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Hidden Risks of a Sedentary Lifestyle: How To Protect Your Heart
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How Physical Therapy Helps Manage Arthritis Symptoms
There is no cure for arthritis. But that doesn’t mean you can’t fight it and its symptoms – through a healthy diet, weight management and staying active.
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Peripheral Artery Disease: A Hidden Health Threat
Some diseases and disorders announce their presence through painful or obvious symptoms. But others lurk quietly in your body, silently damaging your health and eroding your ability to enjoy life.
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How Patient and Family Advisory Councils Improve Your Patient Experience
Patient and Family Advisory Councils play a vital role in delivering quality care to both patients and families. Simply put, they allow
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3 Heart Health Rules to Live By
Your heart is what keeps you moving. Think of it as your body’s engine. If something bad or harmful happens to it — if that engine weakens — your body simply can’t function in all the ways that it should. Just as you regularly take your car for tune-ups, why not maintain your heart in a similar way?
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6 Tips to Achieve Work-Life Balance
Intellectually, we understand the benefits of achieving work-life balance. It makes sense to us. The notion of work-life balance, however, is really a myth. It means we operate under the assumption that we can leave work at work or leave home at home. With today’s advances in technology, however, that doesn’t happen.
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How 'UroLift' Helps Men with Enlarged Prostates
In recent years, a new medical tool called the UroLift System has helped men treat the symptoms of a non-cancerous increase in the size of their prostate — or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). When a man has BPH, enlargement of the prostate can narrow their urethra, leading to difficulties with urination. While medication has been the first-line therapy for BPH in the past, UroLift has several advantages, including its limited and minor side effects.
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3 Ways Robotics Benefits Weight-Loss Surgeries
Although robotic-assisted surgery has been used in connection with weight-loss surgery for some time now, its role has grown and is continually expanding.
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Why Robotic Surgery May Be a Better Choice than Open Surgery
Many people have heard the term “robotic surgery” before, but what does it mean exactly? This question arises when patients must decide between using a surgeon who opts for this new and highly technical form of surgery or a surgeon who recommends traditional open surgery. Fortunately, robotic surgery is less intimidating than it sounds and, in most cases, offers several advantages.
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How Exercise Can Help with Depression and Anxiety
Besides putting you in a better mood afterward, exercise can help alleviate the effects of depression and anxiety. Working out often is celebrated for its ability to physically transform the body, but it also has an abundance of benefits for the mind. While those experiencing the symptoms of anxiety or depression always should seek advice from a mental health professional, people everywhere might just have one more reason to hit the gym or put on their walking shoes.