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#406 Learn about self-testing to monitor your medication - a clothing line for the injured or disabled. We’ll see technology that balances fluid in the brain – and another breakthrough device for diagnosing oral cancer. Then - pharmacists want you to know they are there for you, and food that is natural, balanced and good for your pets
Oral cancer is one of the deadliest forms of the disease. It will cause over 8,000 deaths out of the more-than 34,000 Americans who will be diagnosed with some form of oral cancer this year. That’s approximately one death every hour of every day. This mortality rate is higher than that of cervical cancer, Hodgkin’s disease and cancer of the liver, brain and kidney.
Doctors are prescribing more medication than ever before. It's estimated that in any given week, nearly one-third of all adults, many of them elderly, will take five or more medications. With more medication being prescribed comes the possibility of more medication errors, such as dosage amount and unforeseen negative reactions. According to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, no less than 1.5 million Americans are affected by medication errors on both a physical and financial level each year.
Patients on anticoagulation therapy, many of whom are elderly, must have their blood checked constantly by their physician. While this monitoring allows doctors to make immediate adjustments to each patient’s blood-thinning medication, repeated trips to a doctor’s office has a major impact on their lives.
Choosing the clothes you’re going to wear everyday is a simple act of personal expression. You know what looks good on you, so depending upon the situation you’ll put together the right “look.” But what if it wasn’t so easy or enjoyable? What if your choices were severely limited by either a disability or some other physical condition? According to the United States Census Bureau, over forty million Americans live with just such a situation.
Make no mistake about it – Americans love their pet companions. According to the 2007-2008 National Pet Owners Survey, almost 45 million households own a dog while over 38 million are devoted to their cats. As any pet parent will tell you, it doesn’t take long for our pets to become true members of the family. What we feed our “family friends” is just as important as our own diet. But the big question remains – just what is the best diet?
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