Internet Medical Journal

Massachusetts has taken a very straightforward approach towards getting universal health care for its citizens…. treat healthcare just like car insurance. Everyone has to have it.
The legislation is built on the concept of shared responsibility; it requires more of people who are uninsured, businesses that do not provide coverage to their employees, and the government. […]

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The Internet Medical Journal has been listed in the iTunes podcast directory. To find us, do a search on “Internet Medical” and our podcast will show up.

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Despite saying quite recently that it does not support the use of marijuana for medical purposes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given marketing approval for a drug which is a synthetic version of the active ingredient in marijuana. - http://www.news-medical.net/?id=17996
The FDA continues to play politics with people’s health and the pharmaceutical companies. […]

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Researchers theorize that botox injections may help treat depression, by getting the patient to have a more pleasant expression on their face:
“There is a body of evidence that suggests that the facial expression of emotion may play a causal role in the subjective experience of emotion. We initiated a small open pilot trial to determine […]

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Our family pet suffered a hit-and-run today. It made me admire the qualities of our dog:
- innocence
- unquestioning
- hungry
we are thankful for the broken bone- it was a broken bone, not a final event. The lungs, the heart, the stomach— healthy.
The phone call began “and they think your dog is dead.”
But it turned out to be a […]

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Here’s a good book I just read. It has lots of great suggestions on how to stay healthy.
The Longevity Strategy

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