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How to Put a Crimp on Cramps
Every month, it’s the same question. Will your menstrual period be quietly uneventful or will you experience the discomfort of abdominal pain? While some pain during your period is normal, including occasional back pain, a large amount of pain is not.
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Can’t Live Without Your Cell? Being Too Attached to Your Smartphone is a Real Thing
Have you ever fallen asleep with your smartphone clenched in your hand — and woke up with it still there?
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What You Know About Urinary Incontinence: Fact or Fiction?
If you suffer from urinary incontinence, you’re not alone. According to the National Association for Continence, approximately 25 million American adults suffer from temporary or chronic urinary incontinence and 80 percent are women. Research shows it takes women an average of six and a half years to get diagnosed, simply because they are too embarrassed to talk about it with their doctor.
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Why You Should Discuss Your Sex Life With Your Doctor
About 4 percent of Americans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, but according to a new study these Americans may not be getting comprehensive care because doctors may not ask about their sexual orientation.
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Toddler Avoided Drowning Thanks to ISR Program
“Mommy, I fell into the pool,” cried Benjamin after his mother rescued him from an accidental fall into the deep end of their private pool. Benjamin was only two-years-old at the time of his slip, but thanks to our National Training Center’s Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) class, managed to prevent himself from drowning.
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Yellow Fever Vaccine Shortage Update – What You Need To Know
Yellow fever is a serious, potentially deadly viral infection transmitted by mosquitos. This disease is most prevalent in certain parts of Africa and South America.
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An Emergency Readiness Guide for People with Disabilities
About 20 percent of Americans — or nearly 57 million people — have some form of disability, according to a U.S. Census report.
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Shaping Lives Through Everyday Victories
When we think of life-shaping experiences, we often recall childhood. We remember our first bicycle ride without training wheels, discovering our favorite foods or that first A on a school assignment — the everyday victories that helped shape our lives. For children and families who face neurologic conditions such as brain, spine and nerve injuries or disorders, life-shaping experiences take on different meanings where every word, step or smile can represent victories. Advances in pediatric neuroscience make these victories possible for children, even those who have not yet been born.
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A Trip to Take Before You Travel
If an international trip is in your future, chances are you have a checklist of things to do before you leave. One important item that should be on that list is a trip to a travel medicine specialist. And for this trip, you don’t have to go far.
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When Should High-Risk Patients Get Vaccinated?
Millions of people get vaccinated every year for conditions ranging from the flu, measles and chickenpox to HPV and meningococcal disease, a potentially deadly bacterial infection.
