smoking habits. It is already granted that sitting has become comfortable, especially in the work place. There have been several instances where

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Ontario Wants Nutrition Facts Posted in Restaurant Menus

December 10, 2014

Ontario, Canada – Officials wants nutrition facts to be posted in the restaurant menus. This does not just provide transparency for the public. It also gives the option to avoid food groups that are saturated with sodium. A research from the University of Toronto says that people who see the sodium and sugar content of

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Generic Medicines Can Cost for Your Insurance More

December 9, 2014

Raleigh, North Carolina – If you are looking out to save money on your meds, think twice when using your insurance for generic medicines. Upon checking out several instances, experts see that people spend more money on medicines without brand if ever they will let the insurance plans take over it. The idea behind this

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Drinking While Pregnant Can Already Be Considered a Crime

December 8, 2014

London, United Kingdom – Activists are already suggesting a move for the government to consider drinking while pregnant a crime. This is due to the rapid increase of children born with deficiencies due to irresponsible mothers. Urgent care clinics have been attending to more and more birth defects because of the mother’s exposure to such

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Chilling Your White Meat Can Add Up to the Nutrient Value

December 7, 2014

Chilling white meat and then serving it could preserve most of the nutrients inside it. This may go to the opposite direction of the way everything is eaten. However, if it is efficient in keeping you out of the urgent care clinics out there, then you ought to try them out. The technique is to

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Children Mental Health Services Are Seen as Unfit and Lacking

December 6, 2014

London, United Kingdom – Children mental health services are facing serious problems when it comes to prevention and early prevention. Report from the Health Select Committee mentions that they will need an in depth review and restoration to make sure that these problems will not continue. Right now, the government is already exerting extra efforts

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UI: New Health Institute to Change National Health Care Platform

December 4, 2014

Iowa City, Iowa – On Wednesday, the College of Public Health of the University of Iowa (UI) indicated its plans on establishing a new health institute that is dedicated towards public health policy in order to address or change current national health care platform. Based on the preliminary plans of UI, the new public health

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Traveler Being Monitored by Kent County Health Department

December 3, 2014

Grand Rapids, Michigan – A traveler being monitored by health authorities, after returning from West Africa, but officials said the traveler never given care nor had any contact with Ebola-infected patients, and showed low risk of Ebola infection based on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) standards. The traveler being monitored has not also exhibited

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Smart Pill to Reduce Addiction and Abuse of Pain Medications

December 2, 2014

Hood River, Oregon – Patients who deal with chronic and lifelong pain issues oftentimes lead to the addiction to or abuse of the pain relievers, which were designed to give them urgent care, thus, the creation of ‘smart pill’ that is believed to reduce pain medication abuse. This was a significant indication from a pain

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Pregnant Worker Asked for Overtime at Work, But Ended in Termination

December 1, 2014

Queens, New York – Angelica Valencia, 39 years of age, and 3 months pregnant was advised by her doctor not to take overtime at work, but her boss said she’s being terminated due to pregnancy. All expectant mothers frequently need consultations and checkups at urgent care clinics with their attending doctors, considering their delicate conditions.

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Out-Of-Hospital Medication Errors in Children Increased in 10 Years

November 30, 2014

Columbus, Ohio – A new study indicated that out-of-hospital medication errors among United States children have increased over ten years. Maxwell D. Smith and his colleagues from the Nationwide Children’s Hospital analyzed the National Poison Data System’s data, determining that out-of-hospital medication errors and unintentional therapeutic pharmaceutical errors have increased among children in the country,

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