Year: 2019
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Blood Diseases
ANEMIA: What causes it and why.
Anemia is a disorder almost always associated with some disease or condition that has serious implications. When you’re anemic there…
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Heart Disease
CHOLESTEROL TREATMENT GUIDELINES: Latest Info
AHA vs. USPSTF Both the American Heart Association (AHA) and the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issue guidelines…
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Injuries
BABY, IT’S HOT OUTSIDE: How Heat Affects Our Bodies
Summer is coming! Here, in Arizona, it’s already arrived—today, the thermometer hit 95°. Summer officially starts June 21st, but in…
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Heart Disease
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: It’s Still The Silent Killer!
HYPERTENSION: High blood pressure (HBP) has for decades been called “the silent killer.” It works insidiously while you’re completely unaware…
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Bone & Joint Problems
SCAR TISSUE IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND? You have DUPUYTREN’s CONTRACTURE!
Although my research classifies it as rare, I saw people with Dupuytren’s contracture in one or both hands quite often.…
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Aging
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES: What Hospitals and Doctors Need to Know
Advance directives? What are they? What do they mean? Hospitals and doctors always ask about them; do you have them?…
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Respiratory
SLEEP APNEA AND CPAP: A “Dickens” of a Disease!
Have you heard that guy on the radio who advertises the Zyppah device for what he calls “snahrring.” He says…
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Dermatology
HAND, FOOT, AND MOUTH DISEASE: It’s Ruined a More Than One Vacation.
Just before a friend and his family were preparing to leave for a cruise vacation, his daughter came down with…
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Bone & Joint Problems
GOUT: Acute, Painful Arthritis
Podagra is a word rarely used nowadays. It’s a Greek term which translated means “foot trap.” It is an appropriate…
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Sports Medicine Info
CONCUSSION: Emphasis on Consequences
My FOOTBALL INJURIES blog last December, briefly mentioned Cerebral Concussions as one of those colloquially-described disorders commonly referred to as…
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