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St. Louis (32-28-9) at New York (31-30-9) by shenhuajie A lack of consistency, Air Jordan Shoes especially at home, could cost the New York Rangers a fifth consecutive playoff berth. The St. Louis Blues also need a late run to return to the postseason.The Rangers will try to avoid their fourth loss in five home games this month when the Blues visit Madison Square Garden for the first time in more than t ... Read on »

Guest Author Jamie Verkamp: Healthcare Leaders Recognize Social Media as a Way to Connect with Patients in the New Year by Mary Pat Whaley With huge growth in 2009, social media is not just a passing trend used by online marketers; it’s a real, effective method of communicating ideas, sharing information and connecting with people across all age and socioeconomic groups. Healthcare, while slower to adopt the social media wave than other industries, is coming to realize the potential s ... Read on »

Medica Health Insurance: Healthy Pregnancy Program by JLevy Patient Expert

Medica Health Insurance offers its members a unique pregnancy program for their newly pregnant moms. Their aim is to assist pregnant Medica members and their children achieve optimal health throughout their pregnancy. Some examples of the Program’s goals include early and ongoing prenatal care, access to pregnancy information, case management by e ... Read on »

The Esteem, A Fully Implantable Hearing Aid, Gets FDA Approval by Megan S. Today the FDA approved the first completely implantable hearing aid , which is designed to treat sensorineural hearing loss.According to the press release and this LA Times blog post , the Esteem is a hearing system - with a sound processor, sensor and driver which work in concert to assist the patient with their specific hearing loss. The device h ... Read on »

Classic time-limited promo: 33% off by Alan T. Medical Doctor

Via the Motion Apps website Starting at 8 AM PST on Wednesday March 17th, you will be able to get Classic with 33% off if you tap Buy Now button from the Classic menu. The promo is on until Thursday, March 18th at midnight PST. Oh and by the way, we do free shipping! What you can do right now is download Classic to your Pre phone because it comes ... Read on »

Home Ventilator Program in the Bay Area by Victoria Nelson One of the greatest benefits of going back to CHLA was that we got to experience their amazing Home Ventilator Program. We went through the full training, had our home set up with the equipment, interviewed all the Nurses, and we were ready to go home with Moriah...on a ventilator.It was the main reason we went back to L.A. There is nothing like th ... Read on »

another side to 'no-dig' gardening! by Rob Carlyle Patient Expert

I wrote about 'no-dig gardening' on Sunday.I was talking bunkum! I don't dig the allotment - but there's someone else who's doing it for me.No dig methods encourage worms and this improves fertility. Worm activity improves drainage and the lack of man's disturbance improves soil structure and makes the soil a better habitat for all invertebrates.We ... Read on »

Donna Simpson Wants to Weigh 1000 Pounds by DietsInReview .. Healthy Living Professional

People's HealthBlogger Awards 2008 - Best 100 Winner!

When I first read about 42-year-old Donna Simpson it was clear that she was getting some positive reinforcement in the form of attention from her goal of weighing 1000 pounds. In 2007, she earned the Guinness Book of World Records title for being the world’s biggest mother when she gave birth to her daughter; a birth that required the assistance of ... Read on »

Patellar Tendonitis by Shilah C. Azib A common complaint from athletes is pain in the front area of the knee. The medical term for this pain is patello-femoral pain syndrome, runner’s knee, anterior knee pain, extensor mechanism disorder, or patellar tendonitis. It can be found frequently in athletes who run and jump etc excessively. However it can People with patellar tendonitis often ... Read on »

How many kids do I have????? by Carol BipolarHubby Patient Expert

Well, the Percocet thing was going pretty good, actually. DH was requesting it at proper intervals, not making it the sole topic of conversation....and it was really surprising me. And I bought him ONE two-liter bottle of pop, and he said "thanks". Not "That's all?" I was starting to feel respected. It was nice. While it lasted, anyhow.....In ... Read on »