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4 Ways to Help Prevent Arthritis

4 Ways to Help Prevent Arthritis

Many of us view arthritis as something you only get when you’re old, which is why many people are surprised to learn that they have arthritis at a much younger age. However, the good news is that there are ways…

5 Ways to Avoid Holiday Season Allergy Symptoms

5 Ways to Avoid Holiday Season Allergy Symptoms

If you have an allergy to a commonly-used food in modern cuisine, or to dust or other allergens, you know that your allergy controls everything you do. Pollen allergies can become an issue during the holiday season because of that large pine…

Diabetes in Children: What You Need To Know

Diabetes in Children: What You Need To Know

The cause of diabetes is unknown; however it has been linked to genetics, certain environmental triggers and lifestyle habits, such as eating right and exercising often. Today, about 7.8 percent of Americans living in the United States have diabetes. An…

Do I Have Asthma?

Do I Have Asthma?

Many people show some symptoms of asthma but are never diagnosed with asthma. Although it is a exceedingly common disease many people do not know they have it.The 2 states of asthma are the steady-state of chronic asthma, and the…

Coffee May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

Coffee May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

To the fellow male coffee drinkers out there, I have amazing news (sorry ladies, this one is just for the guys). A study on coffee and its effect on prostate cancer was presented at the Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research…

Foreign Accent Syndrome

Foreign Accent Syndrome

Yes, that’s right. There is actually an explanation for the accent Madonna puts on from time to time. Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a speech disorder that results in the changes of a person’s speech pattern, intonation, and pronunciation. The…

Top 5 Unbelievable Medical Stories

Top 5 Unbelievable Medical Stories

1. An older woman in her 60’s was taken to a hospital in Brazil where she said she was suffering from severe abdominal pains. After taking some X-rays doctors discovered that she had a 20 inch skeleton of a fetus…

Five Ways to Prevent Osteoporosis

Five Ways to Prevent Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bone thinning over the course of several years. People who are diagnosed with osteoporosis are more prone to bone fractures. Although women are often most likely to develop osteoporosis, Caucasians, those with a family history of…

5 Ways to Control Allergies

5 Ways to Control Allergies

1. Find your triggers Allergies are different for everyone. Take note of allergic reactions that you have and try to figure out what caused it. If you are unsure, have your doctor give you an allergy test. 2. Avoid exposure Once you…

Feeling Depressed?

Feeling Depressed?

If you here the word depression right now you’d probably think about the economy and be thankful that we didn’t dive down to the point where we would be repeating the 1930’s. That was the Great Depression and your history…