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Having Your Knee Replaced? Here’s What To Expect
After your knee replacement surgery, you might be surprised to see a physical therapist knocking on your hospital room door – sometimes within hours of the procedure.
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Botox for Migraines
36 million people suffer from migraines, extremely painful headaches that make it difficult to function. Symptoms and types of migraines vary, but we’ve typically used pain and preventative medications to treat migraines. However, many people who suffer from migraines now have found relief from an unlikely source—Botox.
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How Stress and Anxiety Affect Your Nervous System
Stress occurs when your body perceives a threat, triggering a physical response called anxiety. Your heart beats faster. Your blood pressure rises. Your palms sweat. Your muscles tense in preparation to either fight or flee the danger.
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Procedure Provides Hope for People with Asthma
Anyone who has ever had an asthma attack understands how frightening it can be. The symptoms—neck and chest tightness, wheezing and difficulty breathing—can present as other medical conditions, and often make it difficult for many people to carry on everyday activities.
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5 Things to Know About Menopause
Every woman will experience menopause when she gets older. Life has very few certainties, but this is one of them.
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Salt & Sodium: The Real Danger
We all know that consuming too much salt isn’t good for your health. But just how much of it people with certain chronic conditions should consume is currently the subject of much debate.
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Why Eating a Low-Cholesterol Diet is Important for Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer among men and more than 220,000 of them will be diagnosed with the disease this year.
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Why Standing is Great Exercise
Every hour, my Apple watch buzzes. Why? The watch is alerting me to stand up if I have been sitting too long. This got me thinking – is standing that important that it’s a prime alert on the smart watch?
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Fruits & Veggies – More Matters
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, and apparently so does a generous helping of every other fruit and vegetable.
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5 ways to Reduce Stress in 10 minutes or Less
Between work, family and social obligations, we’re all very busy. These commitments can make it challenging to just slow down, relax and enjoy each minute of every day.
