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Are you ready for an emergency?
- By joyceg98 · Posted June 3, 2009
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- This week's radio show features two members of the Police and Public Health departments of the Town of Brookline, talking about what they are doing to prepare for emergencies -- everything from avian ...
Trouble losing weight?
- By joyceg98 · New reply June 3, 2009
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- Tomorrow Thursday May 28, 3 pm Eastern US time, I will be speaking with Brett Salisbury, a Certified Sports Nutritionist, about weight and health. Several times people have told me that they need to take ...
Knowledge
- By Ieva · Posted May 29, 2009
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- Today I went to the ophthalmologist and managed to decipher her scrawl, except recommendations for my primary care specialist. Anyway nothing dangerous for the time being however now it is clear that ...
Camp New Focus
- By chefdavid · New reply May 28, 2009
- 5 replies
- NF family camp in Michigan. September 18th,19th & 20th. Focusing on our Future. If you would like to come to this family weekend full of fun and laughter please send me an e-mail and I would send you ...
Amyloidosis Support Groups Inc. - NYC-Manhattan
- By Muriel · Posted May 25, 2009
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- Hope to see everyone at Mt. Sinai next Saturday at 9am....Dr. Angela Dispenzierir of the Mayo Cl.. inic will be our guest and it should be a great meeting. People are coming in from all over New England ...
Doctors
- By Ieva · Posted May 19, 2009
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- I have once said that I wish I had doctor like doctor House and I certainly believe that men are easier to work with than women (though my worst experience was with man). But if I do away with stereotypes ...
Primary healthcare
- By Ieva · New reply May 19, 2009
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- I haven't written for quite a period, to great extent because it turned out that I actually have Cowden's disease. However it is disease of the same kind and there are no support groups most likely because ...
A destiny?
- By Ieva · New reply May 18, 2009
- 1 reply
- I actually got interested in medicine at the age of nine and long before it become clear I had Cowden's disease. It happened after 8th of March party at my parents workplace (this day was intensely celebrated ...
Formalities
- By Ieva · New reply May 18, 2009
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- On Wednesday I my primary care specialist suggested again that I should settle all formalities for disability pension. I agreed. No that I really cared about pension which is ridiculously small (hardly ...
recovery
- By sissy0513 · New reply May 18, 2009
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- Well I am home or at mom and dad's it has been 5 days since surgery, I am still tired alot and have some pain/discomfort, my stomach is upset much of the time but for now I am off of all meds. We shall ...
Languages
- By Ieva · Posted May 18, 2009
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- Russians have a word "to football" which describes sending from one office to another....Thats what I like Russian for- its so colorful and picturesque (though less and less Latvians understand it even ...
My Son
- By LynneJoyce · New reply May 12, 2009
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- My son has had 2 brain tumors removed, first one at the age of 15 and the second last summer. Age 20. He has had 4 spinal tumors removed over the last 4 years, the last one on January 5th. Yesterday we ...
New feature: video!
- By Brian · New reply May 12, 2009
- 24 replies
- I am pleased to announce that we have updated Inspire to support video. You can now share a video of yourself, videos that you find inspirational or informative, and more. I've included one of myself ...
Play about Brain Tumors and VHL - this Saturday!
- By joyceg98 · Posted May 5, 2009
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- Please join us this Saturday night in Providence, Rhode Island, for the first play ever about VHL! Join us For a unique experience Food - Fun -- Meet the Artist Hear Amy Lynn's remarkable story. Neo-burlesque ...
My life - 2008
- By Sheela · New reply May 3, 2009
- 11 replies
- I was not feeling well towards the end of 2007. I caught colds, lost my voice and even picked up a stomach bug. I put it down to this but had an MRI just incase. The results showed me that i had two brain ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
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- Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...
Final of finals
- By MariaKaminski · Posted April 30, 2009
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- Well I made it. I have one final left today. I went into this semester scared, worried, and wondering if I would ever get through it. Now that its almost over, I feel much better and even a bit accomplished ...
Referral Question
- By plischeske · New reply April 23, 2009
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- On December 17th, 2007 I underwent surgery at UCSF in which they removed a pretty big hemangiomablastoma from my cerrabellum. Another Surgeon had tried to remove it back in 1994, but was worried about ...
Doctors handcuffed on natural remedies
- By joyceg98 · New reply April 23, 2009
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- Dr. Mary Zennett joins me Thursday at 3 pm Eastern US time to talk about why doctors feel constrained not to speak with us about natural remedies. It's on the internet! If you can read this announcement ...
please help my sister
- By kimcruz6 · New reply April 23, 2009
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- Hello my name is kim I am writing in reference to my sister Debi She applied for Suffolk health plans and Medicaid but they said she makes too much so she applied for Suffolk health plan. Is a single ...
