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Food, drink industries undermine health policy, study findsThe only thing is they forgot the other half - the diet/exercise/pharma industries who make $$$$$$$$$$ off of selling us the "cure" to the problems caused by the food and drink industries. Hell, look at who puts out the "Weight Watchers" and "Jenny Craig" "food", and how much crap it's ( Read more... )

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http://www.pparx.org/ - resources for prescription assistance ( Read more... )

One of my more arrogant acquaintances deigned to make a post today about how people treat those they see as beneath them. It was very ironic, because she sees everyone as beneath her, except if she wants something from you, then she'll suck up.
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

This article seems to be overly pointed at parents with kids, but it applies to everyone, because the risk of drowning doesn't mysteriously vanish when you turn 18 ( Read more... )

In a former career I was a also a health and safety person. I mostly did chemical safety, but other stuff was there as well. Some incidents that have happened to friends or their families recently prompt me to write this post.
Now that people are needing to be frugal and do a lot of their own home maintenance themselves, there are a few basic ( Read more... )

Swine flu fatal to local cancer nurse

Read past the first part that talks about the nurse.

Apparently this thing can rapidly sink otherwise healthy people. It is probably a more dangerous variant.

Be careful, wash your hands, buy stock in Purell.

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Here are some nasty statistics, generated by an independent and respectable method Medical Bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: Results of a National Study The survey was performed by the Department of Medicine, Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass; the Department of Sociology, Ohio University, Athens; and Harvard Law School ( Read more... )