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More Thyroid Questions
Written by Wellness Club on June 24, 2009 – 11:48 am -By Nurse Mark
Thyroid continues to be one of the more common subjects for questions that we receive here, and it seems to be one of the most poorly understood by many folks. And no wonder - thyroid function, thyroid hormones, and hormones in general are a very complicated issue. The internet abounds with "Thyroid Information" [...]
Posted in Drugs and Alternatives, Health Questions, Hormones, Nutrition and Health | No Comments »
A Reader Writes About Universal Health Care
Written by Wellness Club on June 23, 2009 – 10:08 pm -Opinion by Nurse Mark
I’m not sure just how many other of our readers had strong feelings about the opinion article that I wrote for our last HealthBeat Newsletter titled "Some Thoughts On Universal Health Care" but at least one reader was somewhat unhappy with my thoughts on the subject.
Linda has been a patient and Wellness [...]
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Baby Carrot, Chlorine and More Urban Legend.
Written by Wellness Club on June 23, 2009 – 2:51 pm -Baby Carrot, Chlorine and More Urban Legend.
By Dr. Myatt
Sheesh. Do people really believe everything they read, good and bad, on the internet?
I received this note from a patient:
Subject: carrots
The FDA loves you and me so much!
Did you know?
The following is information from a farmer who grows and packages carrots for IGA, METRO, LOBLAWS, etc
The small [...]
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Help Us Celebrate!
Written by Wellness Club on June 23, 2009 – 2:15 pm -Help Us Celebrate!
Nurse Mark Takes Oath of US Citizenship (Yeah!)
Have a FREE American Flag on US (all puns intended…)
Mark Ziemann, R.N., of Snowflake, Arizona, took the oath of United States Citizenship on Friday June 19th, 2009.
Mr. Ziemann, known to his patients as "Nurse Mark," has lived in the United States since 2001. [...]
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MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS (MSDS) - A Most Useful Tool For Researchers
Written by Wellness Club on June 11, 2009 – 11:48 am -Many of our readers may be familiar with the ubiquitous MSDS documents that define the makeup, uses, and hazards of virtually anything you might imagine. These are often very useful as they can provide surprising information about substances. We frequently refer to these documents here at The Wellness Club when we are conducting our research.
This [...]
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