Dr. Mercola argues that most people with chronic respiratory infections, and their doctors, miss the link to mold exposure. He describes where indoor mold takes hold, the range of problems molds can cause, and steps like remediation and air purifiers to cut exposure.
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Banned for Pets and Farm Animals, but Okay for You and Your Children?
Mercola and Charlie Brown of Consumers for Dental Choice argue that dental amalgam fillings, which are 50 percent mercury, stayed in use because the industry kept quiet about it. They say the half of U.S. dentists still using amalgam put 240 to 300 tons of mercury on the market a year.
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U.S. kids use too many antibiotics - CDC
CDC analysis of ambulatory care survey data shows antibiotic prescribing for children aged 14 and under fell 24 percent, from 300 to 229 courses per 1,000 office visits, between 1993-1994 and 2007-2008. Rates dropped for pharyngitis and colds but not otitis media, bronchitis or sinusitis.
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How Can a 4000% Increase in Bipolar Disorder Be Possible?
Mercola reports that US childhood bipolar diagnoses rose 40-fold over a decade and that many psychiatrists are backing away from the label, blaming overzealous doctors, insurance quirks and drug marketing. He asks what the antipsychotics did to children meanwhile.
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Big gap exists on health care spending between Latinos and whites, study finds (pr)
UCLA research found Latinos in the U.S. were 68 percent more likely than whites to have no health care spending at all and 6 percent more likely to pay out of pocket, with expenditures averaging 57 percent of whites'. The gap narrowed for naturalized citizens but not for non-citizens.
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Carsey Institute: Families shifting from private to public health insurance for children (PR)
Carsey Institute research finds families are shifting children from private to public health insurance, driven by job losses, private plan changes and wider public eligibility, with the trend strongest in rural and inner-city areas as Congress weighs deep cuts to Medicaid and SCHIP.
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WHO names new Patient Safety envoy
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan named Sir Liam Donaldson, England's Chief Medical Officer for 12 years, to promote patient safety worldwide and advise her on strategy. WHO data indicate safety incidents occur in 4 to 16 percent of hospitalized patients.
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Patient Safety Day and The Patient Pod aim for safer healthcare
Patient Safety Day, observed since 2001 in as many as 41 states and several countries, honors efforts to eliminate preventable medical errors and remembers those harmed by them. Charles Denham, M.D., received the 2011 Florence Nightingale and Dr. E. Codman award.
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This Breast Cancer Screening May Lead to a SHORTER Life...
A Cochrane review found mammographic screening likely lowers breast cancer mortality but brings a 30 percent rate of overdiagnosis and overtreatment: for every 2,000 women invited over 10 years, one has her life prolonged and 10 healthy women are treated unnecessarily.
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The Real Reason the Cancer Industry Never Talks About Prevention
Mercola introduces Robyn O'Brien's account of her child's allergic reaction and her turn to real food, then turns to cancer drug costs: Gleevec grossed $4.3 billion last year and Avastin $7.4 billion, and U.S. cancer spending may reach $158 billion by 2020.
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The Patient Pod: The new weapon for caregivers battling hospital acquired infections
Pear Health has launched the Patient Pod, a bedside system meant to keep hand sanitizer, phones, tissues and hearing aids within a patient's reach and help prevent hospital-acquired infections, which the CDC ties to 99,000 deaths a year. Founder Pat Mastors lost her father to one in 2006.
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Treating vascular risk factors may cut Alzheimer's disease risk
In a Neurology study of 837 people with mild cognitive impairment, those who had all their vascular risk factors treated for five years were 39 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's than those treated for none; partial treatment cut risk 26 percent.
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Do universal hearing screening programs need to be redesigned?
Illinois researchers reviewed 417 pediatric cochlear implant recipients and found almost a third had passed newborn hearing screening. Those children were diagnosed and implanted later than peers who failed screening, according to results in Archives of Otolaryngology.
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Weekend trips to the ER have better survival rates
A Pennsylvania study of 90,461 trauma patients over five years found those arriving on weekends were less likely to die than weekday patients, with an odds ratio of 0.89, though they spent longer in intensive care. Lead author Brendan Carr said his team expected to see no difference.
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Letter from Organizing for America - Republicans repeals Health reform law
A fundraising letter from Organizing for America, sent after House Republicans voted to repeal the health insurance reform law, asking readers to donate toward organizing against repeal.
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Managing medications and blood pressure to avoid shock in the elderly
Ontario patients over 66 taking calcium-channel blockers faced about six times the risk of hospitalization for low blood pressure or shock when also given erythromycin, and four times with clarithromycin. Azithromycin showed no added risk, so the authors prefer it.
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VFC Program: Vaccines for Uninsured Children
The CDC's Vaccines for Children program covers vaccines against 16 diseases at no cost for anyone under 19 who is Medicaid-eligible, uninsured, underinsured, or American Indian or Alaska Native. Underinsured children qualify only at FQHCs or rural health clinics.
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Healthcare Reform Law vs. Medicare Part D Doughnut Hole
A question-and-answer explainer on the Affordable Care Act's 2011 coverage gap benefits: a 50 percent discount on brand-name drugs, funded by manufacturers and applied automatically at the pharmacy, plus 7 percent off generics, and who qualifies for them.
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