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B is for Bullying: How to Keep Your Kids Safe
Phoebe Prince (Personal Photo)
As parents, doctors, educators and friends we must do better at spotting the signs. We must speak out when we witness the harassment of others. We must make sure the authorities at schools are not blind to the pain just because there are no physical scars. We must reach out to the victims and lead them to a place of physical and emotional safety.
Continue »Allergy Survivor's Guide to Pollen Season
Pollen. (iStockPhoto)
The exceptionally wet and cold winter combined with a late turn to spring have made this a record breaking season with pollen counts that are nothing to sneeze at.
Continue »Debate: Should California Legalize Marijuana?
NEW YORK (CBS) The Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 - California's initiative to legalize marijuana, has added fuel to an already contentious debate in this country. With medical marijuana laws currently on the books in 14 U.S. states, the new measure set to appear on the November ballot would be a major triumph for supporters of cannabis reform.
For this week's Health and Wellness we explore both sides of the issue in a debate between NORMAL New Jersey's Chris Goldstein and The Heritage Foundation's Brian Darling.
Making Sense Of The Cholesterol Debate
Credit: AP / CBS
NEW YORK (CBS) The latest study presented at the 'Mecca' meeting for heart disease, the American Heart Association meeting, seems to add one more nail to the coffin against Merck, the drug-maker that makes many of the biggest cholesterol-lowering drugs. But, like many topics in medicine, this is no simple debate. Let's try to start from the beginning.
Continue »New Hope For Post-Cancer Breast Growth
Stem cells that would be implanted under a biodegradable chamber or form in the breast region, attached to a blood supply coming from the woman's armpit and stimulated to grow using a liquid solution.
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Moody While Dieting? Here's Why
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Our Newest Blogger: Dr. Jennifer Ashton
Well, actually there are many similarities between the two careers, and I feel fortunate to have combined the two. At the most basic level, a doctor is a teacher of health and illness. A good physician should be smart, educated, inquisitive, honest and caring. She or he should also be a good communicator, often having to explain very complicated medical conditions in the simplest of terms.
I think a good medical journalist should carry the same traits as a good doctor, and every day, as I explain a medical story to millions of people, I do it in exactly the same way as I would explain it in my office to an individual patient!
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