Preventive Care Archive

Self Advocacy

The Health Benefits of Spaying and Neutering Your Pets

13/06/2018 06:00am | 6399 views

Spaying or neutering is one of the first decisions you can make to give your pet the best chance of a happy, healthy life.

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Self Advocacy

Hernia - Living With The Pain Or Surgery?

28/05/2018 06:00am | 6125 views

A hernia is a painful sac containing a part of displaced organ (usually the bowel) ora fatty tissue. Hernia surgery is one of the most common treatments carried out in the USA with around 1 million surgeries each year.

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Lifestyle

CDC: Autism prevalence rises to 1 in 59 children

23/05/2018 06:00am | 5608 views

By Allen Cone

The prevalence of autism has been raised to 1 in 59 children by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in tracking of 11 communities across the country.

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Self Advocacy

Your Pet Needs Preventive Care Just Like You Do

22/05/2018 06:00am | 4973 views

If you’ve welcomed a furry friend into your family, you are part of a growing trend among Hispanic households. Between 2007 and 2016, the number of Hispanics with pets in their homes nearly doubled from 11.4 million to 20.4 million, as pet ownership rates among Hispanics grew from 40 percent to 55 percent, according to a report from Packaged Facts [1].

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Lifestyle

Why Does Obesity Cause Diabetes?

18/05/2018 06:00am | 5658 views

By By Serena Gordon

Being overweight or obese increases the chances of developing the common type of diabetes, type 2 diabetes. In this disease, the body makes enough insulin but the cells in the body have become resistant to the salutary action of insulin. Why does this happen?\

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