The Parents Zone

The Health Blog has been writing about the nasty bug Clostridium difficile for a while now. As other infections associated with health-care contact have gone down, C. diff infections have been on the rise and only recently have leveled off. Some 14,000 deaths each year are linked to the bug, which lives in the gut and can cause diarrhea.

The CDC had some new stats on C. diff yesterday.

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Researchers from IBM recently found themselves in an Atlantic article (available here) on how theyve used Watson, the Jeopardy-winning computer, in the exam room to help diagnose patients. Its not a new idea, as many have theorized on how technology can improve healthcare. It has also renewed a recurring theme that we see here at DoctorBase the threatened feeling that some healthcare providers deal with when faced with the role of technology in healthcare.

Every month, some of us here at DoctorBase head over to the Tenderloin to help out our neighbors here in San Francisco. As a pa

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The day I turned 25 years old I headed straight to the store and bought loads of different ultra pricey skin creams. I was sure this would keep me wrinkle-free. By 30 my tone had changed. I began to realize that while I still wanted to look young and vibrant, youth came from the inside. The foods you eat show through your skin. They’re what end up keeping you looking young or not so much. After all, your food is your medicine, three times a day, everyday.

As you already knew it’s loads of fruits and vegetables as well as other whole foods that end up doing the trick.

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Laser tooth whitening is the fastest road to whiter teeth nowadays. Teeth color is one of the seemingly petty but very influential dental issues that people face these days. Although the color of teeth is an aesthetic factor, for a lot of people, the problem of discolored or yellowed teeth is bigger, one that affects their overall appearance and their confidence.

So for years, people have tried one teeth whitening product after another. Some of them worked, but only after a few years. Some of them didn’t make much of a difference. S

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