Simple steps minimizing falls at home

Simple steps minimizing falls at home

The majority of elderly people wish to be able to stay in their own home for as long as they can. But all it takes is one serious fall within or around their home that can be life-changing.    

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8 unexpected reasons why you have excessive gas

8 unexpected reasons why you have excessive gas

It’s a normal and yet our most embarrassing bodily process all of us do daily - pass gas.  The medical term for it is flatulence and it often stems from intestinal gurgles, cramps and bloating to the actually passing of gas.  Even though it is a natural function, when gas is excessive, it can affect your life with discomfort and can put you in very awkward social situations. 

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Like Social Media - Its In Your Genes

Like Social Media - Its In Your Genes

The only group that does more studies than medical professionals is marketing professionals. At the intersection of both groups' work is the question, “Do men or women use social media more, and why?”

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Indoor Tanning: Bad, and Getting Worse

Indoor Tanning: Bad, and Getting Worse

It's springtime and a young person's fancy turns to... indoor tanning beds. And yes, that's completely insane. Researchers estimate that indoor tanning may cause upwards of 400,000 cases of skin cancer in the US annually, yet approximately 7.8 million adult women and 1.9 million adult men in this country use tanning beds. In 2015, all that indoor tanning-induced skin cancer lead to a total economic loss of $127 billion over the lifetime of those patients. Unlike other well-documented bad behaviors, such as cigarette smoking or cleaning your gun while drinking tequila, indoor tanning is actually on the rise.

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