5,561 articles on "health"

Do You Need A Spine Surgeon?

Nick groans as he wakes up. A week ago, he strained his back reaching for a huge a bag of sand at the landscaping company where he works. That was followed by throbbing pain, not only in his back but down his arms and sometimes all over his body. Now...

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Saving Jobs, Saving Public Dollars: Intervening Before Disability

Juan was a delivery driver, but his health problems were putting him at risk of losing his job. His diabetes was poorly controlled and had caused foot ulcers that made it difficult for him to walk. He also had bipolar disorder, which was not being co...

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Have a Ball With Stability Ball Exercise

Have a Ball With Stability Ball Exercise by: Rick DeToma Whether you call them a stability ball, swiss ball, or exercise ball, there are so many great benefits to exercising with a stability ball in your home workouts. Stability Ball Benefits B...

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Breathing Your Way To Health

Breathing Your Way To Health by: Gerard Bulger Breathing, yes of course we do it, if not we'd be dead, obvious isn't it. But in the far east Breathing techniques have been used for thousands of years. Not only as a means of improving t...

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Automated Defibrillator and Cost-Effectiveness

Automated Defibrillator and Cost-Effectiveness by: Jacqueline S. Darby There had been several studies relating to the automated defibrillator and cost-effectiveness of it. The Multi-center Automated Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT) took ...

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Herbal Remedies for Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Muscular Ache, Joint Pains

Herbal Remedies for Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Muscular Ache, Joint Pains by: AyurvedicCure.com Arthritis is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. According to Ayurveda arthritis is primarily a vata (air) disease which is due to ac...

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Global Dumbing?

Global Dumbing? by: Gary Whittaker I am beginning to wonder if scientists have been getting it all wrong. All this time, people have been worried about the Ozone, or a giant asteroid, or some breakout of a bio-hazardous agent by a terrorist orga...

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6 Advantages of Free Weights Over Exercise Machines

6 Advantages of Free Weights Over Exercise Machines by: Jon Gestl Meet Sarah. About a year ago, Sarah saw an infomercial about a "multi-unit" workout machine. The announcer called it a "revolutionary" piece of equipment, claiming that people wou...

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Vioxx Withdrawal and Drug Litigation

On Sept. 30, 2004 Merck announced a worldwide withdrawal of Vioxx® (rofecoxib). Vioxx had previously been prescribed in the treatment of arthritis and pain. Worldwide sales of Vioxx in 2003 were an estimated $2.5Billion and the drug was marketed...

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New Advances in the Treatment of Arthritic Pain

Arthritis Pain Relief Beyond Vioxx® and Celebrex®If you live long enough, chances are before your 50th birthday you are going to suffer from some sort of arthritic pain. In fact 80 percent of the population over the age of 50 suffer from som...

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