Category: Other Conditions

Coping Emotionally with Vaginal Pain – Vulvodynia

I have written about women having pain around their labia, vagina, and genital region, known as vulvodynia, also called vulvar vestibulitis.

Advancing Alzheimer disease research during a pandemic

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This is a special guest post by Dr. Suzanne E. Schindler, a neurologist with special interest and training in neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease.

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Summer Rashes and Fungus

Heat and humidity combine to cook up a prime environment for several skin conditions related to sweating that can make us very uncomfortable.

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It’s High Blood Pressure Education Month

Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure (HBP). Both terms mean the same thing.

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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.

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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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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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Covid-19, CoronaVirus

This blog was written on January 24, 2020. Much has changed since then. For more, please visit my segment on NBC’s California Live . You can also stay up to date with my daily live Facebook Q and A, by visiting my Facebook Page @NurseBarbDehn.

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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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Sexuality & Breast Cancer

It’s Healthy Lung Month

Advancing Alzheimer disease research during a pandemic

How Couples Deal with the Grief of Miscarriage

It’s National Breastfeeding Month!

A Conversation About Racism for All Health Care Providers

High-Tech Fitness Trends & Exercising Outdoors

Foods that Fight Stress and Anxiety

Foods that Fight Stress and Anxiety

Category: Other Conditions

Coping Emotionally with Vaginal Pain – Vulvodynia

Advancing Alzheimer disease research during a pandemic

Summer Rashes and Fungus

It’s High Blood Pressure Education Month

Glaucoma & Vision Loss Prevention

It Wasn’t Indigestion. It Was a Heart Attack

Is This a Heart Attack?

Thyroid Awareness

Covid-19, CoronaVirus

What Does Obesity Have to do With the Flu?

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