Preventive Care Archive

Self Advocacy

Heartworm is Scary, but Prevention is Easy

16/05/2018 06:00am | 4936 views

If there are two words that should not be connected, it’s heart and worm. The disease is as it sounds: worms living in the heart and surrounding blood vessels of affected pets.

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Self Advocacy

15 Things You Should Never Do On An Airplane

08/05/2018 06:00am | 5595 views

While once considered the height of luxury, airplane travel has taken—to put it lightly—a serious nosedive over the past 30 years. Long gone are the days of comfortable seats, gourmet meals, and in-flight entertainment, traded in for cramped cabins where you’re lucky to snag so much as a bag of pretzels. (Alas, even the peanuts are long gone). And, unsurprisingly, those conditions can make even the most intrepid travelers go a little nuts.So, how do people cope these days? From bringing in their own booze to treating the plane like their own glam room, we’ve rounded up the rude, ridiculous, and downright crazy behaviors people do on airplanes. Keep these in mind as your personal list of travel don’ts the next time you're flying the friendly skies.

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Self Advocacy

Are Your Moles Normal? Here's How to Tell

06/05/2018 06:00am | 13765 views

By Annie Tomlin, 


First of all: Not every mark is a mole. For thousands of years, humans have read meaning into moles. In ancient China and Greece, fortune-tellers divined futures by reading birthmarks. (One on your forehead? You're a power player! Is it on the back of your neck? Oh, sorry, you're going to be beheaded.)

 

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Treatment Insights

7 Coping Tips for Chronic Migraine Sufferers

01/05/2018 06:00am | 5979 views

 

By Alexander Mauskop, MD, FAAN

As a neurologist specializing in headaches, I see patients with chronic migraines–a serious and debilitating disease which can cause moderate to severe disability. According to the Migraine Research Foundation, approximately 2% of people in the United States suffer with chronic migraines. Chronic migraine is defined as headaches that occur on more than 15 days each month. Some people suffer from migraine headaches continuously all day long, every day of the month.

 

 

 

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Treatment Insights

ADHD Diets

30/04/2018 06:00am | 5640 views

Can what you eat help attention, focus, or hyperactivity? There's no clear scientific evidence that ADHD is caused by diet or nutritional problems. But certain foods may play at least some role in affecting symptoms in a small group of people, research suggests.

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