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Placebo Effect
The placebo effect. For some of a certain age, that phrase brings to mind the M*A*S*H TV show, where Col. Potter and his docs ran out of pain medication and ended up using sugar pills until their...
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Lessons Learned from Botswana’s AIDS Fight
In the early to mid-’90s, life expectancy in Botswana was 65 years. Ten years later, it was below 40 years of age due to the impact of AIDS. The children of Botswana were also affected by the pandemic....
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Medicine: Modern v. Ancient
As the number of Americans with no health insurance soars and more people use the emergency room as a primary care clinic, it is no wonder many Americans have the jitters about healthcare. With all the...
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Got a Cold?
Dr. Mary Beth, PKIDs’ advice nurse, offers tips on relieving some of those cold symptoms! Listen now! Right-click here to download podcast (5.5 min/4mb)
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Got Flu?
Dr. Mary Beth, PKIDs’ advice nurse, helps you get through nasty influenza. Listen now! Right-click here to download podcast (6mins/2.5mb)
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Canker Sores
Dr. Mary Beth, PKIDs’ advice nurse, explains the difference between canker sores and oral herpes, and what you can do to relieve the pain. Listen now! Right-click here to download podcast (5min/2.5mb)
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Ryan and HCV
Ryan’s mom Nora talks about Ryan and his daily struggles with the difficulties in treating hepatitis C infection. Listen now! Right-click here to download podcast (7.5 mins/3mb)
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HCV+ Teen Tells It
My name is Sabina, I live in San Diego, and I’m 15 years old. I have had hepatitis C (HCV) for about 13 years now and I have just recently decided to get rid of it and started treatment. On MLK day...
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Sabina Gets Active Against HCV
(Guest post in a series from Sabina, our 15-year-old friend living with hepatitis C.) Dear Readers, Yesterday, I had my fourth interferon shot! And I didn’t feel any pain. Yes, I was anxious but when...
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Ryan is Hepatitis C+
(Guest post from Nora, Ryan’s mom.) As a little girl, I dreamed of being a wife and mother with a home filled with children. When I realized that “prince charming” wasn’t showing, I knew I could still...
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EV-D68
We were writing an update on EV-D68 when this email arrived from CDC. We think the points are important for parents to know, so we’re going to share this with you and will provide future updates as...
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World Hepatitis Summit 2015
Imagine that you have a unicycle, and this unicycle is your favorite mode of transportation. You have a handful of friends around the country who also own and ride unicycles, but where you live, you’re...
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