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Frailty Syndrome

By on Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 | No Comments

Frailty is becom­ing a major con­cern of physi­cians treat­ing the elderly. Dis­cover some of the com­po­nents of frailty that geron­tol­o­gists are study­ing in this guest post pro­vided by Lau­rie G. Jacobs, MD of Albert Ein­stein Col­lege of Medicine.

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Fix Acid Alkaline Imbalance — One of the Ways to Improve Kidney Function

By on Monday, November 26th, 2012 | 2 Comments

Kid­ney researchers have shown that fix­ing an acid diet pro­tects the kid­neys from damage.

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What Is Postherpetic Neuralgia?

By on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 | No Comments

Learn the causes and treat­ment options for pos­ther­petic neu­ral­gia, a painful, long term con­di­tion that can arise when you’re recov­er­ing from a bout of shingles.

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Self-Care Secrets for Muscle and Joint Pain

By on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Paul Ingra­ham, a relent­less med­ical jour­nal­ist and mas­sage ther­a­pist in Van­cou­ver, has pub­lished some invalu­able guides to self-care for a vari­ety of mus­cle and joint pain conditions.

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Manual Therapy and Asthma

By on Saturday, November 5th, 2011 | 1 Comment

It’s not a cure for asthma. But many prac­ti­tion­ers of man­ual ther­apy believe that there are ways to improve lung func­tion and help lessen the impact of the dis­ease. Dis­cover why.

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Restless Leg Syndrome and What to Do About It

By on Thursday, March 17th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Rest­less leg syn­drome can plague you with tight, painful, cramp­ing legs when you’re try­ing to sleep at night. You can ben­e­fit from a few tips…

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Headache Facts You Need to Know

By on Monday, November 15th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Researchers are try­ing to develop cat­e­gories and sub-categories of headache in order to bet­ter under­stand the headache phe­nom­e­non. But most peo­ple with headaches share a few fac­tors in com­mon. Work on those com­mon fac­tors are see how effec­tively you can wipe out your headache

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Medical Screening Tests Older Men Should Consider

By on Thursday, November 4th, 2010 | No Comments

I’m all in favor of avoid­ing doc­tor vis­its, but as you age there are a few med­ical tests that become essen­tial. Here’s a list of the most impor­tant ones.

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