CVS Caremark and Direct Relief USA have joined forces to offer $5 million in free flu vaccinations to community clinic and health center patients who have no health insurance coverage. CVS Caremark informs that the shots are currently available at all its CVS pharmacies and MinuteClinics throughout the USA. The company says free flu-shot vouchers will be distributed by CVS Caremark and Direct Relief USA to participating medical centers…

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Dr. Joseph Mercola looks at why it’s important to get water from a pure and filtered source. He also discusses some of the problems with drinking regular tap water as well as what’s in it, including chlorine and fluoride. This is part one of a two-part video series.
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Heart, published by the BMJ (British Medical Journal) has found that men that are clinically out of shape, and work longer than the conventional workday hours, more likely die of heart disease by 50% compared to males who work the same hours in a week but are in shape. We all know that working long hours is bad for your health, both physical and mental, but there has never been clear definition if there is a direct correlation between work and disease levels, even death rates…

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Psychological violence by an intimate partner during pregnancy, independent of physical violence, has been linked to a higher risk of developing postnatal depression, also known as postpartum depression, according to an article published in the medical journal The Lancet. As most social policies focus on the treatment and prevention of physical violence, this study has important policy implications, the authors explain. The study was carried out by Dr Ana Bernarda Ludermir, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, and team…

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Robert Webster, an influenza expert, says health authorities worldwide need to remain watchful for possible influenza outbreaks, despite swine flu being much less deadly than people had originally feared. Webster, chairman of the virology and molecular biology department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, says that bird flu remains a possible threat and could be the cause of the next global outbreak…

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Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Dr. Beatrice Golomb about the scientific method. She discusses the many flaws of this method, as well as what can be done about it. This is part one of a seven-part video series.
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Ardi Rizal, from Musi Bayuasin, South Sumatra, Indonesia was smoking two packets of cigarettes per day. He became addicted to nicotine in tobacco after his father had given him a cigarette. According to his parents, his addiction became so bad that he would throw violent tantrums if they did not give him a cigarette. The National Commission for Child Protection, Indonesia, says the boy has quit smoking and no longer asks for or craves cigarettes. He underwent intensive therapy – 1-month rehab – in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital…

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There are still about 4.7 million uninsured American children who are eligible for CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) or Medicaid and are not enrolled, says a new report published in the journal Health Affairs. The report estimated about 7.3 million American children were uninsured on an average day in 2008 – of those, 65% of them (4.7 million) were eligible for Medical or CHIP but not enrolled. According to the report, ten states had participation rates either close to or above 90%. 39% of eligible uninsured children live in California, Florida or Texas, while 61% (2…

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Organic strawberries were found to have more vitamin C and antioxidants than non-organic ones, and they also had a nicer taste, but are 13.4% smaller and have considerably lower levels of dietary minerals potassium and phosphorous, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal PloS One. As consumers, we are usually willing to pay a bit more for organic produce for reasons of nutrition, health, the environment and/or the quality of life of farm animals…

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A recent JAMA news release stated that preterm and low birth weight infants need highly specialized care in Level Three hospitals to minimize neonatal (first four weeks after death) and predischarge deaths. Previous studies make the following statement: For more than 30 years, guidelines for perinatal [pertaining to the period immediately before and after birth] regionalization have recommended that very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants be born at highly specialized hospitals, most commonly designated as level III hospitals…

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