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Stroke Rehabilitation: Rebuilding Brain Connections

When you have a stroke, it restricts critical blood flow to your brain – one of your body’s most complex organs. Because of that complexity, no two strokes are the same.

Connection Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline?

Hearing loss affects 30 percent of Americans in their 60s, and that percentage more than doubles for those 70 and older. While it’s one of the most common conditions affecting older adults, some studies indicate that hearing loss can signal an even more serious deterioration—that of cognitive ability.

How the Food-Mood Connection Affects Your Mental and Physical Health

Debunking Myths About HPV and Its Deadly Connection to Cervical Cancer

Why should someone in their 30s have to make end-of-life preparations over a disease like cervical cancer, especially when we know the disease can be prevented? One reason may be misconceptions about the disease and the HPV vaccine that put women at risk until it’s too late.

Connection Between Roundup and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma?

Does Roundup, the most popular weed killer in the world, cause cancer—specifically non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma? A California jury awarded a former school groundskeeper $289 million in damages from Roundup’s manufacturer, Monsanto, after the groundskeeper developed a terminal case of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Exploring the Connection Between Heart Disease and Mental Health

Living with heart disease can take a toll on your mental health. But mental disorders can also have an impact on your heart.

Understanding the Gut-Heart Connection: How Microbiome Balance Impacts Health

What You Should Know About ‘Silent GERD’

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a condition that allows food you’ve eaten to work its way back up through your esophagus. It’s one of the more common conditions in the United States, affecting millions of people. But not everyone who has it realizes it.

Spring Allergy Alert

Springtime is here — and so is allergy season.  Allergic rhinitis, also known as hay fever, is marked by a sensitive reaction to things in the environment, such as pollen, dust mites or pet dander. If you suffer from a runny or stuffy nose and watery, itchy eyes around this time of year, it’s likely that you have seasonal allergic rhinitis. And in spring, pollen is the main culprit.

Grown Then Flown: Managing the Emotions of Empty Nest Syndrome

From the moment your child is born, you know the day is coming — a day you will have worked hard toward and likely planned for together. You probably even helped them pack. Before you know it, it’s here — the day your last child moves away from home — and suddenly they’re gone. Now what?