Acid Reflux News Feb 23 2010 

How to get rid of kidney stones

Q. Is there any way to make passing a kidney stone less painful? I went from uncomfortable to unbearable pain within a couple of hours.

The Charlotte Observer:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/02/23/1265993/how-to-get-rid-of-kidney-stones.html

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My heartburn's gone - thanks to a piece of pig skin in my gut

Every year, around 180,000 hiatus hernia repair operations are carried out in Britain. Lesley Mills, 65, a housewife from Wolverhampton, underwent surgery using an implant made from pig bowel, as she tells CAROL DAVIS.

Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1253058/My-heartburns-gone--thanks-piece-pig-skin-gut.html?ITO=1490 

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Heart attack survivor takes hospital fundraiser to heart

As Cliff Edwards has spent his life in music, it seems only appropriate that he has a metro-nome in his chest. Now he has taken it upon himself to thank the people who put it there with a benefit concert Friday night at the Grand Theatre.[...]

Kingston Whig-Standard:

 http://thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2459675

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Dr. Swiner

This month makes a year that I've been writing articles for medical education. My first article centered on the issue of depression and being self-aware of the warning signs. Today, everyone seems to have an increased amount of stress, whether it is due to the economy, their job, layoff or family relationships and other constraints. Also, many medical and physical

MyNC.com:

http://wake.mync.com/site/Wake/news/story/48416/Dr__Swiner_s_Medical_Note_of_the_Month_Stress_induced_disorders/

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