Archive for Health
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What is a Holter Monitor and Why Am I Wearing It?
I got a lesson yesterday that sometimes the mind is stronger than the body. Never would I have thought that I would have to wear a heart holter monitor but with my family history and Type 2 diabetes it made sense. I had a stress test yesterday afternoon that I thought would only take an hour but ...
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Vaccine for Adult Shingles is Approved
The FDA has approved the first vaccine for adult shingles. The agency cleared the vaccine known as Zostavax for use in adults age 60 and older: studies showed it can prevent shingles roughly half the time. But experts say they're worried that partial insurance coverage of the vaccine may slow its...
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Diabetes: Diabetics Fight Back
Many cases of diabetes go unnoticed or unchecked before a person or their doctor realizes the inevitable. This disease silently uses destructive high blood sugars to gradually damage the body for months or even years, before symptoms are noted. This Global Epidemic, according to the US Government...
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I’m Older Than My Dad & Just Like Him.
So I was thinking the other day it's coming up on 23 years since my father Brian K. Savage died. I'll have to check on the day but I think it was May 1986. It's strange because I was about 13 or 14 when he died and yet he seems so much older and smarter than I was then. My mother has given me som...
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Using a Skin Care Product Free Trial Can Guarantee Your Satisfaction
If you have tried to buy quality skin care products lately you know that they can be pretty expensive. There is nothing worse than paying big bucks on a skin care product just to get it home and find out that you are not satisfied with your purchase. This is where the beauty of a skin care produc...
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Hey Diabetics – Natural Foods and Supplements to Reduce Your Blood Sugar
Let me just start out by saying that I am not against the use of pharmaceutical products to control diabetes. But there's got to be a better way than just sucking on the pharmaceutical companies out there while they profit. Did you know that there are many natural foods and supplements that you can ...
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I Have a Nose Spray Addiction – I’m Addicted to Afrin
This is a story on how I relieved my Afrin nose spray addiction with some simple helpful tips. So there I am standing in the isle of of the drugstore with a head cold and sinus congestion when I see a bottle of Afrin. Twelve hours of nasal congestion relief? Sign me up. I got some important phone...
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Having Trouble Sleeping? Why Not Try A Natural Sleep Aid?
From time to time everyone has trouble sleeping and needs some help naturally. Why should you take your chances with risky, habit forming sleep aids when there are natural sleep aids out there that you can try. There are tons of things that you can do to ensure that you have healthier sleep habit...
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8 Easy Steps to Banish Bad Breath
We've all found ourselves chatting with someone whose breath could easily wilt a flower. With more than 90 million people suffering from chronic bad breath (also called halitosis), that's a lot of wilted flowers. If you (or someone you regularly smooch) has an attack of bad breath that even Altoids ...
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Even Celebrities Aren’t Safe From The Human Growth Hormone Hunt
It seems that lately all you hear about is the human growth hormone and the professional athletes or music celebrity who are under suspicion for using human growth hormone to recover from injuries quicker or to enhance their muscle mass, up their metabolism... you name it, human growth hormone does ...
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I’m Testing the Alli Diet Pill to Increase My Weight Loss
The FDA has approved Alli diet pill to be sold over the counter as a dieting aid. This is the only FDA approved, over the counter diet pill that prevents your body from absorbing some of the fat calories that you eat. But what about the Alli side effects? The FDA approves this new weight loss pill, ...
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Brain Eating Bug in Lakes Kills Swimmers. Read Which Lakes to Avoid
An amoeba called Naegleria Fowleri living in warm lakes this summer enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds on your brain until you die. Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it has killed six boys and young men this year. The spik...
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Eli Lilly’s Popular Drug Cymbalta Causing Severe Withdrawal Symptoms
Cymbalta which was originally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and has recently been approved for patients suffering diabetic neuropathy has SEVERE withdrawal side effects which aren't being disclosed by Eli Lilly. These Cymbalta withdrawal side effects are not being disclosed to ...
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KCRW Good Food Radio Show Alli Diet Pill
Recently I was asked to participate in a radio talk show segment about Alli on KCRW's Good Food hosted by Evan Kleiman. The show presented the topic of Alli Diet Pill pros and cons. I was on to talk about Alli's pros...but what about the cons? Good Food had Dr. Nan Fuchs on to discuss consequence...
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My Mother’s Gastric Bypass Surgery is Causing Neuropathy and She’s Unable to Walk
And what are doctors saying they can do about it? Nothing If you live in the United States you know that the latest "cure" for obesity is Gastric Bypass Surgery. What most Americans don't know is that researchers are now finding that Gastric Bypass Surgery is causing Neuropathy, otherwise known as ...
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Yoga Rehabilitation: Healing Injuries in an Alternative Way
When yoga expert Rodney Yee broke his ankle in 2005, he drew on all of his yoga rehab training and studies in yoga rehabilitation and related practices to help his body heal. Here's why this remarkable therapeutic complement to conventional methods of treating injury can help you rehabilitate an inj...
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Free Advice: How To Have Sex And Be Good At It
This is a kind of an A to Z on How to Have Sex. This may seem like a weird subject to be writing about since I'm a girl but think about it - if you have never had sex before you would probably be curious about the actual "how to". Who Am I Going To "Do It" With? This factor is completely in you...
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Maximize Your Alli Diet Pill Results
By now I've made it pretty clear that when you are taking the Alli Diet Pill you need to follow the recommended low fat diet in order to see alli results and to be able to leave the general vicinity of your bathroom. If only there was book that would tell me exactly what I can and can't eat when tak...
