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Another word about the Health Group 30 MineralMan Dec 2012 Oct 10 12 52985

Please Read before Posting in the Health Group! 0 MineralMan Feb 2012 Dec 2011 0 59392

'Don't Get Sick. It's Too Expensive': Medical Debt Is Putting More Americans in Financial Crisis 0 appalachiablue 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 4 176

A very beloved senior in my family is now repeating himself with long stories two or three times an hour 22 mahina 5 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 10 472

Americans Spend More Time Living with Diseases, Sick 12.4 Yrs on Ave., More Yrs Burdened By Disease 0 appalachiablue 4 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 5 230

Timing of chocolate intake affects hunger, substrate oxidation, and microbiota: A randomized controlled trial 3 sarchasm 13 hrs ago 8 hrs ago 4 417

Update: Another Infant Dies in Listeria Outbreak Linked to Yu Shang Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products 3 C0RI0LANUS Tuesday Tuesday 6 376

Yellowing under eyes 8 peregrinus Monday Tuesday 0 498

Cleveland Clinic: Network-based analyses uncover how neuroinflammation-causing microglia in Alzheimer's disease form 0 OKIsItJustMe Monday Monday 9 376

EPA Bans Known Carcinogens Used in Dry Cleaning, Other Industries 3 cbabe Monday Monday 6 347

Why can't I get my BP down? Need answers from my doc at my annual check up in a few weeks. I welcome comments/suggestion 49 CTyankee Friday Sunday 3 1041

Got myself super-vaxxed today! 6 forgotmylogin Friday Saturday 7 457

Propublica: Eat What You Kill. A Montana Hospital Let a Doctor Continue Practicing Oncology 2 erronis Saturday Saturday 13 608

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 douglas9 Saturday Saturday 0 67

400 Chemicals in Plastic Products Study, Link to Breast Cancer, Young Women - PFAS, Phthalates, Parabens, Scents 0 appalachiablue Friday Friday 13 368

How sweet! A daily dose of dark chocolate may cut your risk of diabetes 3 Cattledog Friday Friday 6 458

Single mutation in H5N1 bird flu virus may make it more infectious to humans, study finds 3 littlemissmartypants Thursday Thursday 8 350

The shooting reminds me of a court case I witnessed. Somewheres around 1980. I was a public school teacher and 0 3Hotdogs Dec 4 Dec 4 15 501

I really value access to peer reviewed research on the NIH website and dearly hope it will be preserved. 1 mahina Dec 4 Dec 4 4 234

Washington University Saint Louis: Research reveals how fructose in diet enhances tumor growth 5 OKIsItJustMe Dec 4 Dec 4 2 364

Nine states poised to end coverage for millions if Trump cuts Medicaid funding 5 cbabe Dec 4 Dec 4 9 667

Why polio is so dangerous 7 struggle4progress Dec 1 Dec 2 24 904

Public Libraries Offer Free Health, Wellness Classes - Fitness, Food Pantry, BP Monitors, Mental Health 0 appalachiablue Dec 2 Dec 2 1 229

The real reason polio is so dangerous 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 1 Dec 1 10 665

Learning CPR on manikins without breasts puts women's lives at risk 6 cbabe Nov 21 Dec 1 7 464

Doctors hail first breakthrough in asthma and COPD treatment in 50 years 7 usonian Nov 27 Nov 28 34 1042

A lesson on things to come - deadly measles outbreak in Samoa and RFK Jr. 3 70sEraVet Nov 27 Nov 27 34 981

Pandrug-resistant bacteria from the war in Ukraine are extremely pathogenic 0 OKIsItJustMe Nov 27 Nov 27 7 394

In Remarkable Global Progress HIV Cases And Deaths Declining - WION 3 TexasTowelie Nov 27 Nov 27 5 348

RFK Jr will cut prescription drugs and increase weed and psychedelics access 13 Eugene Nov 26 Nov 26 5 736

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Tom's of Maine Toothpaste Facility, Bacteria and Mold Found by FDA During Inspection: CNN 5 appalachiablue Nov 19 Nov 23 6 445

Blue Chew 3 bdamomma Nov 23 Nov 23 0 571

Gullian Barre Syndrome 29 BlueKota Sep 18 Nov 22 9 1705

Georgia axes maternal health panel after leak about abortion deaths 6 Eugene Nov 22 Nov 22 7 412

After decades, FDA finally moves to pull ineffective decongestant off shelves 1 usonian Nov 7 Nov 20 6 543

Sudafed for ADHD. 0 multigraincracker Nov 20 Nov 20 2 490

Does anybody else have white coat hypertension or white coat syndrome? I experience it 19 sinkingfeeling Aug 2024 Nov 19 11 1058

I seem to have lost the ability to spell. 6 Swede Nov 17 Nov 17 6 549

Cutting Medicare to Save It--and this from the Current Administration 7 SorellaLaBefana Nov 15 Nov 15 8 719

