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Health Headlines - November 27
by
Meredy

Many Type 2 Diabetes Patients Morbidly Obese: U.S. StudyTwenty percent of Americans with type 2 diabetes are more than 100 pounds overweight (morbidly obese), according to a Loyola University Health System study."The rate of morbid obesity among people with diabetes is increasing at a very alarming rate, and this has substantial public health ...
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Health Tips for November 27
by
Meredy

Health Tip: Managing Herniated Disk PainA herniated disk occurs when the nucleus of a disk in the back or neck pushes out of the disk toward the spinal canal, putting pressure on surrounding nerves.The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers this list of potential non-surgical treatment options:Rest your back, taking care to avoid any strai ...
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laughing through my doctor’s appointment
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Kerri
It is true folks. My doctor and I laughed at various different things. We spent my appointment hashing some stuff out, and laughing about other things. It was almost kind of fun (for a doctor’s appointment, anyways). Okay, seriously, this lady deals with old people all day long pretty much, so I must be kind of fun . . . Even though my lu ...
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The Paleolithic Principle - the PaNu Version
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Kurt G Harris MD
Reader Bend comments in response to a thread about whether we should emulate paleo man by letting our vitamin D levels drop "naturally" in the winter:"Whilst of course there must have been many groups of hominids throughout history suffering deficiencies (or just not 'prospering'), I find it quite implausible that overall they were n ...
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I am writing this on Thanksgivin ...
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TRIGUYJT
I am writing this on Thanksgiving night...I have a little time as my 10pm newscast is coming up soon. Its not crazy working Thanksgiving...(any holiday for that matter) The gang had lots of food here and plenty of desserts. No shortage of grub. Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.Today, I went to the gym and did another version of a Crossfit Prog ...
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The new miracle cure for injuries?
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asdf
It is not unusual cheap watches for sports starts to look for super cures for their injuries. England footballer Wayne Rooney used an oxygen tent prior to the 2006 World Cup to help him recover from a broken foot and six years ago runner Paula Radcliffe rubbed oil from the belly of an emu to ease injuries sustained in a collision with a cyclist. Bu ...
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normal conversations...
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lungs_for_life
Tonight I talked to someone on instant messenger, although we've met on a couple of occasions we don't know each other that well and very rarely talk. He is a normal 20something guy going about a normal life, the conversation is pretty self explanatory, to me it was eye opening as to just what 'being normal' is and how important it is to get the me ...
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MY LIFE SAVED 3 TIMESNovember 20 ...
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Carlo
MY LIFE SAVED 3 TIMES November 2002 is when the story of brain injured Terry Schiavo became of public knowledge and that’s when I gave power of attorney and health to my wife Michele because I never wanted to become like a vegetable, living only through tubes that feed me and make me breathe. However 4 years ago I was in this exact situation ...
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