Since the dawn of the Internet, people have had the ability to go online and research various conditions and some use self diagnosis to determine the cause of their aches and pains. While this can be helpful in some cases, it can be damaging to use on a regular basis. One reason is that self [...]
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15 Aug 10
Migraine pain and relief
Headaches plague everyone now and then, but when a headache leaves you wanting to crawl into a darkened room and never return, you might be experiencing a migraine. These headaches affect millions, and there is no cure. But understanding migraines and finding the right medication can help sufferers find relief through managing their migraine pains. Unlike other [...]
11 Aug 10
Healthy Eating Habits
An old saying goes “you are what you eat,” but healthy eating can be a challenge that many of us who struggle with in our fast paced and modern society. Too often, the pressures to eat badly catch-up to us and leads us to make decisions we know we should not, like eating that doughnut [...]
7 Aug 10
Utilize Auto Insurance and Low-cost Health Medicine to Save Money
Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr If you have medical issues that require prescriptions, the cost of medicine can quickly become more than you can afford. However, you don’t want to stop taking the pills because you need them to remain healthy and also to avoid more complications. Therefore, the following are a few tips [...]
5 Aug 10
Posture and muscle strain
Everyone knows that slouching is “bad” and at some point in their life almost everyone has been told to sit up straight. But that does not keep the majority of people from slouching. Many don’t recognize the signs of muscle strain and tension brought on by bad posture, or even realize the damage that bad [...]
3 Aug 10
Rumors and myths about gout
Gout was once known as “the King’s disease” or the “rich man’s disease” because only the wealthy and the nobility were afflicted with it. Most people don’t realize that gout is actually a form of arthritis, and that there are multiple kinds of gout. In fact, this disease is often misunderstood and rumors about what [...]
2 Aug 10
Possibly Improve Your Health With Electronic Cigarette Cartridges
Image via Wikipedia Electronic cigarette cartridges are a prominent addition to the fight against smoking. These contain an atomizer that vaporizes liquid nicotine and provides a smoking-like sensation. One positive aspect of these cigarettes is that they do away with the almost 4,000 other chemicals that are present in tobacco cigarettes. Plus, these e-cigarettes let [...]
1 Aug 10
Arthritis and aerobics
Arthritis is a relatively common disease causing everything from mild discomfort to surgery. In its most general form arthritis means that one or more of the joints are inflamed and that the results are swelling, stiffness and limited mobility around the affected joints. In other words, those who have arthritis are extremely sore and swollen. [...]
30 Jul 10
The benefits of electronic health records
Image via Wikipedia Technology is creeping further and further into the doctor’s office as more and more doctors are trading in paper patient charts for laptops and big film copies of MRI images to ones on Cd’s. As more doctors switch over to electronic records, it is important to understand just how beneficial this is [...]
27 Jul 10
Understanding fibromyalgia
The simplest way to explain Fibromyalgia is that it is a deep, aching pain stemming from the muscles and occurring all over the body. While that’s not very specific, it is very hard to get much more exact on Fibromyalgia. This is why getting a diagnoses of Fibromyalgia is extremely hard. There are no tests [...]