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Jul 22, 2009
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Beastie Boy Adam Yauch Has Cancer
Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, who also goes by the name “MCA,” has announced that he’s about to undergo treatment for a cancerous tumor in his left parotid gland, which has caused the Beastie Boys to cancel their upcoming...
Ed Zimney, MD
Dr. Z's Medical Report
Health and Medical News You Can Use
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Jul 16, 2009
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Who Pays for Health Care?
All the recent talk about health care reform has me thinking about an article I read last year about who pays for health care. So let’s begin with a question; namely, who do you think pays for health care? Is it employers?...
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Jul 9, 2009
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Diprivan (propofol) and Michael Jackson
Although Diprivan is widely used every day in hospitals and surgery centers across the United States, very few people, outside of medical personnel, were familiar with it or had even heard of it prior to its being found in...
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Jul 7, 2009
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Caffeine Cures Alzheimer’s! And Other Misleading Headlines.
Not really, but I’d imagine that headline caught your eye and grabbed your attention, which is what it was supposed to do. The study on which that claim is based was widely and often quite misleadingly trumpeted across...
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Jul 2, 2009
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Making Sense of Headlines on Acetaminophen Pain Relievers
Depending on which headlines you’ve seen recently, you may think that some pain relievers are being recalled because they’re dangerous and you might be wondering if you need to clean out the medicine cabinet and...
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Jun 30, 2009
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Why Did the Jackson Family Ask for a Second Autopsy?
On Friday morning, before the first autopsy on Michael Jackson had been completed, I wrote an article in these pages to explain just what an autopsy is, why it’s done, and what we could expect from it (I’m a...
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Jun 26, 2009
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Michael Jackson: What Will an Autopsy Look For?
When any person dies suddenly or unexpectedly it becomes the responsibility of the medical examiner to determine the cause of death. Such is the case in the tragic death of Michael Jackson at the all too young age of 50. When...
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Jun 25, 2009
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Keeping Your Brain Active: 10 Tips For Improving Your Brain
The other day I was listening to an interview on National Public Radio with Dean Oshler who has just written a book called From Square One: A Meditation, with Digressions, on Crosswords. During the interview I was surprised to...
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Jun 23, 2009
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Nestle Toll House Cookie Recall: The E. Coli Mystery
Although Nestle has recalled some 300,000 cases of its refrigerated Toll House cookie dough from store shelves, as of June 22, 2009, none of their product had actually tested positive for the E. coli that’s caused...
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Jun 18, 2009
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FDA warns consumers to discard Zicam products
In an unusual move earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted consumers that Zicam Cold Remedy products have been associated with long lasting or even permanent loss of smell. FDA recommends that...