Category: Our Health

Glaucoma & Vision Loss Prevention

Glaucoma robs us of our eyesight usually without warning signs. Its most common form is called primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and occurs when the fluid within the eye very slowly builds up over time due to clogged drainage systems.

It Wasn’t Indigestion. It Was a Heart Attack

This is the story of an ER nurse who wants everyone to know how different a woman’s heart attack can be from a man’s experience.

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Strep in the Vagina?

Many people have heard of strep throat, which is caused by Group A Streptococcus.

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Is This a Heart Attack?

Women experience heart disease very differently than men do. Where a man might have crushing chest pain that indicates a heart attack, a woman may only feel a little nauseated or start sweating.

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Thyroid Awareness

Who’d have thought such a tiny gland in your neck could affect so many aspects of your life and health and sometimes cause so much trouble?

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Wuhan Virus (2019 nCoV)

You’ve probably heard some reports about a new virus that has caused many deaths in the Wuhan province of China and is now spreading to other Asian countries.

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Cervical Health

What’s the cervix and where is it?

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What Does Obesity Have to do With the Flu?

Being very overweight is often seen as a factor in many health problems, but now is seen as a factor in people’s risk of getting, transmitting, and dying from influenza.

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