I'm going to be with my daughter when she consults with a surgeon in a few days. 6 Ptah Nov 13 Nov 15 0 524

'Exciting' new lupus treatment could end need for lifelong medication 3 nitpicked Nov 8 Nov 8 15 602

PBS: Health officials concerned about RFK Jr.'s influence in Trump administration 3 OKIsItJustMe Nov 7 Nov 7 4 335

Could eating a handful of pistachios daily help improve eye health? 5 eppur_se_muova Nov 7 Nov 7 14 3771

An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it's a first 4 Eugene Nov 1 Nov 6 7 167

Having a surgery tomorrow. Hyperparathyroidism (both of us already voted) 11 question everything Nov 4 Nov 5 14 495

Silent Epidemic: Loneliness a Serious Threat to Both Brain and Body 7 erronis Nov 4 Nov 4 8 501

I'm no spring chicken 9 Mme. Defarge Nov 2 Nov 4 23 632

USC: Restricting sugar before birth and in early childhood greatly reduces risk of chronic disease later in life 0 OKIsItJustMe Nov 2 Nov 2 4 156

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Eugene Nov 1 Nov 1 0 76

Iowa Resident Dies of Rare West African Lassa Fever 2 C0RI0LANUS Oct 29 Oct 29 1 631

Long Covid recovery success story - also many sources of information 16 Pluvious Sep 28 Oct 27 20 1154

Re: expired Covid test kits and false positives 10 intrepidity Aug 2024 Oct 25 6 1315

First Presumed Human Infections of Avian Flu Under Investigation in Washington State 0 C0RI0LANUS Oct 24 Oct 24 0 395

How neoliberalism is damaging your mental health 2 jfz9580m Oct 24 Oct 24 5 603

Pyoderma Gangrenosum 19 Ptah Jun 2024 Oct 23 4 1039

Leptospirosis Cases Rising in Philippines 0 C0RI0LANUS Oct 22 Oct 22 3 432

I did a thing today! 20 Aussie105 Oct 21 Oct 21 47 1836

Re-engineered, blue light-activated immune cells penetrate and kill solid tumors 1 OKIsItJustMe Oct 21 Oct 21 7 4733

Whooping Cough at Decade-High Level in US 2 C0RI0LANUS Oct 21 Oct 21 11 1018

Main Zoo in North Macedonian Capital Shut Down After Avian Flu Case Detected 1 C0RI0LANUS Oct 20 Oct 20 2 584

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France: Local Transmissions of Dengue Fever Reach Record High 0 C0RI0LANUS Oct 19 Oct 19 8 406

Lead Dust from Paint, Threat to Millions of Children at Home in the US, EPA about to Issue Strict Limits 0 appalachiablue Oct 19 Oct 19 5 373

Teen smoking and other tobacco use drop to lowest level in 25 years, CDC reports 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 18 Oct 18 5 355

Medicare supplement/gap policy questions, anyone have Humana? 12 Eliot Rosewater Oct 17 Oct 18 0 622

Aloha e DU. I am tasked with recording the +/- on a percutaneous gastric feeding tube or nasogastric feeding tube 12 mahina Oct 12 Oct 13 5 639

Black Plastic in Kitchen Utensils, Toys, Food Containers Linked to Banned Toxic Flame Retardants 10 appalachiablue Oct 13 Oct 13 54 2746

Gallbladder-free I was bad today 11 XanaDUer2 Oct 10 Oct 10 3 613

Physical Therapist Shows How to Walk Correctly 5 ihaveaquestion Oct 10 Oct 10 15 1543

Hemorroidectomy 20 CTyankee Oct 8 Oct 10 3 1025

Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity's Stealthy Takeover of Health Care 🥼 2 appalachiablue Oct 10 Oct 10 9 571

PPI's for acid reflux- anyone here take them? 21 Peregrine Took Sep 25 Oct 10 0 918

Inflammaging Is Chronic, Stealthy and Can Be a Serious Threat to Your Health - WSJ 2 question everything Oct 9 Oct 9 7 880

Arm position during blood pressure check may lead to wrong reading, study finds 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 7 Oct 8 12 819

I have 1 day left of hydrocodone and the small pharmacy I go to just told me they cancelled it - 12 Maraya1969 Sep 30 Sep 30 2 1069

Why Is EVERYONE Quitting Keto & Carnivore in 2024? 4 Quixote1818 Sep 17 Sep 30 1 827

(H) US Hospital Chain Vows to Cancel Medical Debt for Thousands of Patients (After Getting Caught) 2 appalachiablue Sep 26 Sep 26 1 548

Keep forgetting your shingles shot? These sufferers wish they hadn't. 7 Cattledog Sep 24 Sep 25 20 986

Spinal Anesthesia 3 maspaha Sep 24 Sep 25 3 428

My copay for Paxlovid (to treat Covid) was $10. The insurace paid $1400! 3 question everything Sep 24 Sep 25 3 425

Drug-resistant typhoid is the final warning sign 0 cbabe Sep 24 Sep 24 15 584

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