Chronic sleep deprivation or oversleeping is associated with a small increase in premature death.
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How many nuclear weapons do we really need?
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Health care costs just keep going up. You can blame anyone you want but currently the elephant in the room is the Federal government and the dysfunctional way it establishes Medicare reimbursement rates.
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In the near future, you may be able to be immunized against nicotine.
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"When the preparations were complete Rogozov scrubbed and positioned himself. He chose a semi-reclining position, with his right hip slightly elevated and the lower half of the body elevated at an angle of 30°. Then he disinfected and dressed the operating area. He anticipated needing to use his sense of touch to guide...
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What the hell is going on in Massachusetts?
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There are too many absurd things about the Federal income tax system to mention in one place but getting taxed on income that was derived mostly from my taxes is one of the best.
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Like John Gotti’s lawyer denying the existence of organized crime in America, trial lawyers have been denying for years that defensive medicine exists or if it does then it’s not so prevalent as to have any significant economic impact. Strictly defined, defensive medicine is the practice of ordering or performing tests and/or procedures or...
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Still waiting for your Obama check to arrive in the mail? Keep waiting.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is going to enable millions of additional patients to enter into community health care systems that are already poorly designed, underfunded, and overcrowded.
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