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How Are Your Kidneys? March Is National Kidney Month.

Did you see the letter today in the Dear Abby newspaper column? What’s a newspaper? Ok, for those of you who only get your news online you can see Dear Abby at this link. In today’s Dear Abby column, a woman wrote in to report that she was diagnosed with kidney problems but has them [...]

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3 Reasons Why You Must Keep Your Own Health and Medical Records

Over the past 19 years since my first son was born, we have had a number of doctors care for us. Dr. G, our first pediatrician, was reassuring and supportive even when I was 2 hours late for the first baby check up. When Dr. G accepted a partnership opportunity 80 miles away, we moved [...]

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Google Doesn’t Belong In The Health Records Business – Here’s A Better Idea

Sorry, Eric (Schmidt, CEO of Google). Google doesn’t belong in the health records business. For those of you who don’t follow Google’s business on a daily basis, here is a brief rundown of what has happened. Last year, Microsoft announced a new service called Health Vault to help individuals manage health records online. This is [...]

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