Febrile Seizures
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4 drug-free approaches to taming your bowel symptoms
Exercising, eliminating food triggers, reducing stress, and taking probiotics can help relieve irritable bowel symptoms.
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Studies support broader use of cholesterol-lowering statins
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Mediterranean diet: Good for your mind and your heart
A Mediterranean diet – enhanced with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts – may help improve memory and thinking skills in addition to preventing cardiovascular problems.
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Bystander CPR may help cardiac arrest survivors return to work
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) not only saves lives, it may also help survivors of cardiac arrest return to work.
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Ask the doctor: Understanding ejection fraction
Can you explain exactly what ?ejection fraction? means? And is there any way to increase it?
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Active older men live longer
A study found that men who were active at any intensity for at least 30 minutes a day, six days per week, were 40% less likely to die from any cause.
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Too darn hot for your heart?
Hazy, hot, and humid weather puts extra stress on the heart, which has to work harder than usual to cool off the body. Higher temperatures also make air pollution worse, which also slightly raises the risk of a heart attack.
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Ask the doctor: Clot prevention drugs after a stent: How long?
My cardiologist told me to take clopidogrel for a year after I received a stent. Now the year is up. I haven?t had any bleeding problems. Should I keep taking it?
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Why your annual check-up is still important to your health
The annual visit is a good way to maintain a relationship with your primary care clinician, take stock of your health, and review your medications.
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