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Media Research Center Picks Worst Media Offense of the Year

Dec 23, 2008 - For the 21st year in a row, the Media Research Center has rounded up Notable Quotables. The conservative media watchdog group typically chronicles the perceived liberal media bias. This year, winners were selected for categories such as: The Obamagasm Award, Pummeling Palin Award, Obamalot Award, and Pay Up Patriots Award. - 15 Comments

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Ear infections

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HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M Highlights Ear Infections Middle ear (otitis media) infections are very common in young children. They include:

Acute otitis media (AOM) is an inflammation caused by bacteria that travel to the middle ear from fluid trapped in the Eustachian tube. Children with AOM exhibit signs of an ear infection including pain, fever, and tugging at the ear.
Otitis media with effusion (OME) refers to fluid that accumulates in the middle ear without obvious signs of infection. - 0 Comments
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Jennifer Aniston Gets Parenting Accolade!

Aug 06, 2009 - How does someone without kids win a parenting award? Ask Jennifer Aniston. The actress has won various accolades from an Emmy to a Golden Globe to a Screen Actors Guild Award, and now has a parenting one to place on her shelf. - 3 Comments

Otitis media

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HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M Otitis media is an infection of the middle ear, the area just behind the eardrum. It happens when the eustachian tubes, which connect the middle ear to the nose, become blocked with fluid. With the infection, mucus, pus, and bacteria can also pool behind the eardrum, causing pressure and pain. - 0 Comments

Is Your Local Starbucks Closing?

Jul 21, 2008 - By now you must have heard that Starbucks is closing 600 of its stateside coffee shops. Last week Starbucks released the official list of the closing stores with a grand total of 616 closures. The closing stores are company-operated stand alone locations; no bookstore, super market, or airport Starbucks will be shuttered. - 34 Comments

Infertility in men

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HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M Highlights New At-Home Fertility Test Kit Fertell, the first at-home fertility test kit, became commercially available in June 2007. The Fertell kit contains tests to screen for both male and female infertility. Men can test their semen for concentrations of motile sperm, while women can test their urine for levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (a marker for egg quality). - 0 Comments

Heart attack and acute coronary syndrome

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HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M Highlights Drug Approval In 2006, the FDA approved the use of clopidogrel (Plavix) for patients who have had a STEMI heart attack and who will not be having angioplasty. A STEMI is a very severe type of heart attack caused by sudden and total artery blockage. Angioplasty and Stents Surgery with angioplasty and stents that is performed more than 3 days after a heart attack offers no advantage over standard drug therapy for clinically stable patients, indicates an important 2006 New England Journal of Medicine study. - 3 Comments

Alcoholism

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HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M Highlights Drug Research Topiramate (Topamax), an anticonvulsant drug used to treat epilepsy, is showing promise as a treatment for alcohol dependence. In a 2007 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, patients who took topiramate had fewer heavy drinking days, fewer drinks per day, and more days of not drinking at all than patients who received placebo. Alcohol and Heart Disease Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death among people who are heavy drinkers. - 1 Comment

Immunizations

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HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M Highlights Vaccines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that children receive 2 doses of the varicella-zoster (Chickenpox) vaccine: the initial vaccine between ages 12 - 15 months, and a booster between 4 - 6 years. Children aged 12 and older and adults who have not had the vaccine should receive 2 doses. Immunization guidelines were changed following research that indicated the effectiveness of the vaccine declines over time. - 0 Comments
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Sinusitis

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HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M Highlights Drug Restriction In February 2007, the FDA announced that the antibiotic telithromycin (Ketek) should no longer be used for treatment of acute bacterial sinusitis. In June 2006, the FDA reported that several people had died of liver damage after taking this drug. Telithromycin is now only approved for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. - 0 Comments