The 8 worst things to flush down your toilet
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They throw an item in, flush the toilet and away it goes never to be seen again.
Read MoreVaccinations are not just for kids – Adults need them too!
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This very wrong assumption can put a person at risk of contracting an infectious disease that can easily be avoided by being properly immunized.
Read MoreHow to skillfully manage stress
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Whether it’s minor stressors or more major, life-changing stress, how we handle these inconveniences can affect our life satisfaction and even our health.
Read MoreRelieving common eye problems
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In some cases the answer is yes. If vision is suddenly blurry and is not going away, or any pain is getting worse, or the eye issues are not going away, make an appointment with your optometrist or ophthalmologist.
Read MoreAvoid these 7 summer health hazards
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Here are seven health woes that are more likely to happen in the months of summer than at other times of the year:
Read MoreSmartphone’s impact on your health
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If it conks out on us, our connection to the world suddenly seems to evaporate right before our eyes.
Read More15 Best ways protecting 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 safe are melatonin supplements?
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All of us already naturally make melatonin. Its purpose is to regular our sleep-wake cycles and most of us should need to take a supplement.
Read MoreWater’s health benefits besides hydration
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Most of us could go for weeks without eating food but would last only a few days without water.
Read MoreGrill safely this summer
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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reported that between 2009-2013 each year these accidents of home fires involve grills, hibachis, or barbecues.
Read More10 Ways avoiding the ‘stings’ of summer
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Fortunately for most of us, our reaction to a sting is usually mild to moderate with some pain and swelling at the sting site.
Read More5 Signs you’re sleep deprived
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These signs can show up in how you look and how you feel (other than tired). Here are 5 signs of different areas of your body telling you, you need more sleep:
Read MoreDon’t be led astray with laxatives
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Likely you have heard advice stating the importance of “cleansing your colon,” by using laxatives, enemas, or “colonic irrigation.”
Read MorePromising non-surgical procedure for weight loss
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Promising non-surgical procedure for weight loss
Going under the knife for weight loss is often a last resort for anyone who has struggled for years trying to reach a healthier weight. Bariatric surgery, like all surgery, has risks associated with it and major lifestyle changes in regards to eating.
However, there may be a new answer for better managing weight loss without the side effects or risks of surgery. A new non-surgical procedure, called endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) requires no incision so no scar, is simple and requires no hospital stay. Preliminary research is showing it could have the potential of helping moderately obese people lose weight and more importantly, keep it off. Complications rates are also lower compared with surgery. The research showed that only 1% of ESG patients had a complication, such as a perforation or “leak” in the stomach.
This new procedure involves the doctor threading a scope down the throat and into the stomach, then using a suturing device attached to the scope to cinch the stomach in ultimately shrinking it to a banana-sized pouch. By making the stomach smaller, a person will eat less and feel full, thus resulting in weight loss.
This procedure was first performed in 2013 at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. People with a body mass index (BMI) of at least 40 (more than 100 pounds overweight) or those with a BMI of 35 or more, and who had a obesity-related condition such as type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure, qualify.
Since that time, studies have shown that in the short term, people who have undergone ESW will lose on average about 15% of their body weight. This new study is the first to report five-year results. The good news is that patients who had had the procedure, were still maintaining a 15% weight reduction, five years later.
The downsides of ESG are that like all gastric bypass procedures for weight loss, there is the potential for people to gain back the weight. In addition, most insurers won’t pay for ESG. The cost of the procedure is about $12,000 so a patient would have to foot the bill. At this time, ESG is not widely available as only about two dozen medical centers in the U.S. perform the procedure.
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Read MoreFun ideas keeping your feet fit and happy
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When we try to squish them into pointed high heels, too tight of shoes or walking outside barefoot risking injury, it’s no wonder many of us have very tired feet by the end of the day.
Read MoreAvoid these common insulin mistakes
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To avoid minimize and avoid mistakes made with insulin, here are several factors that could be preventing insulin from doing its job:
Read More8 foods that outsmart spring allergies
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If it’s a rainy spring, this leads to rapid growth of plants which means more mold.
Read MoreHealthy families begin with healthy habits
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Weight loss, reductions in high blood pressure or cholesterol levels or improvements in energy, are all excellent health changes one may expect.
Read MoreRemedies for improving appearance of scars
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Scars are a natural part of the body’s healing process. A scar results from the biologic process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues.
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