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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Targeted Blood Sugar Level With Diabetes May Help Prevent a 2nd Stroke

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) – For people with diabetes who have a stroke, there may be an ideal blood sugar target to

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 29, 2021

How Much Time Do You Have Left?

Is having an accurate estimate of your lifespan helpful to you? Do you want to plan for your retirement? What about ways to live longer? After all, it isn’t the years in your life, but the life i

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  • Kintsugi
  • September 22, 2021September 22, 2021

Latest on Covid

F.D.A. Advisory Panel Recommends Pfizer Boosters for Older People and Others at High Risk By Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland Sept. 17, 2021 Updated 8:21 p.m. ET WASHINGT

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: Reduce your cancer risk

September 6, 2021 By Royal Examiner Women have options to reduce of risk of ovarian cancer through lifestyle and awareness. According to the National Institutes of Health, epithelial ovarian c

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

What are the risk factors for prostate cancer?

By Royal Examiner 9/6/2021 September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, which makes it an ideal time to learn more about this disease and speak with your doctor about it, especially if yo

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021

A Pool Workout That Strengthens Your Knees

Exercise can be tricky when you live with arthritis or an injury. Water exercises take pressure off your joints, but they offer enough resistance to give you a good workout.

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  • Kintsugi
  • July 21, 2021November 5, 2025

40 Symptoms That *Always* Warrant a Call to Your Doctor Right Away

Korin Miller No one wants to be the person who has their doctor on speed dial, but sometimes it can be tough to suss out on your own whether you’re dealing with a health issue t

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 12, 2021

5 Warning Signs of Lupus

Lupus, a chronic autoimmune ailment that affects 1.5 million Americans, is a bit of a shape-shifter. Most people with it (around 70 percent) have the systemic form of the disease, which can wreak h

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  • Kintsugi
  • June 30, 2021

Slideshow: Best Diet Tips Ever — 22 Ways to Stay on Track

I’m diabetic, and many of my friends and family members are too. Here’s some good advice (I know that advice is worth what you pay for it but this advice is golden.) Drink plenty of water or ot

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 23, 2021November 5, 2025

Sugar by Any Other Name: Hidden in Plain Sight

We tend to think that added sugar is mainly found in desserts like cookies and cakes, but it’s also found in many savory foods, such as bread and pasta sauce. And some

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Why Doctors Still Struggle to Detect Skin Cancer in Black People

By Daniela Morosini  SWELLNESS  JUNE 11, 2021 Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and worldwide, and it’s only becoming more so. The Skin Cancer Foundation estimates th

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 15, 2021June 15, 2021

Taming the world’s leading killer: high blood pressure

Dr. Tom Frieden June 1, 2021 Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the Obama administration, when he oversaw responses to the H1N1 influenza, Ebola a

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Five things that must happen to get people vaccinated

BY PETER SULLIVAN – 03/13/21 06:55 AM EST Increase vaccine supply Get shots in arms, including in hard-to-reach communities Overcome vaccine hesitancy: An NPR-PBS-Marist poll relea

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 9, 2020

Ways to Exercise if You Hate to Exercise – like me

Dancing, alone or with a partner Household chores (mopping floors or washing and waxing your car burn more than washing dishes) Join a team, like bowling Pickleball (people around here LOVE pickleb

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 1, 2020December 1, 2020

Tips for Getting Back on Track

If you’re at all like me, losing weight and keeping it off can be a challenge. Working in an office, whether at home or somewhere else, coronavirus, and sensible precautions mean that getting eno

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