Category: Obesity
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The Joy of Stress was started as an information piece for specific questions asked by my patients. In the course of a busy practice of family medicine and emergency care, I was asked by my patients to simplify the complicated steps to deal with their particular problems.
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One of the common complaints I see in my office is that of hip pains, which come in two varieties
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So smoking is in decline. It seems the old generation of smokers have killed themselves off faster than new recruits can be found
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Are you an overweight teenager, or do you have one in your family? Well, new research indicates that childhood obesity may be hurting a lot more than just their physical appearance.
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Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative neurological disease that causes premature aging of the brain. Although there may be many causes, including genetics and a number of environmental factors, aluminum ingestion has been implicated
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Aging is supposed to be a reward, not a punishment. However, there are days when that may not seem to be much consolation. Just like with a car, we can ignore maintenance at first, but after it becomes an old classic, it needs a lot more maintenance.
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As we watch obesity growing into our biggest health threat, we should note that the cure is not always tasteless.
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Fiber. I know it’s good for me, doc, but how do I get enough of it? Do I have to eat the wrapper off my bran muffin? Perhaps bark chips and kitty litter?
