When one thinks of all of the health problems facing seniors, conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis and osteoporosis often come to mind. While there is no doubt that such problems are worthy of attention, it would be ...
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Too Much of a Good Thing: The Risks of Oversleeping
This author isn’t a betting man, but I’d be willing to wager that the readers of this article have heard about the importance of sleep. In fact, most people are probably aware of the oft-repeated eight-hour guideline for nightly slumber. ...
Read More »Mono: All About the Kissing Disease
While Mononucleosis, better known as mono, has been dubbed the “kissing disease,” it can safely be said that mono isn’t a condition that anyone would fall in love with. A cousin of the herpes virus, mono usually spreads from one ...
Read More »Giving Your Heart a Rest: Tips for Lowering Your Blood Pressure
Chances are you’ve recently overheard someone talking about his or her blood pressure, and the need to keep it at a healthy level. There is good reason for this concern – high blood pressure can lead to a variety of ...
Read More »Is Your Doctor on Big Pharma’s Payroll?
Virtually all patients go to the doctor in search of an objective, well-reasoned medical opinion on their health. With such a high amount of trust placed in their doctors, it should be very disconcerting for patients to learn that many ...
Read More »Cell Injection Treatments: A Fascinating Future
In recent years, doctors have made noteworthy and exciting progress in treating various ailments with an innovative procedure – cell injection. The most well-known of these treatments involves the use of stem cells, which have long been known to help ...
Read More »Focusing In On Macular Degeneration
You don’t have to be a medical doctor to know that the aging process often exacts a heavy toll on our joints, body strength, waistline and hearing. In keeping with this pattern, our eyesight also begins to decline as we ...
Read More »A Closer Look at Glaucoma
It is an undisputed fact that our genetic makeup consists entirely of the genes given to us by our parents. This can often be a source of pride; for example, you might inherit your father’s uncanny athletic ability, or your ...
Read More »Natural Options for Better Sleep
We hear people all the time say things like, “Oh, I only need a couple hours a night” or “I will sleep when I die.” Well, the research demonstrates that if you don’t get enough sleep while you are on ...
Read More »Constipation: It’s No Laughing Matter
There is staggering number of people who suffer from constipation. Each year, Americans alone spend more than $1 billion dollars on over the counter laxatives. What causes constipation? Let’s start with a ‘food flowchart’. Once we eat food, it combines ...
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