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Why Are Men Skipping Their Annual Checkups?

>> July 17, 2022

A recent survey by Orlando Health finds that many men overestimate how healthy they are, prompting one-third of them to skip their annual health screening. Dr. Thomas Kelley addresses common fears that keep men away from the doctor’s office, and why annual …

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Medical Notes: December 12, 2021

>> December 12, 2021

Researchers have come up with several new treatments that can keep people from getting seriously ill if they’re infected with Covid-19. And now they’ve found a number of drugs already on the market that do the same thing. The latest, according to a study in …

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Medical Notes: July 25, 2021

>> July 25, 2021

A big majority of the U.S. workforce wants to know if their co-workers are vaccinated against Covid… but they don’t want to reveal if they’ve gotten the vaccine themselves. That’s according to the latest American Staffing Association survey, which also shows …

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Medical Notes: Week of June 27, 2021

>> June 27, 2021

Many of us have the picture of a Covid pandemic winding down, but for cancer patients… treatment can still be hard to get. A survey by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network finds that the pandemic has affected one in three cancer patients’ ability …

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Medical Notes: Week of June 2, 2019

>> June 2, 2019

Pharmaceutical commercials that pop up all over TV are about to change. The federal government will require as early as July that drugs costing more than $35 for a month’s supply must include prices in their TV ads. The goal is to help patients make …

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Medical Notes: Week of March 25, 2018

>> March 25, 2018

More than 25 years after the first war in Iraq, more than 200,000 veterans are still affected by Gulf War Illness, a syndrome believed to be caused in part by exposure to toxic chemicals. Victims typically suffer from sleep disorders, chronic fatigue and …

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Why Are Men Skipping Their Annual Checkups?

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