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Monthly Archive for April, 2007

An estimated 1 in 3 Americans have high blood pressure. The rules have changed. What once was considered “normal” blood pressure (120/80) is now considered prehypertensive. See what you can do to help control your blood pressure.

Wellcast : Natural Ways to Reduce Hypertension
The podcast is 4 minutes 49 seconds in length.

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Where is My Personalized Medicine?

Are we ready for genetic testing in your doctors’ office? According to Dr. Mrazek, chair of psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic, pharmacogenomics will change how physicians prescribe medications.
Roche Diagnostics has developed the AmpliChip to help predict when a patient might react poorly to a particular drug. This test has been available for 2 years and [...]

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The American Cancer Society recommends magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in addition to mammography for breast cancer screening. This has been the first update since 2003.
The findings of a study from the NIH showed that MRI detected cancer in the opposite breast with a sensitivity of 91%. That means that the number of women with a [...]

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Here are some great ideas to help keep your hearing in check and to avoid permanent damage. What’s that you say?
Whoever’s rocking your iPod today, do yourself a favor and turn it down. Those tiny earbuds pump music directly into the ear canal, making it easier to do permanent damage. Live music or [...]

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Earth day is coming up (April 22) and its a time for us to think about what we can do to give back to our planet. Here are some great ideas…

Yesterday, we mentioned some tips for growing some of your own food, a process that can be tricky, especially if you don’t have your own [...]

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Alternatives for Pain Management

I will be speaking today at Rally Sport in Boulder about alternative options for pain management. I will be joined by compounding pharmacist, Chris Turf from Pharmica Integrated Pharmacy.
The presentation starts at 7:00 pm. I will make my presentation slides available at this site, so make sure to check back later.
Hope to see you [...]

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