What are some symptoms of asthma?

February 12, 2011

I don't wheeze but sometimes I feel like I can't breathe, especially after exercise. I have mucus in my throat that won't go away, its been a few years. What are some asthma symptoms? Having difficulty breathing OUT. I also suffer from exercise asthma. even carrying a few pieces of furniture puts me in a [...]

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A Woman’s Guide to Menopause and Perimenopause

February 12, 2011

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! A Woman’s Guide to Menopause and Perimenopause The most up-to-date, scientifically accurate, and readable guide to menopause available anywhere Recent groundbreaking research has provided abundant new information on menopause and how women should approach it. This book carefully considers [...]

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HEALTH TALK: Ovarian cysts

February 12, 2011

One on the most memorable persons in my medical career for whom I have had profound sympathy was a beautiful fifteen year old girl who lost both her ovaries to cysts. I was a medical student and assisted a gynecologist in the operation.  It meant she could not have children and was thrown into artificial [...]

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Your Health Can Be Affected When Around Heavy Drinkers

February 12, 2011

Posted on: Monday, 7 February 2011, 06:35 CST Compared to people who didn’t have heavy drinkers in their lives, 3,000 new Zealanders who did had lower scores on standard measures of general health. Chronic pain, anxiety and depression symptoms, and overall satisfaction with life were found with those with a family member, friend or colleague [...]

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Prevent cervical cancer by getting important screening

February 12, 2011

By Amelia Robinson, Staff Writer 6:43 PM Thursday, January 27, 2011 Dr. William Rettig knows getting a pap smear is no picnic. “the only place women like going to less is the dentist, but it is probably a toss up,” said the doctor of obstetrics and gynecology at Lifestages-Samaritan Center for Women. The screening may [...]

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Health Blog Q&A: H. Gilbert Welch, Author of ‘Overdiagnosed’

February 12, 2011

By Katherine Hobson At the beginning of his new book, “Overdiagnosed,” Dartmouth professor H. Gilbert Welch imagines all the medical diagnoses he might receive if he were given a thorough physical — borderline hypertension, overweight, benign prostate enlargement, degenerative joint disease and a few others — even though he generally feels pretty good. Welch and [...]

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Why do yahoo users who have severe medical symptoms post questions here instead of going straight to a doctor?

February 12, 2011

I just saw a post about someone talking about bloody stool and the other day i another crazy post…why dont they just go straight to the doctor…what benefits them from posting questions here?…im just wondering…thats all Well its… FREE but with a bonus of Eww or WTF got to a dr. mainly they do all [...]

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Woman and Health » Blog Archive » Do You Know The Signs Of Poor Liver Health And How To Get A Natural Liver Cleanse?

February 12, 2011

If you show the signs of poor liver health then it is time to get a natural liver cleanse. if you detoxify your liver correctly then you will feel re-invigorated and protect yourself from potential future health problems. The liver is a very important body organ that has many vital functions. The liver produces bile, [...]

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They Like Your Guts: Scientific American

February 12, 2011

Image: Kimberley Evason University of California, San Francisco In 2007 parasite immunologist P’ng Loke sat down for lunch at a University of California, San Francisco, cafeteria with a patient who wanted help documenting his medical condition. The two shared an unusual interest: gut worms—specifically, tiny wormlike parasitic organisms called helminths. Loke’s 35-year-old guest, who declined [...]

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What are the symptoms of an uterine cyst?

February 12, 2011

hi all – im so confused right now – ive just been to the doctor for a sonar as i was under the impression that im pregnant. the doc did see "something" in my uterus. scan shows that my edd is 22 oct 2010, however the pregnancy test was negative so he said that i [...]

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