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Health Hazards your Pets have in the summer

Jul
08

Date: July 8th, 2015

As it gets warmer outside, we start to enjoy more outdoor activities, and our indoor pets are also allowed more outdoor playtime. While our pets are outside, there are several things that can put them in danger.

Tips for Runner’s Knee Prevention

Jul
07

Date: July 7th, 2015

 

You may be one of the people who live by the saying “if you see me running it will be because something is chasing me.” Running is actually a very beneficial activity that can help reduce your risks of developing type II diabetes, heart diseases, obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and even some forms of cancer.

Vitamin D’s Reduction of Menopause Symptoms

Jul
06

Date: July 6th, 2015

The Study on Menopause Symptoms

The study included participation by more than thirty four thousand women living in the United States, who were between the ages of fifty and seventy nine years of age. The researchers followed the women for six years and kept records on the most frequently reported menopause symptoms they experienced, and the severity of those symptoms.

Reduce Heart Disease by eating Plant Based Diet

Jul
05

Date: July 5th, 2015

Reduction of Preventable Deaths

The three leading causes of death that can be associated directly with your diet are caused by heart disease, stroke, and some cancers. These three health conditions have been associated with the high consumption of red meat, and processed foods.

Delayed Cord Clamping Increases Motor Skills

Jul
04

Date: July 4th, 2015

Benefits of Delayed Cord Cutting

When doctors delay cutting the umbilical cord of newborns from ten seconds after birth to three minutes after birth, the baby will have an increase in the amount of iron in their blood lasting through the first few months.

Early Diabetes Detection may Lower Heart Disease Risk

Jul
03

Date: July 3rd, 2015

Researchers in Europe looked at a large group of people between the ages of forty and sixty nine and they concluded that when the screenings for diabetes were done on people at later stages in life, the risk of their lives having a cardiovascular event within five years increased.

What Studies on Poverty and Heart Disease Reveal

Jul
02

Date: July 2nd, 2015

Socioeconomics and Heart Disease

A recent study of black women in Mississippi revealed a startling truth about heart disease and poverty. Black women under the age of fifty who were in the lower socioeconomic brackets were more than twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke, compared to women who had greater financial resources.

Does getting a 2nd Opinion make a Difference?

Jul
01

Date: July 1st, 2015

When people are diagnosed as having chronic conditions, or major conditions, then they often feel the need to go to a second doctor to see if they say the same things. Even when the second doctor confirms the diagnosis of the first doctor, the people report feeling comforted by the second opinion.

What your Gender Identity Means to you

Jun
30

Date: June 30th, 2015

Introduction to Gender Identity

For the vast majority of people the gender that they feel most connected to matches the physical signs of gender they were born with. The gender that we associate ourselves with will determine how we choose to dress, how we choose to respond to some situations,

Surprising Facts about Hypothyroidism

Jun
29

Date: June 29th, 2015

Antonio Bianco MD, PhD works as an endocrinologist at Rush University Medical Center. According to Dr. Bianco, the symptoms that people have when they have hypothyroidism will vary from person to person.