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3 Myths – About Running and Your Health
Every person who takes up running has, at one time or another, been confronted by a helpful critic who is more than happy to reel off the reasons running will ruin your life. It will cripple you in your later years; you might drop dead in the middle of a marathon; and on and on. As an avid runner, I have a lot riding on whether or not these ideas about the sport are true. Here is a look at four questionable claims about running and health, including results from a new study looking at running, longevity, and disability.
Watch Out For These Signs – 5 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s
Memory loss that disrupts daily life is not a typical part of aging. It may be a symptom of Alzheimer’s, a fatal brain disease that causes a slow decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills. Every individual may experience one or more of these signs in different degrees.
3 Must Know Signs Someone Has Suffered A Stroke
Written By: Dr. Wegmann Recently I preformed an exam on a patient that had no deep tendon reflexes on the right side of her body. This indicates that the patient had suffered a stroke at some point in their life. Fortunately there were no other residual side effects.
The Formula For Health and Sickness
Written By: Dr. Wegmann Poor health is not a single, cataclysmic event. We do not become unhealthy, overweight or sick overnight. Poor health is the inevitable result of an accumulation of poor thinking and poor choices. To put it more simply, poor health is nothing more than a few errors in judgment repeated every week. (i.e. fast food, ice cream, doughnuts, etc.) Now why would someone make an error in judgment and then be so foolish as to repeat it every week? The answer is because he or she does not think that it matters.
The Future of Medicine: Surgery Over The Internet
Dr. Tootla is a board certified surgeon. He is licensed to practice in over 20 countries. He has been named one of the top 2000 leading scientists of the 21st Century. Dr. Tootla has also been named one of the top surgeons in America by the Consumer Research Council of America, in Washington D.C. With healthcare being such a huge topic today, we decided to contact and interview one of the top surgeons in the world.
Antioxidant Showdown: Hershey’s Vs. An Apple
I am just about sick of chocolate bar companies bragging about the antioxidant power of chocolate. I got a promotional email from Hershey’s and The Best Life.
Doctors Increasingly Close Doors to Drug Reps
Pharmaceutical companies — battered by a sluggish drug pipeline, the looming loss of blockbuster patented drugs, an economy in recession and scrutiny of their relationships with physicians — are re-examining the value of sending drug reps into doctors’ offices. Detailers are struggling to grab a shrinking slice of physicians’ valuable time and attention while adjusting to new drug industry rules banning freebies such as pens and notepads.
Pharmaceuticals found in fish across U.S.
Fish caught near wastewater treatment plants serving five major U.S. cities had residues of pharmaceuticals in them, including medicines used to treat high cholesterol, allergies, high blood pressure, bipolar disorder and depression, researchers reported Wednesday.
