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Cosmetic surgery gets cheaper, faster, scarier0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- September 16, 2011
Are low-cost, high-volume cosmetic surgery clinics the new problem? Strax, which has two locations in South Florida, boasts it is the busiest cosmetic surgery center in the U.S. However, one of it’s patients paid $5000 for a procedure and later had to be hospitalized for repercussions from the surgery. Critics call it the commoditization of
READ MOREPersonal finance: be careful when using debit, credit cards0
- Personal finance
- September 16, 2011
During tough economic times, it is important to be careful when using debit and credit cards to avoid being the victim of a financial scam. You can protect yourself by using credit cards when you don’t have cash on-hand, then paying off your credit card balance each month to avoid interest. Debit cards carry a
READ MOREStudent loan payments cripple more borrowers0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- September 16, 2011
New figures are showing that repaying students loans is crippling many American borrowers across the country. New Census Bureau information also shows that many 14.2 percent of 25-34 year olds lived with their parents in 2011, largely due to the fact that they can’t find full-time positions. This also means that many parents who planned
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Consumer Alert: Colorado Cantaloupes Prompt Warning After Multi-State Listeria Outbreak0
- Consumer Alerts
- September 16, 2011
Colorado cantaloupes are the latest food to go under the microscope after the melons were linked to four deaths and 16 cases ofListeria, a potentially deadly bacterial infection. While the FDA has not announced a recall on the fruit, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of the multi-state outbreak. The cases were reported
READ MOREAre dental X-rays dangerous?0
- Medical News
- September 16, 2011
Fear of small amounts of radiation? But this is an accumulation of radiation over a lifetime, says one mom. It's an important question, since dental X-rays are the only form of medical radiation received on a regular basis by large numbers of American men, women, and children. It’s an experiment on a vast number of
READ MORENew study finds 9/11 ground zero responders paying with their health0
- Medical News
- September 16, 2011
The first long-term study of the health impacts of the attacks on September 11 has been released and shows that firefighters who worked at ground zero had 10 percent more cancers than the general population. Furthermore, firefighters who worked at the site had 19 percent more cancers than firefighters who did not work at ground
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