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Salon.com October 3, 2001 Pamela Weintraub |
Be prepared? Taking precautions against bioterrorism may not be as futile as you think...  |
American Family Physician October 1, 2001 |
What Should I Know About Refractive Surgery? What is refractive surgery?... Who gets refractive surgery?... What are the different kinds of refractive surgery?... Are PRK and LASIK right for me?... What should I think about before I decide to have refractive surgery?...  |
Managed Care September 2001 Paul Carson |
Peace of Mind Comes With a Price: The Battle Over Full-Body Scans A controversial procedure is rapidly gaining popularity and is marketed directly to boomers: full-body computerized tomography, commonly called full-body scan. However, many in the field decry what they view as selling fear -- a tactic that raises questions of wise resource use...  |
Managed Care September 2001 Michael S. Victoroff |
'Prevention Doesn't Pay?' Logic Explodes This Myth One fable goes like this: "Health plans have no interest in preventive medicine, since the return on investment takes years, and the tenure of members is too short to see any benefit." This simply isn't so...  |
AboutSafety September 26, 2001 Cyndi Tebbel |
Feet First Nearly 20 per cent of all workplace compensation claims result from injuries to lower limbs, including the feet. Experts say that, regardless of your chosen field of work, healthy feet shouldn't hurt...  |
AskMen.com September 20, 2001 Ian Lee |
Dysmorphia: Male Anorexia Many women suffer from anorexia, and now men have a similar disorder. It's called dysmorphia, and if you body build, you may know what I'm talking about. The worst thing about this disorder is that some guys might have it and be completely unaware...  |
American Family Physician September 15, 2001 |
Health Issues for Adults with Down Syndrome Are regular check-ups a good idea?... How can I help my relative with Down syndrome have a full life?... My older relative is having some new problems. Could it be Alzheimer's disease?...  |
CIO September 15, 2001 Susannah Patton |
Is There a Doctor on the Web? Last year, a recent survey found, 100 million Americans went online in search of health information, and 70 percent of them said they took the information seriously when considering treatment...  |
AboutSafety September 11, 2001 |
Tuberculosis (TB) TB is a potentially severe contagious disease that is spread from person to person via the air. The TB germs may spray into the air if a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, speaks or sneezes...  |
Outside September 2001 Mark Jenkins |
A World of Hurt Injury, pain, the psychology of recovery, and getting back on the trail...  |
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