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Are women treated as "walking uteruses?"

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 30th 2008 10:01AM

It was nearly a half-century ago that science uncovered just how harmful drugs could be to a developing fetus. The threat--thalidomide. I don't even know what thalidomide is, save for the phrase from the Billy Joel song We Didn't Start the Fire, but ...
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Strep throat vaccine being explored, parents dance in streets

by Angie Felton, Posted Mar 7th 2008 3:30PM

A couple of winters ago, strep throat ripped the lining of my family's throats raw two or three times. When I wasn't moaning on the couch burning with fever and cursing that I could NOT find a blasted light to go towards, I was disinfecting and ...
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Is tonsil removal a thing of the past?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Feb 7th 2008 8:58PM

When I was a kid I got strep throat constantly. I had it so much, in fact, that one year I had it six times. It was at that point that my parents considered getting my tonsils removed. Back when we were kids, which wasn't that long ago when you ...
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My kids are always sick

by Angie Felton, Posted Sep 11th 2007 4:32PM

Because kindergartners in our district are eased into the schedule with a confusing assortment of half days and days off designed to give parents adrenaline heart attacks with the 'ACK! HALF DAY TODAY?! Regular?' second guessing that frequently ...
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