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7 Myths and Misconceptions About Anesthesia

If you’re facing an upcoming surgery, there’s a good chance you’re feeling jittery about the prospect of general anesthesia.

Diagnostic Imaging Use During Pregnancy

Imaging studies are important tools for diagnosing and monitoring certain medical conditions. This holds true also during pregnancy when acute conditions arise and chronic medical issues are exacerbated or monitored.

Is It Time to Consider Surgery for Your Pinched Spinal Nerve?

If you have been diagnosed with a pinched spinal nerve, your doctor is in no rush to suggest a surgical solution.

Pinched Nerve: What Causes It and How Do You Treat It?

When something shifts in your body and results in a bone, cartilage, muscle or tendon placing too much pressure on a nerve, you can end up feeling pain, tingling or numbness.

Allergies? Here’s How to Use an EpiPen

Almost everyone has a friend or coworker who has a deadly allergy, but how many of us know how to use an EpiPen? Here’s what you need to know to be safe when administering this drug in a life-threatening anaphylaxis emergency.

Always Looking for the Restroom? These Lifestyle Changes Can Curb the Urge

Do you know where all the public bathrooms are along familiar routes and highway exits? When you fly, do you anxiously eye how far your airplane seat is from the lavatories? 

Summer Safety Tips: 5 Ways to Make Sure You Stay Out of the ER

With trips to the beach, vacations, festivals and more, summer means leisure for most people.

How To Use Supplements in Your Cancer Treatment

A cancer diagnosis can leave you feeling like your life is spinning out of control. Making decisions on the food you eat and the supplements you take represents an opportunity to regain a measure of control.

Don’t Panic — You Can Still Use Artificial Sweeteners

Recent headlines about the artificial sweetener erythritol – warning it can cause a stroke or heart attack – may have you ready to give it up and go back to eating sugar.

Use Your Freezer To Improve Your Diet (and Save Money)