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What You Need To Know About Acid Reflux Disease
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Jan
What You Need To Know About Acid Reflux Disease - By: Gloria Fanz Acid reflux is also known as the Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). Some people simply describe it as heartburn because of the burning effect of the condition experienced by the patient. Essentially, acid reflux is a disorder in which the acid contents in the stomach back up int ...
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Opthamologist
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Lisa
Finn had a regular follow-up appointment with the pediatric opthamologist today. It was a complete non-event, which I guess is good. Everything looks good, he seems to see just fine, and the doc didn't mention anything about the apparent smaller optic nerve that he made note of 9 months ago. Whatever. Sometimes I feel like we're just going thro ...
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Acid Reflux Heartburn and Raw Apple Cider Vinegar
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Jan
Acid reflux heartburn is a serious health problem that affects more than 50 million people. Left untreated acid reflux heartburn may lead to a more serious condition such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and in some case cancer. For most people heartburn is an infrequent occurrence that comes from eating or drinking the wrong things. These interm ...
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Dipping a Toe in the Alternative Medicine Waters (Part I)
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Alyson
My journey down the path of alternative medicine began due to the influence of my current doctor. She is an Internal Medicine doctor who treats many patients with HIV/AIDS or CFS. I think she is used to dealing with patients who have been marginalized or brushed off by others in the healthcare field. She has an amazing amount of compassion for her ...
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Surveillance of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Australia: 2009 update
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Terry S.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 33 No 2 - June 2009 Surveillance of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Australia: 2009 update This report provides a snapshot of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in Australia for the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009. In this short report, the Australian National CJD Registry provides undated Australian human ...
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Help Drive Away Multiple Sclerosis by Donating Your Vehicle
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Jeff Pile
This holiday season you can impact the lives of more than 6,000 people in the Ohio Valley area by donating your used vehicle. A new program, Autos-4-MS, encourages individuals or businesses to donate their old vehicles to the National MS Society, in turn, helping fund important programs for those living with multiple sclerosis in our area. One hund ...
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Doctors Diagnosis
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Bobbi M.
Hello friends, thanks for all the well wishes for my race this weekend!! I forgot to mention to you all about my doctor’s visit yesterday. I went and got my knee checked out and it looks like it is all stemming from my left hip. Basically I have a pinched nerve that is shooting down from my spine, ( sciatic nerve).Some info from WebMDWhat are ...
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How to Prevent The Flu and Colds at any Age
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Deb Froehlich
It’s that time of year and especially now with all of the H1N1 hype (Don’t get me started on that one) colds and flu are probably on your radar screen. As most of you probably know, I’m all about prevention and getting to the root cause of things, instead of just popping a pill to make a symptom go away. So that being said, I thou ...
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Chronic cough and Alternative medicine
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Vaidyan Charakan
"Doctor, He is coughing badly for the last 4 months." A man in his mid 20s was saying about his thin and frail looking father who was sitting slumped on my patient's chair. "4 months!!! You did not take him to any doctor?" was my angry question. Son: "Yes, he was under a doctor's treatment for 4 months". Me: "W ...
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New Book Discusses How Hormones Have an Impact on Women's Health
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Cascia T.
Dr. Alicia Stanton, the Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD, the nation's largest and fastest growing network of anti-aging physicians has released a brand new book, titled, Hormone Harmony: How to Balance Insulin, Cortisol, Thyroid, Estrogen, Progesterone and Testosterone to Live Your Best Life. Along with co-author and veteran health writer, Ve ...
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