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• H1N1 Vaccine: I got mine. Get yours.

  
  The Evolution of Jeremiah — Authority: 130
  Lifted from: CheckUp – Jason’s Blog… UPDATE: Montreal. The H1N1 website was updated I guess over the last 48 hours and they upped the classification of persons who should get the vaccine, as the numbers at the clinics were low over the weekend here in Montreal.Since I am immunocompromised (HIV +) and I ...
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• Lies About Marijuana Drive People to a Much More Harmful Drug — Booze

  
  The Broken Spectrum — Authority: 138
  Professor David Nutt didn’t play the game. As the chief drug policy advisor in the British Government, an unspoken part of his job description was to help maintain a public fiction about marijuana – or cannabis, as it is known in the U.K. and other parts of the world.  Specifically, he was expected to further ...
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• This Week’s Biotech Highlights

  
  Slaw — Authority: 595
  Every week, I travel the world [wide web] in search of interesting new biotech developments.  This week, a smattering of stories from Canada, the U.S. and China are worth noting: In Canada (and presumably elsewhere as well) Merck put out a country-specific press release announcing the closing of its merger with ...
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• Pilot Out of Work From Retinal Damage Due to Laser Pointed at Aircraft Cockpit

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 137
  Canadian Pilot Still Out of Work After Laser Incident   The issue of  pilots being blinded by laser pointers remains under the microscope as an air ambulance pilot who suffered retinal damage in such an attack is still off work nearly two months later.  AS reported in the Canadian OH&S News , in early ...
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• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 432
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
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• Nidal Malik Hasan - and mammograms?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  I write on medical issues, never on shootings. But bear with me for one second, forget about the shooting and think of malignant diseases. These are detected through medical means, so as to be treated in early stages, thereby trying to prevent harsh consequences. A lot of money goes into screenings, such as ...
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• Pentagon: A third of U.S. youth too fat, sickly to serve

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 142
  More than a third of American youth of military age are unfit for service, mainly because they are too fat or sickly, the Army Times reports, quoting the latest Pentagon figures.Most of the rest are too dumb or have used too many drugs to qualify, the study shows.The report says 35% of the 31 [...]
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• Should Parents of Obese Children Lose Custody?

  
  South Carolina Family Law Blog — Authority: 117
  Childhood obesity can lead to a host of health problems, including Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and orthopedic problems.  Experts have begun to debate whether removing morbidly obese children from their parents will boost those childrens chances for a healthier ...
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• CONNECTICUT Recession Doubles Job Related Injury Claims

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 137
  Job-related injuries   have nearly doubled over the last four years, apparently due to the recession. The Connecticut Post reports first-injury claims by the state Workers’ Compensation Commission  totaled 50,841 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. The figure was 26,992 for initial claims four years ...
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• Mystery Flu Runs Wild in Ukraine

  
  DarkGovernment — Authority: 123
  478,456 Influenza/ARI 24,003 Hospitalized 60 Ventilators 81 Deaths The above numbers are from the latest update from Ukraine.  The number of infected patients has almost doubled to just under ½ million, compared to the report two days ago (see map ).  Hospitalized patients also have spiked higher, to ...
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• Pentagon: A third of U.S. youth too fat, sickly to serve

  
  Get Out of Dodge! — Authority: 135
  More than a third of American youth of military age are unfit for service, mainly because they are too fat or sickly, the Army Times reports, quoting the latest Pentagon figures. Most of the rest are too dumb or have used too many drugs to qualify, the study sho ws. The report says 35% of the 31 million Americans ...
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• Quebec Region H1N1 Vaccine Schedule Updated 4 Nov

  
  The Evolution of Jeremiah — Authority: 130
  Montréal Important Message If you are a healthcare worker (including private clinic staff, pharmacists, ambulance drivers, and first respondents), your employer, your institution, or your health and social services center (CSSS) will provide all the information you require concerning your vaccination. If you are a ...
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• NYC Special Needs School Fair at the JCC in Manhattan

  
  NYC Private Schools Blog — Authority: 421
  The Special Needs School Fair which took place at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Manhattan on Thursday evening, October 29, 2009 is a wonderful resource for parents and professionals who want to learn what’s available for special needs children in NYC and environs. This is the fourth year that the Fair is ...
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• Vaccination …

  
  The Evolution of Jeremiah — Authority: 130
  I am on schedule to get my H1N1 vaccine on Saturday when they open the clinic at Alexis Nihon Plaza, just up the street from home. If you live in Quebec you can click ( THIS LINK HERE ) to get an updated location map for vaccinations with dates, times and rules. Please respect the right for those who need it most to ...
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• Aging And Mental Problems Mount For Longtime Pozzers

  
  The Evolution of Jeremiah — Authority: 130
  Lifted from: Joe My God … David France has published a sobering and heartbreaking feature at NY Magazine that looks into the accelerated aging and mental problems that longtime HIV patients can suffer. An excerpt: Some fifteen years into the era of protease inhibitors and drug cocktails, doctors are ...
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• Saving DOLLARS by Integrating Workers Comp with Non-Occupational Treatment

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 137
  According to  a recent study posted on workforce.com  from the University of California, Berkeley, integrating workers’ compensation medical benefits and non-occupational medical treatment under a “24-hour care” system could assist in paying for a “large fraction” of universal health care coverage. ...
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• Re-Growing Body Parts

  
  DarkGovernment — Authority: 123
  So far, 5,000 men and women gave their lives while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, but there are nearly 1,000 thousand more soldiers who are coming home with devastating injuries. Amputations, skin grafts and plastic surgeries are the painful battles these wounded warriors face on the home front. Now, science has a ...
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• Kissing was developed ‘to spread germs’

  
  The Broken Spectrum — Authority: 138
  It isn’t the most romantic theory, but scientists believe kissing was developed to spread germs which build up immunity to illness.They say the gesture allows a bug named Cytomegalovirus, which is dangerous in pregnancy, to be passed from man to woman to give her time to build up protection against it.The bug is ...
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• Poor leadership linked to soldier’s death

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 432
  Deficiencies in training, leadership and deployment readiness may have contributed to the death of Lieutenant Michael Fussell in Afghanistan last year, a Defence inquiry has found. The Major in charge of the operation in which Lieutenant Fussell died on November 27 has now been stood down from his command. ...
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• Obama Signs Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act and Announces End of HIV Travel Ban

  
  The Evolution of Jeremiah — Authority: 130
  Filed by: Waymon Hudson- Bilerico Website October 30, 2009 2:00 PM President Obama announced an end to the HIV Travel and Immigration Ban during the signing ceremony for the vital Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act this afternoon. The travel ban, a legacy of Jesse Helms, has been in place since 1987. ...
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