May 11, 2008
Smoking Cessation & Risk of Death; Childhood Traumas & Adult Suicide Risk; “White Coat Hypertension” & Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
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SMOKING CESSATION & RISK OF DEATH
Smoking, as we all know, is associated with [...]
May 8, 2008
Robert Duvall, Gary Sinise, Hollywood Stars to Celebrate American GIs at Film Festival
Robert Duvall, Gary Sinise, Hollywood Stars to Celebrate American GIs at Film Festival
by Jim Kouri, CPP
Gary Sinise and Robert Duvall will lead a star-studded festival to be held May 14-18, 2008 at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC.
Overall, the five-day festival will present both classic and premier films honoring the nation’s men [...]
May 4, 2008
Super-Size Me: Fast Food’s Effects on Your Liver; Exercise, Weight & Coronary Artery Disease; Contamination of Surgical Instruments in the Operating Room
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SUPER-SIZE ME: FAST FOOD’S EFFECTS ON YOUR LIVER
Obesity is an epidemic in America, [...]
April 27, 2008
Stents vs. Bypass Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease; The “DASH” Hypertension Diet & Cardiovascular Disease Prevention; Testosterone Therapy for Women with Decreased Sexual Desire & Function
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STENTS VS. BYPASS SURGERY FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Over the past 5 years or [...]
April 26, 2008
Enforcement Strategy to Combat Growing Threat of International Organized Crime
On Wednesday, US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced a new federal strategy in the fight against international organized crime that will address this growing threat to the US security and stability.
The Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat International Organized Crime was developed following an October 2007 International Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOC Threat Assessment) [...]
April 24, 2008
FOX Plans Reality-TV “Bad Dads” Colosseum “Lynching” of Poor Men
I was astonished to see that FOX Television, in its nauseating quest for ever tawdry reality-TV shows, plans to turn the problems of poor fathers into an extermination in the Fox Colosseum.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fox tagged Jim Durham, Director of the “National Child Support Center”, as the leading lion of the event. [...]
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KDHX-FM Fund Drive: Racist Comments About Chinese
I rarely write about issues of local importance, but this one required action.
KDHX-FM in St. Louis is one of the most powerful listener-supported FM stations in America. It can be heard as far away as Joplin, Missouri, and of course all over the internet.
This week KDHX is doing one of those long-winded fund [...]
BRCA Breast Cancer Mutations & MRI Scans; Bladder Cancer Prevention with Broccoli?; Diabetes: Risk of Death Due to Heart Attack & Stroke
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BRCA BREAST CANCER MUTATIONS & MRI SCANS
An estimated 5-10% of all breast cancer [...]
April 13, 2008
Breast Cancer Recurrence & Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT); Carotid Artery Disease: Surgery vs. Stents?; Statin Drugs & Cancer Prevention
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BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE & HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT)
Regular readers of this column are [...]
April 6, 2008
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), Pap Smear Results & Cervical Cancer; Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Infection & Oral Cancer; Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) & the Risk of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder (GERD)
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HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) INFECTION, PAP SMEAR RESULTS & CERVICAL CANCER
An estimated 11,000 [...]