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Don’t you love random “holidays?” Things like “Happy Hump Day” or “It’s my half-birthday” are really just excuses to declare to the world, “I want to feel good today!”  But they do the trick, and I think we need more of them.  Starting with “Feel Better Day,” that day when you realize after a cold…

There are some fascinating health developments to report on this week.  Here are 3 to think about: Are electronic health records going too far, too fast? There are a proliferation of new tools designed to empower patients and give them–and their doctors–easy access to all of their medical records in one place.  iChart is a…

As home remedies go, this might be the most widely known/practiced/recommended.  But why does gargling with warm, salty water help soothe a sore throat?  Since I’m doing this multiple times a day–and since I feel like it helps–I decided to Google the gargle and attempt a better explanation than “because it does.” First of all,…

I knew this day would come…the day I had to once again face the scritchy, gag-gy nightmare that is known to most people as a throat culture.  When I was a kid, throat cultures were screeching, Mom-bribing-with-candy-rewards, “We need more nurses!” affairs for me.  I know I’m not the only one to feel this way…
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