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What is Carbon Monoxide Poisoning?
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, carbon monoxide is a gas that is hard to detect and that can kill an individual in a very short period of time. Each year hundreds of...
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Recognizing an emergency and getting your bill paid
It's every parent's worst fear. It's the middle of the night and your child is sick. How do you know when to take her to the emergency room? It can be tempting to take your child to the ER at the first...
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Other Effects of Obesity
More Than Just Cardiovascular Disease Whenever there is talk about obesity, it is generally discussed alongside the risks for heart attack and stroke. In reality, there is a long list of conditions...
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Pets provide unconditional love
Pets don't care what we wear or if our hair is combed.PetsPets provide unconditional love and companionship for people of all ages—a fact that any pet owner can confirm. But scientific research also...
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Is Your Loved One Being Treated Properly
Having a friend or loved one in the hospital places them in a vulnerable position. Let's face it if the patient were healthy they wouldn't be in the hospital. It is up to you and your family to be...
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Online Pharmacy Frauds
American Sites Selling not so 'Canadian' Drugs It’s a billion dollar business. ‘Canadian’ drugs online mean huge profits for pharmacies that span the web. But the FDA's Office of Criminal...
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Non-Toxic Head Lice Treatments
Pesticide-Free Alternatives to Kill Lice Concerned about potentially toxic head lice treatments? Some parents are leery of exposing children to the insecticides in the widely-available OTC products or...
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Lyme Disease Transmission
Lyme disease (LD) is normally transmitted by ticks, usually Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged tick; but other ticks, mosquitoes, and horse flies have been known to also transmit it. If not...
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Lyme Disease Ticks and Spirochetes
Since Lyme disease is the most common vectored disease in the US, possibly in the world, researchers are studying the organisms intensely. In the US, its causative agent is aspirochete: Borrelia...
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What is Poison Ivy and How to Treat It
Poison ivy is known as toxicodendron radicans. It is a plant the grows on a vine or shrub. Poison ivy grows in nearly every state in the United States and in some Canadian provinces. Some people are...
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Will New Proposals Pull the Plug on E-cigs?
It’s a typical scene in many UK bars and restaurants. While rain lashes down, smokers shiver outside under shelters or in doorways, indulging in a habit that’s illegal indoors. Inside though, a group...
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Advanced Directives
Advance directives are legal documents that allow control over decisions such as what care should be provided when capacity to make decisions is lost. There are two primary types. Firstly there is a...
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Pulmonary, Gastrointestinal, and Musculoskeletal, Not Just Cardiac
Anyone who experiences chest pain often feels a sense of alarm. People have been taught to see a physician for chest pain because it may be a heart attack. There is nothing wrong with such a concern....
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Headache
Some great ideas for headaches.Brew Up Some Rosemary - Rosemary helps keep blood vessels dilated. Use 1 teaspoon of rosemary per cup of hot water, cover, and steep for 10 minutes. Strain, and sip a cup...
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What is Duane Syndrome
What is Duane Syndrome?Duane syndrome (DS) is an eye movement disorder that is present at birth and characterized by a limited ability to move an eye inward towards the nose, outward towards the ear...
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Emotional Health and Your Heart
Tears may be dried up— But the heart, never.—Marguerite de Valois What makes a healthy heart? Certainly a healthful diet that includes Omega 3 fatty acids, regular exercise, adequate sleep, very...
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Incorrect Diagnosis of Lyme Disease
Misdiagnosis of Lyme disease is rampant. In the 40% to 45% of cases where there is no rash after infection, the early symptoms of Lyme disease are difficult to classify. Diagnostic tests are only 50%...
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A Bit Too Old to Know The Abbreviations, But Never To Old to Laugh
Have you laughed at all today? Do you know the last time you laughed? How about laughed out loud. LOL. How about laughing while watching a great TV show? Can you even remember the last time you...
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Lyme Disease and Ticks
Most people have been or know someone affected by Lyme Disease. The ticks that transmit this disease are found in all of the US, Canada, Mexico, European and most Asian countries. When they bite, they...
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Lyme Disease and Humans
Lyme disease is probably the most common vectored disease in the world. Its causative agent is a spirochete: Borrelia burgdorferi. Borrelia normally requires both a tick host of the Ixodes genus and a...
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Using Oxygen Safely While Traveling
Get copies of oxygen prescriptions from the health care provider who diagnosed the need to use oxygen, and make sure there is not any other needed paperwork. Depending on the means of travel, make...
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Aciphex (Rabeprazole)
Aciphex (rabeprazole) is a proton pump inhibitor used to treat GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) and duodenal ulcers. GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) occurs when stomach acid leaks out of...
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Abdominal Ultrasound
Abdominal ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to acquire images of the abdominal organs. Unlike x-ray, ultrasound is non-ionizing radiation, so it has no known negative effects on the patient....
View ArticleIs There A Strong Link Between Anxiety, Insomnia & Depression?
Insomnia has long been recognized as a symptom of depression and anxiety disorders, but we’re learning that the relationship is a lot more complex. While negative thoughts, stress, worry, or...
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Acid Reflux: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of Heartburn
Gastrointestinal reflux refers to the chronic digestive condition commonly called acid reflux. The lower esophageal sphincter functions as a valve. This muscle located in the esophagus remains closed...
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