Category: Prevention
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We have redesigned our ancestors’ active workplace to remove most movements as we sit all day at a desk. So the modern response to stress has gone from the “fight and flight” option to a not-so-energetic “sit and stare” response. and new research is indicating that even more is at stake with our modern inactivity.
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Talk about your pain-in-the-ankle! One of the more common complaints I see in my sports medicine practice is the ankle sprain.
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Doctors have often recommended Yoga for their patients, to help with back pains, injuries to the limbs, or for routine post-operative care. However, that does not mean Yoga is automatically safe for all.
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In medical offices all over the country patients are patiently squinting down corridors to spot the color bars, letters, and symbols on a faded cardboard chart. A common assumption is that annual physical exams with the doctor preclude worries about vision.
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One of the more common stress relievers is exercise, and simple running leads the pack. In large part, running has become so popular because of several features
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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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Iron Horse or Iron Surplus? Too little blood iron can cause fatigue, but too much can also be harmful!
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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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One complaint that is becoming more common is the tennis elbow. More correctly, we should call it the “Non-Tennis Elbow”. Far more people sit at keyboards than swing racquets, and these are the ones we are seeing in epidemic proportions.
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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.