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I have a friend
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Larry Drain
I have a friend who hurts most of the time now. He says they call it chronic pain. They have given him several different explanations…. He doesnt really know why. He just knows he hurts.It is there he says almost 24/7. Sometimes it gets down to a 5 or 6. But he says 9 or 10 is the rule. Some pain meds seem to help sometimes. He doesn ...
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Health Headlines - November 29
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Meredy
Many Type 2 Diabetes Patients Morbidly Obese: U.S. Study Twenty 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 healt ...
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St. Joe’s MS theory sparks flood of interest
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Jeff Pile
November 28, 2009JOANNA FRKETICHTHE HAMILTON SPECTATORSt. Joseph’s Hospital will be testing a radical new theory that multiple sclerosis is a vascular disease that can be treated. The unproven theory by an Italian doctor whose wife has MS has given hope to those with the mystery neurological disease believed until now to be an autoimmune con ...
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Why Sleep Apnea Increases During the Holidays
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Dr. Steven P.
It’s the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and I have to admit, I’m not feeling too well today. I had my usual two servings of turkey Thursday evening. For some strange reason, I had three pieces my other sister-in-law’s coconut cake, and as usual, this Thanksgiving dinner was much later than my usual dinner time. The next morning, I s ...
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Working through the kinks ...
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Diana ..
My Oopherectomy and Appendectomy went well and I was healing really well ... but I noticed that part of the incision didn't look right and was hot to the touch, swollen and red. A couple signs that can signal a local infection. Yesterday Cecilia and I spent most of the day hustling between the Albany VA Medical Center and Albany Medical Center to ...
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November is Eyecare Month
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Jennifer Nordin
did you know? According to the Vision Council of America, numerous prescription and non-prescription medications may alter the quantity or quality of vision and even pose a threat to future eye health? These medications include: Cardiac drugsOral contraceptivesAnti-histaminesAntibioticsWith regular eye exams, an optometrist can detect problems ear ...
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Looking Inside
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Lydia S.
Azer recently got a letter from a CF Organization that provides grants towards recreational activities. They had a set of questions that they sent along to be answered by the CF child. I think some of the questions applied to older children, but I asked him in a way he would understand. Some of the questions were kind of touchy, such as, "Do ...
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Just Take A Pill
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Danielle Elwood
I am part of a cesarean mothers group on Cafemom, while the vast majority of posts are not things I personally agree with, I stay in the group for the random occasion of a mother who may be in need of support that these other women really aren't familiar with giving. I finally ran into this today. A mother had a cesarean section over a week ago an ...
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Intuniv For ADHD: Dosing Details
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Chuck
Intuniv For ADHD Is Guanfacine, But Better and Easier - ADHD treatment evolves: This will be a short note to quickly address the growing comments here at CorePsych Blog on the previous Intuniv post.
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