January 8, 2016 It’s that time of year again: New Year’s. For many people, it is a time to set goals for the...
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Medical Update Archives
Medical Update – Take Back Control of Your Life!
Do you get up more than three times at night to empty your bladder? Do you leak unexpectedly when you...
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Medical Update – The Dangers Of A Low Salt Diet
(BPT) - Salt, or sodium chloride, is essential for life. In fact, no mineral is more essential to human survival...
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Medical Update – Nutrition And Mental Health, Part 2
Last edition of Athens Now, I began to explore the role of nutrition in mental health. I quickly became aware...
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Medical Update – Nutrition and Mental Health: Part One
Few of us are aware of the connection between nutrition and depression, despite the fact that we understand to some...
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Medical Update – What’s Your Gut Tell You?
“All disease begins in the gut.”-Hippocrates Hippocrates was a classical Greek scholar born in 460 B.C. His wisdom is over...
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Medical Update – Just A Nurse
There has been a lot of controversy in the last couple of days concerning Joy Behar’s comments on The View...
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Medical Update – Back to School!
Well, it’s that time of year again: time for kids to go back to school after a fun-filled summer. I...
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August Is National Breastfeeding Month
As is my usual habit, I have picked a topic based upon national health observances that are getting media attention...
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Medical Update – Cold Sores: Herpes Simplex Virus
Many of us (as many as 90% of adults before age 40) have felt that annoying tingling sensation on or...
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Natural Alternatives For Management of Chronic Pain
According to data from the American Academy of Pain Medicine, over 100 million Americans and 1.5 billion people worldwide struggle...
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Medical Update – Summer Safety Tips
After a long, cold winter and a humid, rainy spring, summer has finally arrived in full force. The days are...
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Medical Update – Shhh….It’s A Secret!
Several weeks ago, I saw a Facebook post about how secrets can be dangerous things. Webster’s Dictionary defines a secret...
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National Trauma Awareness Month
The American Trauma Society (ATS) and the Society of Trauma Nurses recognize the month of May as National Trauma Awareness...
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Notes From A Nurse: Technology In Healthcare
Technology changes the world we live in on a daily basis. There is always a new gadget or gizmo coming...
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Medical Update – Kicking Stress To The Curb
What is stress? According to the dictionary, there are several definitions of stress, but our focus will be the following...
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Medical Update – Seasonal Allergy Relief, Naturally
Spring has sprung! The days are beginning to get longer, the rain is plentiful, and things that have lain dormant...
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March Is National Nutrition Month: Nutrition Tips for Breastfeeding Moms
Recently a new study published in The Lancet Global Health has indicated that prolonged breastfeeding may be linked to “higher...
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Medical Update – Sleep Deprivation and Daylight Savings Time
On Sunday, March 8, we will “spring forward.” Many countries around the world have been doing this for almost a...
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