Early spring means early symptoms for allergy sufferers

March 27, 2012

York, PA – Shannon McElroy wakes up with a stuffy nose almost every day. Since moving to York from Baltimore in 2010, she has had reactions to seasonal allergies. this year, she’s one of the many people experiencing early spring hay fever — seasonal allergic rhinitis — symptoms because of the warmer-than-usual winter. McElroy, 31, [...]

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Local woman rehabilitates dogs

March 27, 2012

There’s never a dull day at Samantha Porter’s home. From the moment she wakes up, theJacksonvilleresident has the responsibility of walking, feeding and nurturing a family of pit bulls, Doberman pinschers,Chihuahuasand a parrot at her home. “this is a full time job for me. I walk 10 miles a day with the dogs,” she said. [...]

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Chepstow woman’s Race for Life is tribute to husband (From South Wales Argus)

March 26, 2012

Chepstow woman’s Race for Life is tribute to husband 11:50am Friday 23rd March 2012 in News TWO years after her husband died of stomach cancer, his wife Jo Rees, with her family and friends are backing the Race for Life in memory of him. less than a month before being diagnosed with stomach cancer Barry [...]

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Kidney Disease- A Silent Killer

March 26, 2012

Fifteen-year-old Richard Kusi Yeboah lies on one of the hospital beds in the Renal Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) with two flexible tubes inserted into the veins on his left arm. He shrugs in his bed, as if to reposition himself from his posture of lying still, as blood passes through the tubes [...]

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No flu? Watch out for stomach virus bug

March 25, 2012

The Pocono area ducked the flu this winter, but we didn’t get off scot-free. The region is seeing a rash of nasty stomach viruses — the kind that keep you close to home. Cases of the stomach bug have more than tripled locally, said Dr. Susheer Gandotra, medical director of infectious diseases at Pocono Medical [...]

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Achoo! 5 things to prevent seasonal allergy misery

March 25, 2012

What not to do if you have seasonal allergies: 1. Eat certain fruits and vegetables – While this rarely makes a "what not to do" list, if you suffer from seasonal allergies, you may also suffer from pollen food allergy syndrome, "a cross-reaction between the similar proteins in certain types of fruits, vegetables (and some [...]

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New Screening Guidelines for Osteoporosis and Bone Density

March 24, 2012

Know your risk factors and when to get a bone mineral density test as osteoporosis does not have any tell-tale symptoms in early stages. Osteoporosis is a condition characterized by thinning and weakening of the bones. it initially has no symptoms, but it can lead to more easily broken bones, especially painful and debilitating fractures [...]

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Early spring weather has eyes watering, noses running

March 24, 2012

Runny noses, sneezing, irritable eyes and the dreaded sandpaper-like scratchy throats leave many allergy sufferers desperate for relief as warmer temperatures arrive. Balmy highs in January combined with temperatures in the 70s in the first part of March are making this year’s allergy season extra irritable. “the tree pollens are just going wild,” said Jennifer [...]

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Nor shortage of reasons for oral contraceptives

March 24, 2012

But most importantly, there are numerous legitimate medical and surgical indications for birth control pills and hormones. Oral contraceptives are used in dysfunctional uterine bleeding, in polycystic ovarian disease, unremitting dysmenorrhea or painful periods, in female hirsutism, in women who have had premature menopause due to autoimmune ovarian failure, in women who have had ovarian [...]

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Triple organ transplant saves young girl with rare disorder

March 24, 2012

Jackson Health System Angela’s father Petrit Bushi, Angela and her mother Valbona, smile after the 6-year-old girl received a new liver, two kidneys and pancreas. By Rita Rubin Valbona Bushi, 28, knew even before the doctors did: her daughter Angela’s liver was failing, just as Angela’s younger sister’s had. At first, emergency room doctors dismissed the [...]

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