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Top 10 women's health threats
Many of the leading threats to women's health can be prevented - if you know the facts and measures to take to prevent illnesses.
Take a look at this top 10 list of women's health threats compiled from statistics provided by the Centers for Disease...Tags: Environmental Issues, High Blood Pressure, Hospitals and Clinics, Overweight, Injuries and Wounds
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Pain relievers: What are the differences?
Acetaminophen
Brand name: Tylenol
Best for: Excellent for pain relief and fever reduction. Commonly used long-term for osteoarthritis, chronic back pain and headaches.
Side effects: Very few if taken as directed, which makes it our experts' first...Tags: Steroids, Human Body, High Blood Pressure, Percocet (drug), Elections
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Kidney disease, dialysis treatment options workshop offered
By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF WRITERFresenius Medical Care El Centro is hosting a free Treatment Options Program to educate new and potential dialysis patients on kidney disease and the different forms of dialysis services available to them. The event starts at 10 a.m. and runs until...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Dialysis, Human Body, Fresenius Medical Care, Health
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Area Business Briefs for Feb. 15
Isaiah House hires legal specialist
Isaiah House drug and alcohol recovery center recently hired a new case worker legal specialist. Andy Ayers, a graduate of Southeast Community College and Lincoln Memorial University, will oversee the students’...Tags: Human Body, Hospitals and Clinics, High Blood Pressure, Education, Health
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Pet Of The Week
Regent, a Bengal cat, was diagnosed with kidney disease at 9 years old. That is when I learned about the importance of feeding canned food to cats. Before Regent's diagnosis, I supported the popular 1970s theory that cats only needed dry food. I was...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Cat (animal), Human Body, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals
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Strength training does more than bulk up muscles
Strength training has strong-armed its way beyond the realm of bodybuilding.
A growing body of research shows that working out with weights has health benefits beyond simply bulking up one's muscles and strengthening bones. Studies are finding that...Tags: Medical Research, Human Body, Internists, Science, Colleges and Universities
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Grocery customer donates kidney to favorite cashier
A month ago, Dan Coyne knew just two things about a cheerful cashier who worked at Jewel-Osco in Evanston: her first name and her need for a new kidney.
On Friday, however, their lives became inextricably linked after Coyne donated one of his healthy...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Social Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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A surprising transplant offer
Tribune staff reporterDan Coyne had the surprise all planned out: Near the end of Myra dela Vega's Friday night shift as a cashier at Jewel-Osco in Evanston, his children would buy some groceries and hand her a card. Inside would be the unexpected news that Coyne could...Tags: Groceries, Social Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Health
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Diabetes: A battle for control
Simply put, diabetes is a contest between people and their blood. For people whose bodies don't produce enough insulin to manage their blood sugar, the goal is a normal blood score, achieved through a balancing act of lifestyle and medication....Tags: Medical Research, Health and Safety at School, University of Southern California, Massachusetts General Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics
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At Home Help for Dialysis Patients
KTLA NewsThousands of people undergoing dialysis could benefit from doing their own dialysis in the comfort of their own homes. Daily home dialysis with a small, FDA-cleared machine is available for many people who have had kidney failure. People like retired...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Dialysis, KTLA, Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles
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Health alert: FDA, CDC, Costco warn consumers to avoid Bravo Farms Dutch-style gouda cheese
The Dish - Orlando SentinelBravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese, (Costco item 40654) offered for sale and in cheese sampling events at Costco Wholesale Corp. locations is preliminarily linked with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections. Consumers who have any of this cheese...
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