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Executive Medicine in Scottsdale

Concierge medicine and executive medicine are two relatively new health care models. Both provide superb preventative care for an additional annual fee. The health care reform and current health care...

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Executive Medicine in Phoenix

The Phoenix area, like many other major U.S. cities, has a steep unemployment rate. The current unemployment rate in phoenix is hovering around 10%. Unemployed individuals are often laid off because of...

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Executive Medicine in Orange County

We want to be healthy. I have never met a person who has said that their health wasn’t important to them and if I ever did meet such a person they would certainly be a fearsome thing to behold. The...

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Luxury Band-Aids

It never fails.  I cut myself while stuffing chain letter envelopes, and all I have is crappy old ugly band aids.  Considering that I have a concierge medicine plan, I should be able to treat my cut...

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Topamax Lawsuit for Birth Defects

First approved in 1998 for the treatment of epileptic seizures, Topamax, or Topiramate, has now landed itself near the top of many law firms’ hit list.  The issue at hand for the Topamax Lawsuit is the...

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If Jay Gatsby Had a Bicycle

Most people who know me know, I’m not a big bicycle guy.  As a kid, riding my bike around my neighbor hood was my favorite past time.  It was a little taste of freedom.  But I never got into the...

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Not-So-Super Star Overdose

It seems all the buzz today is about Amy Winehouse; a British singer who died today at around 4pm. Winehouse was at the ripe age of 27. Although many are “so sad,” about the singers death, I stray away...

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PPH and Fen-Phen Lawsuits

Persistent pulmonary hypertension, or PPH, is an increase in blood pressure in the pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, or pulmonary arteries.  Dr. Ernst von Romberg first identified PPH in 1891. PPH...

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Topamax Class Action Lawsuit

Common treatment of epilepsy and migraine headaches includes medications such as Topamax. Topamax, or Topiramate, is an anti-convulsant medication.  Communication between the nerve cells relies on...

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Habitat Furnishings Latex Mattress Review

I’m hard on beds.  The fact that I’m overweight has always meant that I need an extra firm mattress.  I have tried various types, and bent burnt more than a couple times.  The Temporpedic bed was awful...

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Half of Americans Dealing with Diabetes

  We have some bad news for you. Are you sitting down? Well get up. As a matter of fact; get up, hop on a treadmill and plan on eating a salad tonight. Because the news is that as a country we are...

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Being Fat Gives You Cancer

Hypertension, cardiovascular disorders, type 2 diabetes, the need to shop at crappy clothing stores. Being fat is the gift that keeps on giving. Sure, you get to eat whatever you want, but the price is...

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Fatal Attraction: How drug companies are seducing doctors for their own benefit

For centuries, medical practitioners have had one great priority, their patient. With the involvement of immense money in drug business, are we going to see a change in the number one priority for the...

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Can one of the most deadly plants in the world provide cheap, effective and...

For years Tobacco has remained synonymous with Cancer, Heart Disease and untimely death. Can modern science help us to create solutions from the plant for unanswered questions? Ebola, a disease so...

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Will NIH’s new Tinnitus treatment device be able to hush the murmurs?

For years, the sound of silence has crept unnoticed and without a cure. Is there hope in the horizon for the ones who are suffering or is this going to be just another false dawn like many before?...

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Stevia Essence: Pepsi and Coke battle it out to get healthier Cola

For decades, Pepsi and Coke have battled to impress the customers, from the recent data; none of them is winning the battle of the taste buds. Does Stevia offer another chance for the giant beverages...

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Are hospitals responsible of making money on drug subsidies offered to less...

A startling discovery shows that hospitals are making considerable profit of drug subsidies. Should the hospitals be ethically allowed to book their funds as profits and why there is a need for more...

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Scientists Claim the Ideal Woman’s Body Exists

Trying to define the ideal body for a woman has been quite a debated topic. As time goes on, the idea of beauty continues to change, and even scientists are adding to the history books of what the...

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Purdue Pharma Considers Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Amid Litigation Over Opioids

The Sacklers, a billionaire family accused of fueling the nationwide opioid crisis by marketing and misleading doctors and patients regarding the dangers of OxyContin, may now be struggling to keep...

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Apple Watch Heart Study Signals new era of Medicine

Apple and researchers from Stanford Medicine teamed up to conduct a study on whether wearable technology can identify irregular heart rhythms that further indicate a condition. The duo finally released...

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