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Through The Wrist: Blood Pressure Breakthrough
ABOUT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: High blood pressure is a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, and other health problems. About 1 in 3 adults in the United States suffer from high blood pressure. The condition itself usually has few symptoms. Blood pressure is ...
Saving baby Clayton from a transplant: Intestinal Rehab
SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME: Short bowel syndrome is a health condition in which nutrients are not properly absorbed due to the surgical removal of a large portion of the small intestine or severe intestinal disease. When areas of the small intestine are removed due to surgery, birth defects, or disease, usually ...
Catching Mental Illness In Kids
MENTAL ILLNESS IN KIDS BACKGROUND: Childhood mental illness occurs in about 20% of U.S. children during a given year, according to the U.S. Surgeon General. Further, nearly five million U.S. children have some type of serious mental illness (one that significantly interferes with daily life). (www.webmd.com) TYPES OF MENTAL ILLNESS: ...
Heart attack myths
HEART DISEASE BACKGROUND: Heart and blood vessel disease — cardiovascular disease also called heart disease — includes numerous problems, many of which are related to a process called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a condition that develops when a substance called plaque builds up in the walls of the arteries. This buildup ...
Sun scare: Kids with melanoma
BACKGROUND: Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer. Melanoma can affect the skin as well as organs and bones. It is commonly caused by too much sun exposure to skin cells, making them abnormal. The abnormal cells then begin to grow exponentially and attack tissue surrounding them. If ...
Stop aging in its tracks: Beauty tips to try today
SIGNS OF AGING: Skin changes are the most visible sign of aging. Obvious signs of aging include wrinkles and sagging skin. Skin changes are related to genetic makeup, environmental factors, nutrition, and other factors. The greatest factor though is sun exposure. This can be seen by comparing areas of your ...
Brain Waves Beat Insomnia!
BACKGROUND: Insomnia is a sleeping disorder that affects millions of individuals worldwide. Research has linked insomnia to high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, diabetes and other medical issues. Not only does insomnia cause sleepiness during the day, it has been linked to deeper problems such as high blood pressure, congestive ...
Tips from Temple Grandin: Help for autism at every age
BACKGROUND: More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes, or pediatric AIDS combined. Autism affects millions of children world-wide and can vary between mild and severe cases. Autism is as a pervasive developmental disorder and becomes evident in a child within the first ...
Parkinson’s – Dancing Away Symptoms
ABOUT DANCE FOR PD: Dance for PD® offers dance classes for people with Parkinson’s disease in Brooklyn, New York and, through our network of partners and associates, in more than 75 other communities around the world. In Dance for PD® classes, participants are empowered to explore movement and music in ways that ...
Botox to Bloodflow – New Help for MS Patients
BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). More than 400,000 Americans suffer from MS. The disease is caused by damage to the protective covering that surrounds nerve cells, called the myelin sheath. When these nerve cells are damaged it ...
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