Effective, natural relief for irritable bowel syndrome
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Your diet and food choices can be a major player in helping reduce and relive IBS symptoms. Here are 12 strategies that may help to minimize symptoms:
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Promising nonsurgical pain relief for hips and knees
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Even though surgery can have good results, with any surgery there is always a certain level of risks - anesthesia complications, bleeding, blood clots, infections, delayed healing, severe scarring or injury from the surgery.
Read MoreUnderstanding what is lymphedema
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A chronic condition impacting 3 to 5 million Americans is called lymphedema. This painful and uncomfortable swelling of the arms and fingers, which can also be present in the legs and feet, occurs after patients lymph nodes are removed as a necessary part of surgery. I
Read MoreAll-important health numbers everyone should know
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You are the one living in your body so you know it best – or do you? Next time you visit your health care provider, be sure to ask for your critical health numbers to be screened and to develop a plan to manage them.
Read MoreShattering the top 8 heart health myths
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here are however, many misconceptions about heart disease and how it affects our health. Here are eight commonly held beliefs that it’s time to clear up the confusion over them:
Read MoreWhen nerve damage causes neurogenic bladder
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A condition called neurogenic bladder affects millions of Americans. Neurogenic bladder is when a person lacks bladder control due to brain, spinal cord or nerve problem.
Read MoreRecognizing red flags of depression
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Here are signs signaling when being down in the dumps as crossed over into full-blown depression. If you have had a least four of these symptoms for the past two weeks or more, seeking medical help is needed as soon as possible:
Read More7 aches and pains not to ignore
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Experiencing pain from time to time is not unusual. A sore back or achy knees are part of what most of us accept the older we get. Generally, pain signifies a pulled muscle, overworked joints, or having taken a tumble bruising ourselves up a bit.
Read More6 surprising ways diabetes may affect your skin
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The phrase “feeling comfortable in your own skin” is usually used figuratively to describe a level of self-confidence.
Read MoreHow atherosclerosis harms our arteries
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Having this condition places us at an increased risk for heart attacks, strokes, and peripheral artery disease as it slowly but surely progresses over the years.
Read MoreThe future of medical wearables looks bright
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This type of technology is so popular (one in six consumer’s use wearable tech) that in 2017, the wearables market was predicted to have reached more than $4 billion.
Read MoreIs snoring always a sign of sleep apnea?
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If you’ve been told you snore, don’t necessarily assume you have sleep apnea. Even though up to 12 million Americans have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - according to the National Institutes of Health - around 45 million suffer from snoring, known as primary snorers, unrelated to the condition.
Read MoreChange your self-talk, change your health
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Study after study show how you think and what you verbally say to yourself can have a strong influence on your health. If you have positive thoughts and feelings on making positive lifestyle choices, chances are higher you will stick to your treatment plan resulting in improved heath parameters.
Read More10 surprising facts about cholesterol you should know
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cholesterol is actually quite fascinating. This waxy, fat-like compound found in every cell in the body is an interesting part of us with few completely understanding its implications for our health.
Read MoreFactors that could be hurting your liver
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Every day, your liver wears many hats – it processes what you eat and drink into energy, makes cholesterol, stores various vitamins and minerals, removes bilirubin from the blood along with other harmful substances, makes bile to help digest fat, and regulates the composition of blood.
Read More5 reasons for loving lunges
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Admit it – you either love doing lunges or hate it. There is usually not many in between. But, you have to admit, lunges do it all. From making your legs strong and powerful to sculpting a nice butt, lunges are an exercise you need to learn to love.
Read More5 biggest health hazards winter brings
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Here are 5 health challenges that old man winter can aggravate making them much worse than other times of the year:
Read MoreKidney infections – here’s what you need to know
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If the kidneys become infected, symptoms usually develop quickly within a few hours and may include:
Read MoreDo you know the early symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is unpredictable. Anyone of the current 2.5 million people around the world with this progressive autoimmune disease will tell you that. At its best, a person will look and feel completely normal experiencing no symptoms and believe they’ve beaten it.
Read MoreWhy your joints creak and your knuckles crack
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Have you ever walked up a flight of stairs hearing a snap, crackle or popping sound coming from your joints? Or maybe you hear a distinct popping in the knee when you stand up.
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