Alternative Medicine Types - Articles
muscle strength| exercise| alzheimers
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Dr. Jennifer C.
Have been busy lately and expect to be more busy but hope to keep up with the blogs again.Those who exercise regularly, even just walking as an aerobic exercise tend to maintain their muscle strength. Exercise is important not only for cardiovascular effects and preventing osteoporosis but now recent reserach has found that those who do not have ...
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Health Headlines - November 27
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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
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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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Not so bad after all... who knew???
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Stephanie
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, we hope you all had a fabulous holiday. To be honest I was really nervous that today wouldn't go well. This side of our family is notorious for their "bar room brawling" type of mentality. Tends to make for touchy family gatherings. But today went way better than I had ever anticipated. There was one family ...
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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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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
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mmc003
I hope everyone is stuffed! I've been online shopping and plan to continue to shop tomorrow morning! My "Black Friday" will take place from my couch! My blood sugars were pretty well maintained today. Yes, they did get away from me for a minute but you know how I mitigate that??? Check, check and check my blood sugar again! I know it's to ...
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Flying Feather 4 Miler 2009
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Meredith
Hey, this is my 900th post! Let's celebrate with a race report!! I've had laryngitis since about lunch time, so I've had no speaking all afternoon and evening. If you know anything about me, this is killing me! So, it's great to type and feel like I'm communicating. Anyway, the Flying Feather 4 Miler is my favorite race of the year. Not only ...
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