What to Do if Your Doctor’s Instructions Differ From the FDA
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Have you ever wondered why, your doctor’s direction is different from the FDA? With many changes in the way medications are prescribed, comes regulation.
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FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
What You Need To Know About Macular Degeneration
/Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the industrialized world. In the United States age related macular degeneration occurs in approximately 10% of the population between 65-74 and 25% of the population older than 74 years.
Read MoreWhat Is Mild Cognitive Impairment?
/Mild cognitive impairment is the stage between normal brain aging and dementia. Mild cognitive impairment is actually a risk factor for dementia.
Read MoreTreat Depression & Reduce Risk of Heart Attack!
/Both diseases are extremely common. Now some scientists believe they may be linked. But if a doctor treats your depression, is she also reducing your risk of getting a heart attack?
Read MoreHow Common is Pancreatic Cancer?
/According to the National Cancer Institute, upwards of 45,000 new cases of pancreatic cancers are reported in the United States each year, and almost 40,000 patients die from it.
Read MoreWhy Family History Matters in Cancer Screening
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You’ve heard the saying, ‘the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.’ Typically we hear this in relation to different personality traits which might be similar to our parents, grandparents, or other distant family members.
Read MoreDo It When You Just Do Not Want To!
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We may postpone our task during the day for different reasons such as frustration, tiredness, being uninterested, or just not being in the mood to do them.
Read MoreNew Weapon in War in Diabetes
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The scourge that is diabetes continues to ravage lives and economies worldwide. As of 2015, an estimated 8.3 percent of the population – 415 million people – had the disease, which is killing us at a rate of up to 5 million lives per year.
Read MoreIn A Place Called Vertigo
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U2 sang about it and Alfred Hitchcock made a movie about it. Talk to anyone and they're guaranteed to tell you they have experienced it at least once, if not often.
Read MoreThe New Heart Attack Victim: Younger and Fatter
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It borders on the inexplicable. With all that we know about the causes of heart attacks, with all of the public health awareness and school education initiatives, we are still killing ourselves with bad habits.
Read MoreThe Gene That Ties Sleep and Metabolism Together
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Acute sleep loss in humans is associated with increased appetite and insulin insensitivity, while chronically sleep-deprived individuals are more likely to develop obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
Read MoreThe Science Behind Hangovers
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Many of us have experienced hangovers, but have you ever really stopped to think what it is that you are going through?
Read MoreWhy Sleepless Nights Can Result In Weight Gain
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If getting enough sleep seems to be an elusive stranger in the night resulting in tiredness and irritability the next day, add to this another consequence – a bigger waistline.
Read More10 Things You Didn’t Know about Autism
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April is Autism Awareness Month, a good opportunity to reflect on the notable progress made by researchers, as well as the critical importance of building on this success and advancing the science much further.
Read MoreHow Are Chronic Disease Drugs Affecting You?
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Two of the most common chronic diseases which people are medicated for are heart disease and diabetes. Let’s explore how being on medications for these diseases could be affecting you, and not just by treating your disease.
Read More“We Can Rebuild Him” - The Cyborg Cardiac Patch
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Little known scary medical fact: More than 25% of the people on the national US waiting list for a heart will die before receiving one.
Read MoreOverdosing on Painkillers
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The United States is currently in the midst of an epidemic of prescription opioid overdose. We are killing ourselves with painkillers.
Read MoreStudy: Women need more sleep than men
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Study says that women need more sleep than men because their brains are more complex
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Neglecting Your Teeth Can Have Serious Health Consequences
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If untreated and not recognized, endocarditis can be life-threatening and lead to heart failure.
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