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on October 26, 2008
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I got my flu shot this weekend at my local Safeway. 30 dollars with out insurance. I did not get a shot last year but I also didnt get the flu. After reading some of the talk on Trusera I figured "why not get one?".No odd side effects. My arm hurt where I got the shot but that happens with any shot.
on August 22, 2008
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cancer, basal cell, skin cancer
Philadelphia's Monell Center sampled the air directly above basal cell carcinomas and found it was different to similar samples from healthy skin.They told a conference it offered the chance of cheap and painless testing.Other scientists are trying to spot the "smell" of cancer, with a UK team using dogs to sniff out bladder tumours from urine samples.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7573060.stm
on July 14, 2008
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heart, surgery, open heart surgery
"Dr. Michael DeBakey, the father of modern heart surgery, died this week at age 99. He was integral to the development of pretty much everything in modern cardiovascular surgery: bypass (heart-lung machines that made open-heart surgery possible for the first time), coronary artery bypass surgery (he did the first one ever), carotid endarterectomey (again he performed the first one), the development of Dacron graft blood vessels, and the development of MASH units. He wa…[more]