Time to spring clean your health
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Spring has arrived! It’s time to usher in warmer, sunny days helping shake off the cold winter blues.
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How to manage pain and live better with psoriatic arthritis
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Living with psoriatic arthritis is a challenge. This autoimmune disease with no known cause can have both short-term and long-term effects causing pain and swelling in joints.
Read More5 ways strengthening your immune system naturally
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Each and every day our immune system quietly does its job of protecting and defending our bodies from harm.
Read MoreCompression stockings – not just for Grandma anymore
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Anyone with leg problems or at risk for blood clots in the legs known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), can benefit from wearing compression stockings.
Read MoreSteps to beat back bad breath
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Bad breath – no one likes it. Not only is it unpleasant but anyone within close range to you will notice making it an embarrassing situation. Halitosis is the formal name for bad breath and can be due to numerous causes – a build-up of oral bacteria, dry mouth, gum disease, and smoking.
Read More15 ways to preserve joint health
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Our joints, located wherever the ends of two bones come together, are kept very busy each day. From waving our fingers goodbye, turning our head side to side, swirling our hips, or bending our knees to climb stairs, their job is priceless.
Read MoreHow to tell differences between normal aging and Alzheimer’s
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Having a “senior moment” may initially be funny but have you ever become concerned if they are happening more frequently? Could it be early signs of Alzheimer’s or is it simply normal aging?
Read More8 tips on dealing with Daylight Saving Time
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This weekend, for those living in Arizona, Hawaii, or any of the overseas territories of the United States, time for you will remain the same.
Read MoreFacts on DVT and steps to prevent it
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Each year as many as 900,000 people in the United States will be affected by a potential life-threatening condition often striking without warning and few if any symptoms. This condition is called DVT or deep vein thrombosis and up to 60,000 to 100,000 Americans will die from it yearly.
Read MoreVision smarts on protecting your aging eyes
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Whatever the cause, eye health is not to be taken for granted. This is why the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends at a minimum, a baseline eye exam in middle age and more frequent exams as you get older.
Read MoreU.S. children’s obesity rates rise alarmingly, finds new report
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Just when we thought we were making some progress on reducing childhood obesity, the latest analysis of federal data published in the journal Pediatrics finds it isn’t so. T
Read MoreLaughter – the best medicine for mind and body
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A good sense of humor and the ability to laugh in all situations is the tie that binds us together increasing happiness and flooding us with a tremendous amount of feel-good endorphins.
Read More8 tips to aging well with diabetes
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The best bet for anyone with diabetes is to follow 8 steps on aging as well as one can with this condition. Follow these suggestions for a longer, more fulfilled, and higher quality of life:
Read MoreBest nutrients for healthy, younger-looking skin
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Taking care of your skin is an investment in yourself. The best way to nourish your skin is by healthy food choices loaded with antioxidants and phytochemicals feeding the skin at the cellular level triggering it to react in a more positive way by improving its appearance.
Read MoreNSAIDs or Acetaminophen: Which pain reliever works best?
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When mild to moderate pain strikes, most of us can treat it on our own by taking an over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever. Even though there is a wide variety of different brand names and packages offered, there are basically two major types of OTC painkillers – an NSAID or acetaminophen.
Read MoreHow to anti-age your hands
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There is probably no other body part that gives away our age more than our hands. From opening jars, using them to drive, tying shoes, to holding a baby, our hands do so much throughout the day it’s no wonder they show the signs of time well before we are old.
Read More7 practical ideas managing morning stiffness from RA
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Waking up with frustrating morning stiffness due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a one of the most common complaints of this condition. Rheumatologists consider morning stiffness lasting at least an hour a day a key sign of RA.
Read MoreHow ultraviolet light could be answer to fighting the flu
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Thie 2017-2018 flu season has been one of the deadliest in recent years. So far, at least 63 children have died from the flu and there’s no sign of it letting up as the number of deaths and hospitalizations continue to rise amongst people of all ages.
Read MoreDo your heart a favor and way goodbye to smoking
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No matter if you’ve been smoking for years or recently started, becoming tobacco-free will be one of your wisest decisions of your life. You’ll feel better, you and your house and vehicle will smell better, food will taste better, and better yet, you’ll save a lot of money.
Read MoreFlu may increase heart attack risk
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Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study found that heart attacks are six times more likely seven days after a flu diagnosis, compared to a year before or after contracting the virus.
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