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The Truth About Colds and Flus
A cold or the flu is often a tiring, aggravating experience. But the next time you're suffering from one, remember this: allowing your body to rest while allowing the cold or flu to run its course is actually good for your long term health.
Conventional medicine and the pharmaceutical industry would like you to believe there is no "cure" for the common cold, that you should protect yourself from the flu with vaccines laden with toxic chemicals, and that it is favorable to ease symptoms with a variety of medications.
However, all three of these positions lack an understanding of what colds and flus really are, and what they mean for your body. (Read more about The Truth About Colds and Flus)
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Worried Sick? There Might Be Some Truth There
A recent report by health provider BUPA has found that people's worries are damaging their health by causing sleepless nights, loss of sex drive, and erratic eating habits. The 2007 Worry Report demonstrates that almost one in five people constantly worry about numerous things, and more than half feel they worry more now than five years ago. Half of the people surveyed this year, which is 6% more than in 2006, claimed they were more worried about their health and their family's health than about other concerning issues such as climate change or terrorist attacks. The survey finds that almost three quarters of people worry, but around 19% admit to worrying all the time or about a number of things. (Read more about Worried Sick? There Might Be Some Truth There)
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Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems
A Review in The Lancet reveals the importance of healthy lifestyle choices to reduce stressors related to cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore examined records between 1990 to 2006. They observed how stress affects the sympathetic nervous system, impacts physiology, and the effect it has on the cardiovascular system. Lead author, Daniel Brotman, claims "Acute physical stressors such as sugery, trauma, and intense physical exertion are well known triggers of cardiovascular events. Emotional stressors are increasingly recognized as precipitants of such events." (Read more about Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems)
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Worst Allergy Season Ever!
You know, every year at this time, we talk about pollen counts and every year they always sound high.
And it seems almost every year we’re saying this year is a bad allergy year.
But this year really is a horrible year for allergies. In fact, This is perhaps the worst allergy season in 40 to 50 years!
“This the first season, this is the first time I had an asthma attack in the spring. Usually it occurs for me in the fall,” says Robert Gabrielli, who has hay fever, or seasonal allergies.
But he’s talking about asthma!
Well, many people who might never have had an episode of asthma—even a mild one—are experiencing them this spring.
“This is definitely my worst year,” exclaims Robert. (Read more about Worst Allergy Season Ever!)
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Health Wrap: Reports on Snoring, Fetuses and Pain, Forgetfulness and Baseball
A new study finds that habitual snoring in women is strongly tied to body mass index—a marker of fatness-- and age.
Overall, 7.6 percent of women snore.
The frequency of snoring reaches its peak in women ages 50 to 59.
Frequent snoring was found to increase with alcohol dependence, smoking and physical inactivity.
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Sinusitis Guidelines
Hilda Demetrios was visiting her doctor for sinus complaints, which she frequently experiences. “I have a drip in the back of my throat it’s constantly dripping, a lot of mucus is bothering me, I wanted to see if it’s an allergy or a sinus problem,” she complained.
And that is the 64 dollar question for Hilda Demetrios and for millions of Americans like her who think they might be coming down with a case of sinusitis.
Many are over treated with antibiotics, or treated with the wrong ones. (Read more about Sinusitis Guidelines)
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holiday headaches
But that’s where the question lies: at what point does one really get life-protecting benefit from exercise--beyond the benefits of a better figure? (Read more about holiday headaches)
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Family History
How well do you know your family medical history?
We mean, really know –in the sense of knowing what each parent, brother, sister, grandparent, and great-grandparent, aunt, uncle, and cousin has or has had in terms of medical conditions. (Read more about Family History)
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SINUSITIS AND ANTIBIOTICS
Antibiotic treatments for sinusitis still work, says a new study. Resistance in chronic sinusitis patients can be prevented if a careful and strict approach to care is followed. Learn more about it in this two-minute video clip. In the study, doctors made sure they knew the bacteria causing the infection, and were sure that the antibiotics would work. No significant increase in levels of bacteria-resistant bugs occurred. Most of the patients were treated using "culture-directed therapy," in which doctors performed a minimally invasive procedure to make sure the infection was caused by bacteria. (Read more about SINUSITIS AND ANTIBIOTICS)
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SINUS HEADACHE MISDIAGNOSIS
There is new research just released which shows those who think they’re having sinus headaches might be having something more significant: a migraine!
There are many different forms a migraine can take. Sometimes the classic throbbing type migraine doesn’t happen; instead, the headache can mimic or have symptoms of others--in this case--the study shows the vast majority of those who think they have a sinus headache, in fact, have migraine. (Read more about SINUS HEADACHE MISDIAGNOSIS)
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