Category: Family Health
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Not Just a Headache: The painful facts about migraines
By: TRANG M. PHAM, M.D. More than one in 10 Americans suffer from migraines, but unless you experience them yourself you may have no idea how painful and crippling they can be. Here’s what migraines are and what can be done about them. Migraine is more than just a bad headache The cause of migraines…
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Let’s Go for a Walk – The surprising health benefits of nature’s simplest exercise
By: GEORGE ABRAHAM, M.D. The weather is beautiful. You really want to start exercising more, but you don’t want to spend hours cooped up at the gym, and you hate the idea of running. Good news: Walking has many of the same health benefits as harder workouts. It is the simplest form of exercise, and…
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No Bleach Please: How to Treat Poison Ivy
By: Jamie Harms, M.D Does this scenario sound familiar? You’re out in your yard, cleaning up vines and weeds. Two or three days later, you develop an itchy rash on your arms. Two days after that, the rash is on your legs and face. The rash swells and oozes, but it’s the itching that makes…