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  • How An Oncology Social Worker Can Help You

    If you have been diagnosed with cancer, you are typically assigned to a medical team that helps you with treatment. This team includes a surgeon, nurse, nutritionist, and more. Included in this team is an oncology social worker. Here's how an oncology social worker will help you during treatment: Help You Keep Contact With Family and Friends: Often, when you are dealing with the treatment of cancer, you may begin to experience symptoms that cause you to withdraw from friends and family.
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  • Four Things To Know Before Getting Dental Implants

    If you are someone who feels self-conscious because of a missing tooth, dental implants might be a good option. Before going ahead with the procedure here are four things you need to know before getting dental implants through a professional like Bruce Mathes DDS. Dental Implants are Different Than Dentures One important thing to know is that dental implants are not the same as dentures. Normally dentures are used to replace several teeth, such as all of the top teeth, bottom teeth or both.
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  • Manage Three Risks In Your Home That Could Be Affecting Your Health

    You quit smoking, wear a seat-belt in the car, and choose your diet carefully--everything within your power to improve your well-being. But did you know there are elements within your own home that could be affecting your health? Here are three of them, with advice about how to deal with them. Dust Mites Dust mites are everywhere humans are. They are microscopic arachnids--the same family as spiders. Feeding on tiny bits of debris in dust, including sloughed off human skin, these unseen creatures can cause an allergic reaction in many people.
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  • Diabetics And Feet: Your Next Steps After Being Diagnosed

    So, your doctor just diagnosed you with diabetes. If you've never had a family member with diabetes, and have no idea what the future may hold, then it can be be very frightening. However, taking care of yourself doesn't have to be as hard as you think. When it comes to your feet, the problems that you may encounter are very similar to the problems that individuals that have not been diagnosed with diabetes have.
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  • What Your Weight Has To Do With Arthritis

    How much you weigh may increase your risk for arthritis. Although there are different types of arthritis -- a condition that causes joint inflammation -- an unhealthy weight may be a risk factor for the disease. While the underlying disease pathologies vary, inflammation plays a key role in arthritis. Besides the added stress excess weight puts on your joints, research suggests that too much body fat may contribute to inflammation even though the reasons aren't yet clear.
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  • What Skills Can Be Taught To Those Living In Assisted Living Facilities

    People who are physically or mentally disabled are not always able to live by themselves. They may not be able to perform daily routine tasks that others do. However, there are assisted living facilities that can help these people complete these tasks and learn how to do them on their own. These facilities are staffed with employees who are trained and experienced to help teach a variety of different skills to those who need help.
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  • Lauric Acid: Hidden Benefit In Coconut Oil

    Lauric acid is a medium chain triglyceride that makes up about half of all the fatty acids found in coconut oil.  It is a saturated fat, but don't let that scare you!  Saturated fats aren't always bad.  Lauric acid, and therefore coconut oil, can actually be very beneficial in many ways.  Lauric acid is actually found in human breast milk. Effects of Lauric Acid on the Body Since lauric acid is a medium chain triglyceride, your body metabolizes it differently than other types of triglycerides.
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  • It's Not You, It's Me: How Mental Disorders Affect Relationships, And How Individual Counseling Can Help

    Sometimes, couples therapy is not enough because there are very real psychological issues present in one or both partners. Thus, even though the mental illness might be one of the primary causes for relationship contention, couples therapy might not be the best venue to address and treat individual mental illnesses. If you are diagnosed with a mental disorder, you should consider adding individual psychological therapy to your relationship counseling regimen.
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  • Vaccinations And Herd Immunity

    The purpose of immunizations is to protect the recipient against a particular virus or bacteria.  They keep children and adults safe from many kinds of diseases.  The childhood immunization schedule recommended by the CDC includes vaccinations to protect against a large number of diseases, including chickenpox, diphtheria, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, pertussis, polio, rotavirus, rubella and tetanus.  These immunizations are recommended for young infants and should be continued throughout later life.
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  • How Physician Owned Hospitals Help Patients

    While the use of physician owned hospitals has been controversial since they first began, they hold many benefits for their patients. President Obama's new healthcare laws are making it difficult for these hospitals to grow, but they are still being ranked the top hospitals in the country. Opponents of these physician owned hospitals are concerned that the doctors are only concerned with the bottom line, but patients are saying otherwise.
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