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Break Your Salt Craving and Make Smart Food Choices for Optimal Blood Pressure Control
For many of us, salt is a common food craving. Many people routinely add table salt (approximately 40 percent sodium and 60 percent chloride) to their food before they even taste it, in many cases adding extra salt to foods that already are loaded with sodium. However, most of the sodium in our diets comes from food bought at a grocery store or restaurant. More than 75 percent of the sodium Americans consume comes from a processed, prepackaged or restaurant food, not from the salt shaker. Processed meats, cheeses, salty snacks, pastas, breads and many other products contain sodium, even if they don’t taste salty.
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4 Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Prescription Pain Medication
Prescription drugs for chronic pain are meant to help patients better manage pain and reduce the impact this pain may have on their daily lives.
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How to Maintain a Healthy Diet During the Holidays
This blog was written in conjunction with Gerry Samantha Eichelberger and Jordan Carbono, Florida State University College of Medicine students.
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Glioblastoma: How This Malignant Brain Cancer Develops
Senator John McCain, a prisoner of war in Vietnam for five years, has had to rely on courage, strength and bravery throughout many events in his life.
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Choosing Between an Orthopedic Walk-In Clinic and the ER
With every orthopedic emergency – from sprained ankles to broken fingers to arthritis flareups – there arises an urgent question: Where should you go for immediate help?
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Study: Chronic Illness May Increase Suicide Risk
There may be a link between chronic illness and the risk of suicide, according to a study published rel="noopener noreferrer" in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM).
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Changing Medicine May Not Help With Depression
Sixteen million Americans deal with major depression according to government data, but a recent study finds that the best way to help these patients deal with depressive symptoms may be to avoid switching their medication.
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Promising Research in Treating Melanoma Through Vaccines
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. Even though it accounts for about 1% of skin cancers, it does cause a large majority of skin cancer deaths. Skin cancer is largely treated by removing cancerous cells, but research is exploring ways to battle skin cancers with vaccines using a person’s immune system.
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Learn the Difference Between Painful Periods, Endometriosis and IBS
If you have pain in your pelvic area, it may be difficult to know what’s causing your discomfort. Maybe you feel nauseous or constipated, or have diarrhea. You may have mild to severe cramping during your period. Or perhaps you have pain during intercourse or during a bowel movement. These symptoms can range from inconvenient to incapacitating, and the causes can vary as well.
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Painful, Long and Heavy Periods Might Be Endometriosis
Woman have symptoms of endometriosis for an average of six to ten years before getting diagnosed. Actress Julianne Hough, wants to help women become more aware of endometriosis through the SpeakEndo campaign. Hough, who first had symptoms of endometriosis when she was sixteen, but wasn’t diagnosed for four years, says in an interview that she initially didn’t want to complain about her symptoms. “I’m a tough cookie. I’m hardworking. I could deal with it on my own.” But eventually, after continued severe pain and bleeding, she sought help.
