Although we may think of hospitals as pillars of society that exist to provide treatment when we need it, the quality of care that we can receive is not always consistent. Human factors can ultimately influence the quality of care that we receive.
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Holiday Hospital Treatment – There’s No Good Day to be Sick, But Some are Better than Others
December 28th, 2010 
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Comments Off7 Ways to Naturally Lower High Blood Pressure through Diet
December 20th, 2010 admin Despite being considered a well managed condition, high blood pressure still contributes to 1 in 7 deaths. As a result, it is important to consider more than just medications when it comes to trying to fight hypertension in order to reduce our health risks.
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October 3rd, 2010 admin As a social species, humans generally tend to seek some form of social interaction on a regular basis to avoid loneliness. Unfortunately however, rates of loneliness have been increasing for decades for a number of reasons.
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September 27th, 2010 admin As a species that has been around for roughly the last 200,000 years, modern Homo sapiens lead active lives until the very recent past. Unfortunately, there have been consequences on our health because of this rather sudden desire to sit down.
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July 24th, 2010 admin Cataracts have been recognized as a medical condition for at least 4000 years and medical science is getting closer to understanding what causes them. As they learn more, prevention is increasingly becoming a more viable option.
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July 10th, 2010 admin Blood dialysis treatment is required when an person’s kidneys are unable to remove waste from the body on their own. Such treatment is costly and not very effective, but unfortunately is being needed by a growing number of patients.
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July 3rd, 2010 admin As the second most common degenerative disease of the brain, Parkinson’s is a condition for which considerable research is under way. However, while there is no cure yet, research is offering many ways to reduce the our risks for getting it.
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