If you’re the proud anxious parent of a young boy or girl, then odds are you’ve already weathered a few terrible ear infections in your day. The odds simply aren’t in your favor — Ear, Nose and Throat doctors say at least 90% of kids will have an ear infection by their third birthday, and…
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Choosing a nursing home can be an overwhelming process. Sometimes, we need to find them very suddenly, and sometimes it’s due to steadily progressing conditions, like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Regardless, you want to make sure that you, or your loved one, has the best clinical care team possible. Thankfully, nursing homes were designed to provide…
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So, you’ve been contemplating assistance living for a couple years now and you aren’t sure what to do. Maybe you’re worried about a slip and fall accident and being by yourself, or maybe your spouse has passed away and the house suddenly seems too large to handle. Whatever the case, senior housing options are plentiful…
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Treatment for headaches usually involves popping some kind of painkiller, either prescription or over-the-counter. But over time, those drugs can be extremely harmful — and even start causing more headaches (look up “rebound headache”). The good news is that there are many completely natural, drug-free ways to combat headaches. Here are five to try: Stick…
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Anyone who’s lost a substantial amount of weight can tell just how hard it is and how long it takes. There are no “quick fix” solutions in weight loss and healthy living. No sustainable weight loss can be achieved without consistent diet and exercise. Without eating right and working out, there no (healthy) way to…
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Navigating the American health care system can be confusing at times, as it can be difficult when and where to seek the appropriate care. For example, while an urgent care physician or health care practitioner may recommend or suggest physical therapy exercises as part of long term care or treatment, urgent care clinics are not…
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No one likes to be sick, especially when at an inconvenient time, such as late at night or on a weekend. When this happens, it can be difficult to find doctors who are open past the traditional or normal business hours of operation, which are typically between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. In these cases,…
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For people with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), everyday life can be excruciating. RSD is a chronic pain disorder that causes extreme sensitivity in touching, swelling, skin color changes, temperature changes, fatigue, profuse sweating, atrophy, anxiety, and depression. Symptoms only get worse if left untreated. Simple mundane tasks many people don’t pay attention to, like walking…
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If you talk to your local podiatrist about common foot problems, he or she will probably tell you that fallen arches, or flat feet, are among them. But this extremely common problem — in which the tissues on the bottom of the foot fail to support the longitudinal arch — can cause considerable consternation for…
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Believe it or not, many women often never have to worry about getting uterine fibroid treatments, even though they may have these common tumors. Here’s why. They’re Asymptomatic. One of the main reasons why many women never have to think about getting fibroid treatments is because they never experience any of the signs and symptoms…
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