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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

It’s Never Too Late To Start – Anything!

February 9, 2010

I love to play squash. I’m not very good at it. In fact, to be brutally honest, I’m rubbish. But I’m enthusiastic and I try and I am getting better. Unfortunately the folks I play against are getting better as well so the gap between us remains the same. Here’s the proof — I am [...]

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Wash Your Hands – Or Die!

October 29, 2009

Ever wonder how doctors discovered that washing your hands was one of the best and simplest methods of protecting yourself and others from germs? You had to ask didn’t you. You might want to look away at this point.
It began in Vienna 150 years ago (doesn’t that sound like the start of a fairy tale!) [...]

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Gimme a Beer and a Shot of… Tetanus!

May 11, 2009

Ask most adults what they think about having a shot and chances are their mind is more likely to conjure up images of Jack Daniels or tequila rather than a syringe filled with vaccine.
Or maybe that just says a lot about the adults I tend to hang out with! Either way, vaccinations are way down [...]

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Your Pet is Trying to Kill You!

April 9, 2009

Leona Helmsley was murdered. By her dog! No, it’s true. I have the proof. The dog, whose name is Trouble was left $12 million in Helmsley’s will when she died.
Coincidence? I think not.
And Trouble is not the only pet actively working to get rid of its owner. A shocking new report from the Centers for [...]

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Why can’t we keep our big fat mouths shut!

March 12, 2009

Millions of people in this country and around the world are committing suicide. Slowly. They are not shooting themselves or taking drug overdoses. No.  Instead they are eating themselves to death.
How can I put this more plainly. Obesity! It is killing us. Got it?

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