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Acid Reflux: Common Causes, Symptoms, and Ways to Combat Acid Reflux
Maybe it’s the middle of the night, you wake up coughing, choking. Or perhaps you are at work, you have a big greasy meal for lunch, and all of a sudden you feel a burning, stabbing, insistent pain in your chest. Sound familiar? If these scenarios do sound familiar, you could be one of the...CONTINUE READING→
More Deadly Differences: Who’s the Weaker Sex?
When we talk about male-female disparities in lifespan, we’re generally referring to the diseases and conditions that kill adult men and women: cancers, heart attacks, diabetes, and so on. If the discussion health disparities between male and female children and adolescents, the focus is usually on accidents and suicide—both of which end the lives of...CONTINUE READING→
Worried about how Obamacare will affect your health insurance costs? You should be.
Although the Obama Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are claiming that rates under Obamacare will be less than originally predicted, there’s a growing amount of evidence that your healthcare costs are going to skyrocket.
Overcoming Cardio Boredom
Cardio is one of the least glamorous and appealing aspects of exercise and physical fitness. Why? Because it’s boring. Being confined to a treadmill for an entire hour five times a week does help you lose weight, but it’s dreadfully uninteresting. Maybe watching TV helps (which most gyms will allow you to do now while...CONTINUE READING→
Deadly Differences: Women and Men are NOT the Same
We all know that men live shorter, less-healthy lives than women. Part of the problem is that men’s and women’s bodies respond differently to the same condition. And far too often, those differences kill. The bottom line is that despite attempts to treat men and women the same way, we’re different. And those differences often...CONTINUE READING→
My Prostate Cancer Coach Brings New Tools to Prostate Cancer Patients, Families
As we’re in the second half of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, we find new tools and resources to help those affected by the condition – both those diagnosed with prostate cancer as well as loved ones of those diagnosed – which can answer a lot of basic questions about the condition. This month, positive coverage...CONTINUE READING→
Top Four Anti-DUI Apps
The risks associated with drinking and driving have been well documented. In fact, according to the CDC some 30 people die each and every day in the U.S. in a crash involving an alcohol-impaired driver. If that statistic isn’t enough to get people to seriously consider the effects of drinking and driving, it’s hard to...CONTINUE READING→
Tips for Curbing Lower Back Pain While Driving
Lower back pain is the scourge of a sizeable portion of the American public. Indeed, according to the ACA, some 31 million U.S. citizens suffer from lower back pain at some point in their lives. For a few, the problem is mild; for others, it is a chronic issue defined by discomfort. And these problems...CONTINUE READING→
Pissed Off, Part 2
From the Daily Caller. Separate and unequal: Swedish Left Party says men should urinate sitting down Sweden is taking equal rights to a whole new level. The local Left Party on the Sormland County Council has advanced a motion that says men on the council should sit, rather than the more common standing, while urinating...CONTINUE READING→
Pissed Off, Part 1
Great article from NBC News Having trouble with your aim? Chinese contraption helps you “Pee Straight” By Ed Flanagan, Producer, NBC News BEIJING – An entrepreneur in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has unveiled a contraption designed to help those who miss the mark at a urinal: the ‘Pee Straight.’ The invention came in...CONTINUE READING→