Your Eyes
Our eyesight is one of those things we tend to take for granted until something goes wrong. Here’s the latest on keeping your eyes, well, looking good. (pun intended)
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Heart Disease 101 – Part 2
What do you know about heart disease, the number one cause of death in the US? Read part 1 here, to get the basics, and a little of what it feels like to have heart disease. Here’s more on what you can do to optimize your health. Tests and Diagnosis Besides blood tests to check […]
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During the month of Valentine’s Day, we tend to think of the human heart in terms of love, emotional strength, and goodness. The heart is also our body’s essential engine, beating 100,000 times a day, pumping oxygen and nutrients throughout our system. Sadly, on the whole, our heart engines are not very healthy.
Continue readingTaking Medications – Pill, Patch, Liquid, or Spray?
There is a whole medical branch called pharmacokinetics that is the study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Continue readingChronic Pain and Mental Health
Research has shown that when people are in pain, they very naturally limit their physical function, this leads to fewer interactions and results in many losses, including those activities which have brought joy.
Continue readingKeeping Your Brain in Shape – Training Apps and Tips
At all ages, our brains need a good workout, just like our bodies. We are now living much longer but our cognitive health is not keeping up, because many of our brains are not being challenged and strengthened as we age.
Continue readingCoping 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.
Continue readingAdvancing Alzheimer disease research during a pandemic
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.
Continue readingSummer 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.
Continue readingIt’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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