Category: Health
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Whole industries sell billions of dollars of products designed to make marginal improvements in our immune system, or to add a few more good years to our lives. But one of the cheapest and most sure-fired lifelines is also one of the finest: dental floss.
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If stress drives you to the doctor’s office, bring along your own reading material.
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Whenever we are under stress, our immune system comes under attack. When stresses are continuous, we need to get all the help we can. That’s why we are taking a new look at an old ally: bacteria.
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The most important job that any of us can have is that of manager…of our own department of one. And nobody ever wants to work for a bad boss!
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Constipation, or passing stool with difficulty less than three times a week, is a common reaction to modern stress. This is at first glance curious, because our bodies were hard-wired for centuries for the exact opposite response.
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The pictures of horrible diseases is no longer restricted to medical student’s “eyes-only”. Because of the magic of Google, the whole world can enter any symptom, and immediately find a thousand reasons they will be dead before dawn.
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One of the more common complaints I see in my office is carpal tunnel syndrome. It is now becoming more common in office workers and students who type or text for protracted periods.
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One of the common complaints I hear in my offices is about effects of stress on the stomach. These can include acid reflux, upper abdominal pains, waking up with gas or wet “burps” full of acid. eating too fast Doctors are trained to take a history, examine the patient, then take images (X-rays, ultrasound or…