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Friday, January 1st, 2010By Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
First of all, Happy New Year!
USA Today featured a comprehensive story on college football coaches and their total salaries (breakdowns of base salaries and bonuses, etc.) in early November. The highest paid coaches in 2009 lead the most prestigious football programs in the country, including Pete Carroll of Southern California, [...]
HPV Not Your Problem? Think Of Yourself As A Disease Reservoir
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009By Luke Manley
We, as a species, seem to spend a great deal of time blaming others for our problems and nowhere is this truer than when referring to health. Whether it is patients blaming doctors, doctors blaming government, government blaming insurance companies, the finger is always pointed at someone else. This is something that needs [...]
Prostate Cancer Awareness
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009by Brandon Leonard
This past weekend, the Prostate Cancer Research Institute held its annual conference in Los Angeles, hosting over a dozen experts on prostate health and 600 participants. According to PCRI volunteers, the purpose of the conference is to provide an avenue for those with prostate cancer and their loved ones to get more information [...]
How damaging can sun exposure be to the scalp and neck?
Thursday, April 24th, 2008A recent posting on Boston.com has stated that melanoma on the scalp and neck are the most deadly types of skin cancer (click here). This is a big concern for many men who have higher rates of melanoma than women do. Men can be very reluctant to use sunscreen or wide brimmed hats when they [...]
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