Category: Other Conditions

Heart Disease 101 – Part 1

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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.

Taking Medications – Pill, Patch, Liquid, or Spray?

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There is a whole medical branch called pharmacokinetics that is the study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.

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Chronic 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.

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Keeping 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.

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.

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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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A Mammogram? Breast Ultrasound? MRI? – Who Gets What?

A Mammogram? Breast Ultrasound? MRI? – Who Gets What? Part One

Kidney Stones: What You Need to Know

How Couples Deal with the Grief of Miscarriage

It’s National Breastfeeding Month!

A Conversation About Racism for All Health Care Providers

Nurse Barb’s Holiday Gift Guide

Is Turmeric Really Beneficial to Health?

Varicose Veins When Pregnant – And Not

Category: Other Conditions

Heart Disease 101 – Part 1

Taking Medications – Pill, Patch, Liquid, or Spray?

Chronic Pain and Mental Health

Keeping Your Brain in Shape – Training Apps and Tips

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

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