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Menopause and Your Sleep Cycle
18/07/2018 06:00am | 5573 viewsby Michael J Breus Ph.D.
This major shift can bring significant challenges to sleep.
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7 Coping Tips for Chronic Migraine Sufferers
01/05/2018 06:00am | 5802 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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ADHD Diets
30/04/2018 06:00am | 5493 viewsCan 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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Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Improves Body Weight, Glucose Profile in Hispanic Women
12/05/2016 12:30am | 7372 viewsHispanic women with pre-diabetes randomly assigned to 14 weeks of intensive lifestyle intervention, including cooking demonstrations and group grocery store trips, saw a significant decrease in body weight, waist circumference and fasting insulin at 1 year vs. women assigned to usual care, according to recent findings.
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Waist Size Can Be Indicator of Pre-Diabetes
12/05/2016 01:28am | 7545 viewsEven in the 21st century, a tape measure may be quite telling. The past few years have seen the emergence of electronic devices that measure our heart rate, blood pressure, steps, etc. The tape measure is less used but can reveal a lot.
