Honolulu Health Examiners
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Just six short weeks ago, the Philippine archipelago was hard hit with three successive typhoons, each only a week apart. On September 26, Typhoon...
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Admit it—when Mrs. Robinson pulled on her stockings in The Graduate, you raised an intrigued eyebrow. Hosiery may not have the same...
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Most of us accept the notion that nourishing our bodies with healthy foods will help boost our immune system. But many parents struggle to...
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We have all heard of and understand what Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is. Patients experience tingling, pain, weakness and loss of function in...
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The American Red Cross is opening shelters in preparation for Tropical Storm Ida. Shelters are being opened in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi as the Red Cross...
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In Brazil two people from the same family have died from botulism from eating canned gilo. Gilo (or jilo) is a green fruit related to the...
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Info 101: Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) The following articles will appear in the December 2009 edition of Emerging Infectious...
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Sometimes in life you may feel that you've lost your sense of direction and purpose. Perhaps a major incident or a series of subtle events...
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Vetta never knew his parents. He was a baby when he was abandoned on the streets of Cambodia. Taken to a government-run orphanage, he...
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It’s called “age rating.” The insurance companies say they have to have to have it to maintain fiscal viability....
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Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts
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Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.