Category: Health
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Physical pain can often be caused by a mechanical source, which is why pills don’t always work. Trigger points are painful sites inside our muscles or connective tissues. They behave like a burr caught in the moving parts of our body
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Feeling tired? You might want to check your iron levels. Iron is one of the key ingredients of your next batch of red blood cells. These cells last only about three months; the old ones are broken down in the liver, and new ones are generated in the bone marrow. If our iron levels fall, then we can end up anemic,…
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Ear pains can be outside the eardrum, or inside. The first is common with swimmers in summer, and the second with airplane travelers any time of year. Let’s take a look at some strategies to avoid trouble.
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Drugs, both prescription and over the counter, can be very expensive, and may cause side effects. Many of my patients are pleased to learn there are some economical options with products that they may already have in their home.
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One of the most common conditions we see in the ear canal is wax. Wax is supposed to be created in the outer quarter of our ear canals every day as a protective measure.
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For many years after the age of antibiotics began over a half-century ago, most doctors reached for Penicillin or Sulfa drugs, and most patients expected this prescription to be the “miracle” cure. Which it might well be, if the underlying organism is a strep bacteria, and not a virus.
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women read them, men blunder ahead without them. But even with written instructions, results are not always assured
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At our fingertips, it can bring us countless new apps to monitor our blood pressure or calorie intake, and, in a crisis, it can help you find the nearest medical clinic, or get the fastest taxicab to a hospital. If you are lost in the wilderness, your cell phone can be traced by rescue teams,…
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Almost one in four people will get toe nail fungal infections in their lifetimes, and, for many, it seems to last a lifetime as well.
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In my practice I am seeing many men in their twenties asking for medications to prevent baldness (“alopecia”). Some have a family history to contend with, others are simply seeing more hair coming out on their combs, or showing up on the shower floor.