Monthly Archives: November 2009
Allergic to eggs, the flu shot or flu meds? Maybe, maybe not.
Clinton wrote this … First it was H1N1 virus itself, then the vaccine became the shot heard ‘round the world. Everywhere. All the time. Practically. Is the virus real? Is it as bad as people say? The government should do … Continue reading
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Forget the turkey, save yourself this Thanksgiving
Clinton wrote this … Let’s dispense with the tired clichés and get right to it. Some people just don’t enjoy the holidays. Or, they don’t enjoy the people they have to share the holidays with. Sometimes the issues boil over … Continue reading
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Burn survivors share stories, provide healing
Clinton wrote this … Last Saturday afternoon four people told their stories about being burned as children — two in house fires, one in a plane crash and another, as a 13-year-old, who attempted suicide — to a gathering of … Continue reading
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From spinal cord injury to national champion
Tom wrote this … OK, here’s a warning for you, folks: I’m about to go all bicycle geeky on you. Today the UNC Health Care Rehabilitation Center sponsored a spinal cord injury expo in the lobby of North Carolina Children’s … Continue reading
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To screen, or not to screen? If so, when?
Tom wrote this … One of the most hotly debated and enduring conflicts in medicine is the war of words between experts who urge people to be screened early and often for cancer, and other experts who say the evidence … Continue reading
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Viagra for women? New drug increases female libido
Tom wrote this … Once I started telling people that I was writing a news story about a drug for treating low libido in women, the jokes began. (You can add your own joke here, if you like.) But for … Continue reading
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Science, not science fiction: Two flu drugs studied at UNC
When Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” asked HHS Secretary Katheleen Sebelius about political punditry critical of the public health response to novel H1N1, she pointedly said, “I tend to like to get my health advice from doctors and scientists.” She’ll … Continue reading
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Understanding why the body goes into labor is key to controlling infant mortality
Clinton wrote this … The National Center for Health Statistics released earlier this week a report on infant mortality. In its analysis, the U.S. ranks 30th in the world. We deliver far more babies pre-term, before 37 weeks gestation, than … Continue reading
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AIDS in the U.S.; the patient profile has changed, so should testing practices
Clinton wrote this … There is growing sentiment, and evidence, that attention to HIV and AIDS has shifted so far abroad, to Africa and in developing countries elsewhere, that Americans have overlooked a growing epidemic in our own collective backyard. … Continue reading
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Graduating from high school, at the hospital
Ginger wrote this… On Oct. 23 I attended a graduation ceremony – in the NC Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals. I watched Ryan Frias, a burn patient, precess down the hospital hall, lined with staff clapping and cheering, to … Continue reading
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