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A New Weapon Against Antibiotic-Resistant Infections?
There’s no question that antibiotics had a tremendous impact since their introduction in the 1940s. These medicines have proven very effective in eliminating harmful bacteria in the human body, allowing patients to recover quickly from certain infections. Unfortunately, a growing ...
Read More »Watching What You Eat: Keeping Track of Calories
Quick question – do you know how many calories you consume each day? You’re hardly alone if you don’t know; many people would be hard pressed to give an accurate answer. Unfortunately, this isn’t a problem that can be taken ...
Read More »Is Your Commute a Drag on Your Health?
Many people reading this article are well familiar with extended commutes to work. Whether you’re driving a car or taking public transportation, spending hours each week traveling to and from your job can certainly be a mental drain. It isn’t ...
Read More »What’s Behind the Spike in Thyroid Cancer Rates?
Despite decades of research and billions of dollars spent on finding a cure, cancer still remains one of the biggest threats to the health of Americans. In the year 2010, only heart disease was responsible for more deaths in the ...
Read More »Four Hidden Headache Triggers in Your Diet
Headaches are like colds, cuts and stomach aches – virtually everyone deals with them occasionally, no matter how well we treat our bodies. Generally, people blame this ailment on things such as loud noise and stress. While this is often ...
Read More »Strong as Iron: The Importance of Iron in Your Diet
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the term “iron”? Most people will probably think of a material used to build various buildings and other structures. For others, this term will prompt mental images of a certain ...
Read More »Stroke, Heart Attacks and Cold Weather
As shown by the large influx of travelers who head south every winter, very few people enjoy cold weather. Frigid temperatures force those living in colder climates to spend most of their time indoors, and to throw on several layers ...
Read More »Microchips: A New Kind of Hearing Aid
Along with medicinal drugs, medical technology has improved by leaps and bounds over the last several decades. In the past several decades, devices such as MRIs, CT scanners and ultrasound machines have become commonplace in hospitals. Even today, medical science ...
Read More »Listening to Your Body: Exercising For Older Adults
No matter well you treat your body, eventually time manages to catch with everyone. Even healthy people eventually realize that they simply cannot do the things they once did, and need to make concessions to their advancing age. This doesn’t ...
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