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This is straightforward: if you can see a doctor or another health professional when you need them you will be healthier. This folder can help you to learn about different aspects of health care system, including different health conditions. Select the category of your interest or search with your own keywords.
What Addicts Need - newsweek.com
What does it mean to be an addict? For a long time the answer was that someone "lacked willpower," a tautology that is pretty much useless as a guide to treatment. In the current jargon of the recovery movement, addiction to alcohol, drugs or nicotine is a "bio-psycho-social-spiritual disorder," Addiction isn't a weakness; it's an illness. Now vaccines and other new drugs may change the way we treat it.
Photos: Faces Of Addiction - What Drugs Do To People - drugfree.org
Check out what happened to a women addicted to drugs in less then four years. There are also photos of other people changed by drug habit.
The Breast Monologues: a Weblog of a Woman Who Was Recently Diagnosed with Breast Cancer - info.detnews.com
Jodie Wilson is a 26-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Wilson, a page designer at The Detroit News, lives in Royal Oak with her husband, Bob, and their dog, Elle. "I love anything that is just a little bit cheesy. I'm a hopeless romantic. I have faith. I love to sing in the car. I hate olives and turkey. I hate snow slush in the winter. I love short winters. I like to decorate my house. I have lived in Michigan my whole life. I love my family."
Cancer diagnosis? Advice for dealing with what comes next - mayoclinic.com
A Mayo Clinic cancer specialist explains what to expect after your cancer diagnosis. Edward T. Creagan, M.D. About half of all men and a third of all women in the United States will receive a cancer diagnosis during their lifetimes. A cancer diagnosis often comes with little warning. Here, Edward Creagan, M.D., a cancer specialist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., offers his advice on what to expect and how to cope after a cancer diagnosis.
Things a Man Should Know About Drinking - men.msn.com
1. There is no such thing as a chocolate martini. 2. There is no shame in club soda and cranberry juice. 3. There is a reason for the scarcity of piano bars.
Alcohol use self-assessment: Rate your drinking habits - mayoclinic.com
Take this alcohol use self-assessment to better understand your drinking habits.
Photo: People With Polio In Sierra Leone - vaccineinformation.org
This image of people with polio doesn't need explanation - it speaks for itself...
When The Vaccine Causes The Polio - time.com
One of the most successful public-health programs ever conducted was the U.S. campaign against polio in the 1950s and '60s. In less than a decade, the withering scourge that had at one point struck nearly 60,000 children a year was all but eradicated from American shores. Almost forgotten in the decades since, however, has been the terrible price a small number of children pay as a by-product of the protection the rest of the population enjoys.
Seven Medical Myths - drweil.com
Ask your doctor how much water you should drink or why you couldn't keep your eyes open after Thanksgiving dinner, and you're likely to get the same misinformation your mother-in-law might dispense. A study published in the December 2007 British Medical Journal tweaked physicians on their acceptance of some widespread medical beliefs that might now be reclassified as old wives' tales. Here's a rundown...
Google Health vs. Microsoft e-Health: Medical search war for big profits - directtraffic.org
Google and Microsoft are both eagerly vying to get a share of the online healthcare sector. The battle seems to be heating up between these two giants as they propose different approaches for an online medical system, each one hoping theirs is the more marketable option.
Interactive Tool: How Well Do You Bounce Back From Stress? - bchealthguide.org
This tool measures your resiliency — your ability to bounce back from stressful situations. People who are resilient recover quickly from disruptive change, illness, or misfortune without being overwhelmed or acting in destructive ways.
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