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It's no fun to lie awake worrying all the time. But if you have elderly parents or other family members living alone, that's what you do, especially as time goes on and you...
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Don't get sucked into the idea that food is your enemy when you're trying to lose weight. In fact, it's just the opposite: Befriend the right foods, and the pounds are much...
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If you feel like you need a translator every time you talk to a social worker, doctor, or other expert about your loved one's needs, you're right. The fields of geriatrics ...
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Annual checkups and tests such as colonoscopies are important, but it's not a good idea to rely solely on health professionals to spot cancer. It's just as important to lis...
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Medical screening tests are a great way to keep on top of your health. Think of them as basic maintenance, just like checking the oil and tire pressure to keep your car saf...
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If it seems like you pay for every plane trip with a bout of cold or flu, you're not far off. Research has found that people consistently report higher rates of cold sympto...
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Most people first notice an irregular heartbeat when they notice that their heart is pounding, "skipping a beat," or racing. Or a doctor may catch it when listening with a ...
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It may seem as if a heart attack comes out of the blue, but there are numerous symptoms that can sound the alert -- if you know what to watch for. According to a recent Har...
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Sadly, many men don't find out they have prostate cancer until the cancer has spread, making it more difficult to treat. This is because in the early stages, prostate cance...
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Hair loss from chemotherapy or radiation therapy isn't just upsetting; it can be a nuisance and uncomfortable to boot. Here are some suggestions to keep the person you're c...
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Not sure if you have a cold, the flu, swine flu, or pneumonia? Download our helpful chart so you know the signs and symptoms.
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You wouldn't feed your family a food that you knew caused cancer. But what if you're spraying a cancer-causing chemical every time you clean your sink? In the past few year...
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Neuropathy Symptoms
Chemotherapy drugs are toxic to healthy nerve cells as well as to cancer cells. Neuropathy is the medical term for nerve damage, usually to the periphe...
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We baby boomers don't want to think about aging and senior living options. For many of us, the idea of "senior living" is synonymous with "nursing home" -- and our impressi...
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When you can't sleep, you know it. But what about when you can, yet you wake up feeling tired and achy or you're groggy again a few hours later? What's that about? All too ...
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Have you ever wondered why your doctor asks you to do odd things like touch your nose during an office visit, then scribbles notes in your chart? It's because there are man...
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When we pick up a prescription at the pharmacy or open a mail-order package, few of us question whether what's in the bottle is what we ordered. But according to government...
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The standard wisdom about colon cancer is that most people don't experience any symptoms in the early stages of the disease. That's true, in part; it's best to take advanta...
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We've all read the signs of a heart attack listed on posters in the hospital waiting room. But what if there were other, earlier signs that could alert you ahead of time th...
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It's surprisingly common not to know you have leukemia -- an insidious cancer of the blood and bone marrow -- until it turns up in a routine blood test. And because early d...
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If mornings find you feeling like you just drifted off a few hours before, or if you droop with weariness no matter how much coffee you drink, you just might be suffering f...
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Migraines with aura -- visual disturbances, like flashing lights -- boost stroke risk by 21 percent. One possible connection: Migraines occur when the blood vessels in the ...
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Strokes come on suddenly and can be deadly or debilitating, placing them among the scarier health concerns. Yet many people ignore stroke risk, mistakenly believing there's...
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The pelvic floor muscles that support the bladder and urethra are weakened. When you laugh, the sphincter muscle at the juncture between the urethra and bladder can't hold ...
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This is one of the oddest, least-known, and often earliest signs of Parkinson's disease, but it almost always goes unrecognized until later. "Patients say they were at a pa...
