If you are diagnosed with diabetes, it is vital to pay attention to the health of your feet. People with blood sugar levels that are not in control have a more difficult time healing from small cuts and infections. When you work with your podiatrist around better foot care, you are taking fewer risks with your overall health. While there is no specific cure for diabetes, diet, exercise, and good medical care can allow you to live a healthy, active life.
12 September 2019
Do you have a chronic health condition that sometimes erupts into an emergency? Is a loved one suffering from an illness or another medical condition that sometimes has you rushing out the door to the local urgent care facility? It's time to get a "go bag" together. Emergency room and urgent care facilities can get easily overwhelmed, especially when there are extreme temperatures happening (like the middle of summer or winter).
2 July 2019
Although many young men reach their 20s without any signs of hair loss, others will suffer from premature male pattern baldness. This situation can be very upsetting and even depressing for many young men. Thankfully, laser hair treatment may help. Depression is a Common Side Effect of Hair Loss Movies and television shows often try to make the case that early baldness is funny or a trait that makes a person worth mocking.
7 June 2019
If you live alone, it might seem impossible to determine if you snore. After all, nobody is there to complain that you kept them up all night. Fortunately, some telltale symptoms can alert you to the fact that you snore at night, and this could allow you to actually do something about it. These symptoms are incredibly common in snorers. Restless Nights Some people actively remember waking up throughout the night and struggling to get back to sleep.
11 May 2019
A sleep study is done at a sleep center. During a sleep study, you sleep at the clinic, and your sleep is observed by trained sleep technologists. The sleep technologist analyzes your sleep to figure out how to help you get better sleep and to figure out if you suffer from a sleep disorder that could be treated. Before your sleep study, there are specific actions you should take to prepare for your sleep study.
14 March 2019
If you have endometriosis and are going to be heading in for surgery to have the excess tissue removed, your road to rehabilitation doesn't stop there. Endometriosis can be painful and cause serious problems for your health, but without assistance during your recovery from the surgery, the same can be said. Here's why you should consider getting short term physical rehabilitation after you've had the surgery. Abdominal Muscles When your surgeon removes the excess endometrial tissue in your body, chances are they'll access it through your abdomen.
16 November 2018
When you are struggling with the pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia, it is understandable that you may find yourself wishing that there was a magic cure to help you overcome your symptoms. While there is no quick and easy solution for fibromyalgia, there are treatments that can help you manage your pain. You may know about the various medications that your doctor might prescribe for this chronic pain condition. However, there are many other possible treatments that you can, and should, consider.
9 November 2018
When you think of allergy season, chances are that you think of the spring and summer seasons, when the pollen counts are high and there are any number of outdoor irritants that cause allergy sufferers to sneeze, sniffle, or cough. The same symptoms in the winter time are often attributed to cold and flu season rather than allergies. But winter allergies are real, and those winter cold symptoms you're experiencing may actually be allergy symptoms as well, especially if they seem to come and go depending on where you are.
5 October 2018
If you are unhappy with the size of your breasts, you may be thinking of getting a reduction. However, when you are young, other women don't always react positively when you tell them this news. They may encourage you to wait until you are older or not to worry so much about your appearance. Listen to what they have to say, but know that for many women, getting a breast reduction while young is the right choice.
21 May 2018
For women, breast cancer is one of those health threats that grows bigger with age. While cancer is a scary thing to face no matter what your age, breast cancer for older women can bring about a lot of questions and concerns, especially when it comes to breast reconstruction surgery. There are some misconceptions and common wrong assumptions out there about breast reconstruction in general, and this is especially true when talking about breast reconstruction for older women after breast cancer.
21 May 2018