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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.

Top 10 Things You Need to Consider When Buying Health Insurance
Health insurance is something that all people should have to cover themselves in the event that they need medical care. The truth is that not all health insurance is created equal, and purchasing a plan that doesn’t meet your needs will render your plan useless. Plan carefully and keep the following tips in mind when shopping for and purchasing health insurance.
By Andrea Dawson9 years ago in Longevity
My Battle with Diabetes
My battle with Diabetes started many years ago. I was 33 when I found out. The signs were there: Always thirsty Warm Blooded Frequent Bathroom Breaks Headaches Would get hung-over feeling after just one drink (and I never drank that often)
By Christopher L.9 years ago in Longevity
The Headache with Migraines
It’s a beautiful day and the music is good. The sound of good friends chatting excitedly is spread throughout the garden. The heat stands at that pleasant medium which invites faces to turn towards the sun but does not exhaust. Someone offers another drink and I open my mouth to enquire about the cranberry juice availability. Before I can muster two syllables, lightning strikes. I am the only one to flinch. This is swiftly followed by someone thrusting an ice pick through the back of my skull, protruding through the top corner of my right eyeball. Nobody screams. Nobody even bats an eye. I wait for the stream of blood to begin because surely I am going to die this time. This time.
By KF9 years ago in Longevity
Your Lower Back Pain Is Only a Symptom
Ever gone to the chiropractor or the physiotherapist for your low back pain? What ends up happening in that session? You do a few assessments, the chiro will lay you on a table, then pop some things around the body, and then BOOM, you feel better for a little bit and you're on your way. The physio will more or less do that same thing, but instead of popping things back in/out, you are met with a few exercises to take home and work on.
By Bhavsagar Bath9 years ago in Longevity
Autism Isn't a Life Sentence
Quite often when a person (or a parent’s son or daughter) is diagnosed with autism or anything else that’s medically termed a disability, sympathy is expressed as to how hard it must be for the parent or the person themselves.
By Rebecca Sharrock9 years ago in Longevity
If You Experience Excessive Sweating, You May Suffer from Hyperhidrosis. Top Story - August 2017.
What is normal sweating? Under normal conditions, the human body sweats between 0.8 to 1.4 litres per hour during a good exercise or strenuous work. Sweat does more than a few good things for our body.
By Andrea Dawson9 years ago in Longevity
When Vaccine Education Strategies Backfire
The 18th century was an age of enlightenment. The improved steam machine sparked the industrial revolution that would change the world forever as child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played in palaces across Western Europe. The Queen of France Marie Antoinette's head rolled to announce the end of the country's monarchy. Fancy wigs were in when settlers of the thirteen British colonies fought for their freedom and won the bloody war to emerge as a new united power.
By Alex C-B9 years ago in Longevity
Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
One thing I'd like to make clear first is that Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, all types, affects everyone differently. For some it may not affect them at all, for others it impacts every single aspect of their life to the extent that feeding tubes, wheelchairs, and long hospital stays has much become the norm to them and their families.
By Lana Sousa9 years ago in Longevity
Migraines and My Life
Chronic Migraines are not just another headache that will go away in a few minutes or hours. Some of us can't even take over the counter medications. I have to take prescribed medications for my migraines because I tried everything and living with them is hard for me and my family.
By Lakeyia L9 years ago in Longevity
My Experience with Paracentesis
No one really wants to undergo paracentesis; however, the procedure is quite quick and simple. You begin to feel better almost instantly.
By Tanya Huffman9 years ago in Longevity
Benefits of Laughter
Have you ever had a really bad muscle ache that lasted all day and just wouldn’t go away no matter what you did? That happened to me the other day; my low back had been hurting, nothing was stopping it, and I was getting frustrated. Trying not to let it completely ruin my day, I started looking at some funny stuff on the internet. My mood started to improve, and within a few minutes, I was surprised and happy to realize that I was in much less pain than I had been in all day.
By Anna Smith9 years ago in Longevity
Cough Drops that Will Actually Soothe Your Sore Throat
I woke up this morning with a sore throat. I've decided that I'm either sick (my brother is sick) or it's the air quality with all these wildfires going on. As most people do when they're sick, I whined to my mother. My grandma joined in and said she had gotten a box of Lumen'swatermelon cough drops from Family Health Services. Then I realized, when have watermelon flavored cough drops ever helped with a sore throat?
By Kaylee Chaffin9 years ago in Longevity