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Medical Radiation Soars, With Risks Often Overlooked0
- Health & Healing
- August 22, 2012
The trick to using medical radiation appropriately, experts say, is to balance the potential risks against known benefits… but this is not done nearly enough. There's been an astronomical rise in recent years in the use of radiation for medical imaging, especially for CT scans, leading to unnecessary medical costs and an increased risk of
READ MOREMedical advice from the Dalai Lama’s doctor0
- Alternative & Complementary Medicine
- December 7, 2012
Tibetan doctors think we get sick when our physical, psychological and spiritual well-being are out of balance, so they often prescribe kindness and compassion to cure illness. Tibetan compassion meditation may lower stress-induced immune responses. Tibetan medical experts want more collaborative projects with modern medicine, and the Dalai Lama wants more scientific testing of Tibetan
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McDonald’s to ban chicken treated with human antibiotics0
- Environmental Well-Being
- July 15, 2015
For years, we’ve heard health experts and consumers alike express their concern that the consumption of beef, pork and chicken treated with antibiotics could lead to antibiotic-resistant infections in humans. McDonald’s has now taken a step to address those concerns. The company announced that over the next 2 years it will stop purchasing chicken that has been fed antibiotics also prescribed for humans.
READ MOREMcAfee study: 70 percent of teens hiding what they are doing online0
- Family & Kids
- January 15, 2013
"The Digital Divide: How the Online Behavior of Teens is Getting Past Parents” is a new study sponsored by online security company McAfee. Half of the teens surveyed said they would change their online behavior if they knew their parents were watching, and more than 70 percent said they have actively done something to hide
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- Uncategorized
- March 6, 2015
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READ MOREMatthew ‘Medical Matt’ Kraushar comes to the rescue of stranded Red Hook residents after Hurricane Sandy paralyzes Brooklyn neighborhood0
- Making a Positive Difference
- November 20, 2012
Kraushar, 26, organized an army of 60 volunteers, saved an 80-year-old man who was having a heart attack, and rushed an oxygen tank to a woman who would've died without it. Good for You to Krausher, who is now being referred to by the nickname "Medical Matt" in his adopted Brooklyn, NY neighborhood of Red Hook.
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