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Article - 13 Minute Read
Understanding Teen Dating: What Parents Should Know
Understanding teen dating can be difficult for parents. Here’s what you need to know about teen dating and how to help your child! Read More
Categorized as: Family Health, Living and Wellness, Pediatrics
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Article - 3 Minute Read
How to Face Your Surgery Fears to Get the Care You Need
No one likes to hear “you need surgery,” but sometimes medicine and lifestyle changes just aren’t enough to fix the problem. It is only natural to be a little anxious when you find out you need to have surgery. Learn how to face and overcome your fear of surgery quickly to ensure you get the care you need. Read More
Categorized as: Family Health, Living and Wellness
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Article - 4 Minute Read
Heart Disease in Women: What You Need to Know
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women. Here's what you should know about heart disease in women, and how you can protect your health. Read More
Categorized as: Heart and Vascular Health, Women's Health
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10 Surprising Facts About Organ Donation
Think you know most everything about organ and tissue donation? These lesser-known facts about organ donation may still surprise you. Learn More
Categorized as: Living and Wellness, Transplant
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Article - 4 Minute Read
Measles Virus: What Are the Symptoms? And How Can You Stay Safe?
Measles was once among the most common childhood diseases. Then it disappeared. What is measles, and why is the disease back? Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Pediatrics
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Article - 2 Minute Read
Do You Know the Facts About Antibiotics?
Antibiotics are so commonly used to treat illnesses now, you hardly think twice when your doctor writes you a prescription for your sinus infection. But do you really have all the facts about antibiotics? Read More
Categorized as: Family Health, Living and Wellness
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Article - 3 Minute Read
Your Hip Pain May be the Sign of a Rare Condition
Cellular death in the hip area has nothing to do with your mobile phone, but it does have everything to do with mobility. An interruption of the blood supply to bone components, particularly the shoulders, knees and hips, is what causes cellular death. Bone is alive, but without blood tissue it dies. And ultimately, this leads the bone to collapse. This disease is known medically as Avascular Necrosis (AVN), and has aliases the include osteonecrosis, bone infarction, aseptic necrosis or ischemic bone necrosis. Read More
Categorized as: Living and Wellness
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Article - 2 Minute Read
Having Your Appendix Removed—Why and How?
When someone mentions their appendix, they are usually talking about having it removed. Most people are only aware of their appendix when it becomes inflamed and infected, requiring a general surgeon to remove it, also known as an appendectomy. Read More
Categorized as: Family Health, Living and Wellness
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Article - 2 Minute Read
The Effects of Opioids on the Body
Opioid abuse has received a lot of attention as it devastates communities across the U.S. It's important that you know the effects of opioids on the body. Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Living and Wellness, Mental Health, Policy and Advocacy, Safety