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Infectious Mononucleosis

August 18, 2009 Adolescent Health

Image via Wikipedia Also known as mononucleosis or mono Pfeiffer’s disease or glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis can be identified by inflamed lymph glands and constant fatigue. The disease is named so as the amount of mononuclear leukocytes which belong to white cells increase in number. The cause of the disease is EBV (Epstein – Barr [...]

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Preventing Medical Errors

August 5, 2009 Top Health Tips

Image via Wikipedia With the increasing complexities of the health systems today it may be easier for some medical errors to occur. This may worry some people and rightly so. Unexpected and unwanted results may happen and may be caused by a medical or computer error. Planned medical care procedures may not go exactly as [...]

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Reasons To Improve Your Poor Posture

August 4, 2009 Fitness Tips

Image by Terry Bain via Flickr How often do we think of our posture as an overall body workout? Probably not at all, but it is essential to supporting structures of the body from being injured. Progressive deformities are also prevented by paying attention to your posture. Correct posture is less stress and tension on [...]

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The Yoga Way to Health and Well Being

July 5, 2009 Top Health Tips

Yoga is not a recent practice. It is a practice which through time, has developed and increased in significance and appeal worldwide. The rationale behind the appeal is greatly to do with the physical and psychological benefits experienced when integrating yoga into one’s daily schedule. Yoga can be viewed as a breath of fresh air [...]

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What You Need To Know About The Prostate And Its Diseases

June 2, 2009 Men's Health

I have heard of prostate diseases for years but never thought much about it till a friend developed prostate problems. His situation was enough to get me curious about prostate diseases. First I learned that the prostate is a doughnut-shaped cluster of glands at the bottom of the bladder between the rectum and the base [...]

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Hangover Yoga

May 20, 2009 Fitness Tips

Tara Stiles shows us some yoga moves we can do to help the hangovers! Duration : 0:4:16

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On Call – Childhood Allergies

May 16, 2009 Children's Health

In our recent On Call Health network segment, Dr. Larry Montelibano of Ochsner Hospital discusses childhood allergies and what parents might be able to do when the children are infants to lesson and possibly prevent allergies. Duration : 0:1:52

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Smoking Related Health Problems in Adolescents

April 7, 2009 Adolescent Health

Image via Wikipedia Smoking is the cause of many diseases and kills about four hundred and forty two thousand people every year in the United States. In spite of anti smoking campaigns and billboard warnings, more and more people are joining the bandwagon of smokers every year. Out of the total number of new smokers, [...]

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