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How to Eat Right, Bite by Bite
March is National Nutrition Month, a campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to bring awareness to nutrition by encouraging the public to develop healthy eating and physical activity habits. Read More
Categorized as: Living and Wellness, Nutrition
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Know the Warning Signs: Blood Clots Are a Silent Threat
A sedentary lifestyle isn’t healthy, and it could put you at increased risk for developing a blood clot such as a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health
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When is it Time for Hernia Surgery?
Have you ever noticed a small bulge in your abdomen or groin? Even if it isn’t painful, it could be a hernia. Unfortunately, aside from resting and taking ibuprofen for pain, there isn’t much you can do on your own to treat a hernia, but have a general surgeon repair the hernia. Read More
Categorized as: Family Health, Living and Wellness
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Keep an Eye on Recurring Heartburn
Chronic heartburn symptoms can point to a serious condition called GERD. Learn more about what recurrent heartburn can mean. Read More
Categorized as: Family Health, Living and Wellness
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How Sugar Affects the Heart
A 2014 study showed that a diet high in sugar puts you at a greater risk of dying from heart disease, even if you aren’t overweight. If at least 25% of calories in your daily diet come from added sugar, you are twice as likely to die of heart disease than if your diet included less than 10% of total calories from added sugar. Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health
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What is a Widowmaker Heart Attack?
A heart attack happens when blood flow to your heart muscle is blocked for long enough to damage the muscle. If blood flow isn’t restored quickly, the heart muscle begins to die from a lack of oxygen, and non-functioning scar tissue forms in its place. If enough muscle function is lost, “heart failure” can occur. Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health
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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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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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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
