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9 Urgent Reasons for Finding a Diagnosis UnmaskedUpdated 5/8/08
You’re on the verge of giving up the search for help with your illness. What’s the point? No one seems to know anything anyway. Here are nine urgent reasons you should not give up the fight. Read more »
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Doctors Support National Health InsuranceUpdated 4/21/2008
Reuters News Reported Monday that the majority of doctors in the U.S. would support a national health insurance plan. Read more »
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Tea Tree Oil Cures Antibiotic Resistant StaphWhen I met my ex-husband, Harry*, he suffered from a staph infection in all his knuckles that had resisted antibiotic treatment. The multi-level company I represented at the time featured a variety of products containing tea tree oil. Harry used the company’s lotion on his hands, and his knuckles healed completely within a few days.
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M.E. vs FibromyalgiaBy Jodi Bassett
Reprinted with permission from A Hummingbirds Guide to M.E.: Information on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia: are they really similar illnesses?
There have been over 60 recorded outbreaks of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) recorded worldwide since 1934, none of Fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia does not occur in epidemics. Read more »
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Health Issues
Parties Unite to Fight Medicaid CutsAccording to the New York Times, last Wednesday two-thirds of Republicans in the House joined with every voting Democrat to block a White House proposal that would cut $13 billion from Medicaid over the next five years. Read more
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U.S. Farm Subsidies Increase World HungerUpdated 4/15/08
Of all the reports I’ve heard on food prices and world hunger, last week’s Bill Moyers Journal has been the most informative.
While our leaders scream about the cost of entitlement programs, they continue to support farm policies that leave more and more people, in this country and around the world, without anything to eat.
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At Last, an Informative Interview with a CandidateUpdated 5/8/08
As in years past, most interviews and debates in the 2008 presidential campaign have been uninformative and shallow. With a focus on hearsay and everything but issues, they have contributed to voter confusion instead of relieving it. I’m proud to say that voter outrage seems to be turning the tide. A mainstream journalist finally got it right on Sunday.
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Amazon Sales Increase, Profits DecreaseAs I suspected, Amazon.com announced on Apr. 23 that its profit margin is expected to fall in the second quarter. It also reported that the profit margin dipped in the first quarter, the second quarter in a row.
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Bronchitis Pushes Me Into a Time WarpIf you read the first version of my last post, I’m sure you wondered, “What was she thinking?” After carefully reading the copy over and over, I missed an incorrect reference to the 1998 presidential election.
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