Archive for the Health Category

Bug juice, anyone????

Strawberry is not my favorite flavor, being a chocolate girl myself.  However, should I want to buy, say a Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino from Starbucks, I certainly would assume that the pink coloring and the strawberry flavoring were from strawberries.  Now, I would hope that the berries

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Death care vs Health care

I have heard it said that the US has a system of ‘death care’ rather than ‘health care.’   Reading a report that Lung Cancer screening is effective and fairly inexpensive (as compared to breast and cervical screenings), but not picked up as a covered service by

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X-Rays tied to brain tumors

If you are like me, you dislike going to the dentist.  My emotion is more akin to hate going to the dentist.  Don’t get me wrong.  I love my dentist, just hate the procedures that I have to go through.   My mother was very consistent with

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Capitalism works

  Reported on 4/4/12 in the Houston Chronicle,   AFA Foods has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection  AFA Foods is owned by Yucaipa Cos., and is based in King of Prussia, PA.   They make ‘lean, finely textured beef,’ which is otherwise known as ‘pink slime.’  

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