Category: Nothing to sneeze at….
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Do You Care if Your Doctor is Board-Certified?
Boards, boards the medical test, The more you study the more you jest, The more you jest, the more you scream Can Boards just be another scheme? Taken with great artistic license from “Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beans,_Beans,_the_Musical_Fruit) What does it mean for your doctor to be board certified? Let’s start from the beginning…
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Do you Pick Your Nose?
Over-the-Counter Allergy Medications Warrant Caution for Some Nasal allergy sprays can now be purchased without prescription. The next time you’re at the local pharmacy, you may be surprised to see your prescribed allergy nasal spray available over-the-counter. Many drug manufacturers are pushing for this move to make finding relief easier for some of the 50…
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What Do Doctors Read?
New Year’s resolutions, gotta lose weight, exercise more. It does get a bit annoying to read all of our good intentions and then we fall off the wagon one more time! As I look ahead to 2015, I begin my term (one year) as president of Tulsa County Medical Society (TCMS). No resolutions I can’t…
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Running with asthma
Originally posted on lissy webb: I’ve had asthma for as long as I can remember. I can also remember as a child being told that it was likely that I’d just ‘grow out of it’. But I got older and older, and now here I am at 26, still an asthmatic. Like most people, I…
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Is it legal to buy drugs online or import them from another country?
Originally posted on PharmacistAnswers: Is It Legal To Buy Drugs Online Or From Outside Of The United States? Consumers always want to find the best price to purchase their goods and medications are no different. The drugs that treat our many illnesses and disease states can help us lead healthier and better lives, but they can also come at an…
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What to Make of Dr. Oz and his Detox? Not much
Originally posted on gutsandgrowth: Although my exposure to Dr. Oz has been limited, he is not one of my favorite TV doctors. He often offers opinions in areas where he clearly is not an expert. By presenting himself as a doctor who is knowledgeable in so many areas, he has the potential of undermining the credibility of physicians more…
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USA Today just can’t stop talking about allergies!
Want to know how to improve your make-up skills during allergy season? Look at this YouTube: Here’s the article link. Early allergy in Tulsa! Look at Tulsa which is in the “high” range for this Spring’s pollen count!
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Lack of preciousss vitamin made Gollum a loser
CLINICALNEWS.ORG 15 Dec 2013 Paris (AFP) Think kindly of the dragon Smaug. Shed a tear for Gollum. And give an orc a hug. If only they had tucked into the occasional quiche and salad or a touch of smoked salmon, or had a few sessions on a sunbed. How much kinder history would have…
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Electronic Cigarettes: Nicotine Comes Around Again
Originally posted on More@MedLetter: The next issue of The Medical Letter includes an article on electronic cigarettes, which have lately received considerable space in the popular press. With LED bulbs at their tips and flavors like chocolate, it becomes easy to forget that what they bring to the table is nicotine, which has caused…
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The Government Gets It Right!
Food allergy is a constant source of anxiety to parents of children who could in fact die or suffer a severe reaction to foods. Believe it or not, the government has done a nice job with information pertaining to public safety, in this case, food allergy in schools. In case you think I’m kidding about…
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