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How Safe Is Your Hospital?

Mary Mata July 12, 2011

Wouldn’t you want to know just how safe your hospital is before you’re admitted for a procedure? How about if I told you that preventable medical errors were responsible for […]

Are “Green” Light Bulbs Safe To Use?

Mary Mata

News Taco To Go: Castro, Child Abuse, Tea Party & Español

Mary Mata

Guapura 101: Breast Implants Vs. Your Own Cleavage

Mary Mata July 11, 2011

This week’s Guapura 101 is inspired in part by an NPR story that came out with some nasty breast implant horror stories today, but also by my own experiences of […]

Yellowstone River Spill Highlights Dangers Of Oil Pipelines

Mary Mata July 8, 2011

By Susan Casey-Lefkowitz Once again this weekend, we saw a clear example of how water and oil don’t mix when an Exxon oil pipeline spewed around 40,000 gallons into the wild Yellowstone […]

News Taco To Go: The Border, Abortion, Doctors & Bootstraps

Mary Mata

The Border As An Economic Engine For The U.S. How Do I Decide Whether Or Not To Get An Abortion? Lack Of Minority Med Students Will Hurt Underserved Groups Invisible […]

Lack Of Minority Med Students Will Hurt Underserved Groups

Mary Mata July 7, 2011

As the nation begins to put in place the procedures for implementing the recently passed health care overhaul legislation, as recent studies show, minority communities may once again be underserved. […]