Nov 7th 2016
We typically perceive inflammation anywhere in our body as a bad thing, that it's time to pay a visit to the medicine cabinet to take measures to make the bad thing go away. But the great unknown abou…
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Nov 4th 2016
Sometimes a topic for humor, menopause is likely no laughing matter for anyone who has ever been through it. And don't be fooled by the pause portion of the word. The term menopause is derived fro…
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Nov 3rd 2016
Your furry friend might need your help. Your own daily life can be stressful. You might worry about new projects at work, how your kids are doing in school, or whether or not you left the stove on at…
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Nov 3rd 2016
Dogs can't fully be dogs unless they're in motion. They want to run, jump, play, and wag their tails – it's instinct, and it's why we love them. But sometimes all this activity and the passage o…
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Nov 1st 2016
Naming and knowing about the organs inside our body can be a tough task for those of us who didn't major in pre-med or biology in college. Let's see . . . there's the heart, the abdomen, the liver, th…
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Oct 31st 2016
It's an expression we've heard many times before: Open mouth, insert foot. Unfortunately for some people, every time they open their mouth, it smells like a stinky foot has been there (with sock remov…
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Oct 28th 2016
Psoriasis is one of those fairly common but strange physical conditions most people have heard of but know very little about, other than it presents itself as flaky skin and is a major, irritating nui…
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Oct 28th 2016
Look around you. You're off to a good start, if you can do that easily and without pain. Most likely that means your eyesight is working fine, that your eyes are uninjured and that neither eye is hurt…
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Oct 27th 2016
Look at it this way: as unfun as it is to get that needle stick in an arm muscle, whether it be in a doctor's office, pharmacy or the workplace, it could be worse—you could get the flu itself. A…
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Oct 26th 2016
Hold on a sec and let's get a grip . . . on that barbell or dumbbell. Here's the skinny when it comes to fat and weight training: lifting weights can be a great way to lose weight and change the shape…
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Oct 25th 2016
You don't have to be a sports person to understand that when it comes to taking care of our bodies, germs are on offense, we the people are on defense. This is a daily circumstance, and our immune sys…
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Oct 24th 2016
Soon it will be Halloween, one of the few days of the year (think Valentine's Day and Easter as well) when kids (and us kids at heart) can gorge on candy and other sweets and not worry about what othe…
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