Challenge your mind and body to hone their thinking skills

Challenge your mind and body to hone their thinking skills - My friend Betty is one of the most impressive elders that I met him. At 88, her voice is strong and his heart is young, and it seems to have so much energy and enthusiasm as he did in 1982 when I met her. It exercises, friends, gardens, to pay their own bills, follow the news, and is constantly reading and ask questions. How do you stay so strong? "I guess I'm just a curious person, boy,"...

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Sleep like a caveman?

Sleep like a caveman? - Are we sleep less than our ancestors did? Previous research that examined the primitive cultures geographically isolated, and further research where subjects lived without modern conveniences, suggest that sleep duration was reduced with the introduction of artificial lighting and other aspects of modern society.   Public attention, however, a recent study has attracted called into question this belief. The authors...

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Is ADHD or autism?

Is ADHD or autism? - The deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism may look very similar. Children with one of them can be very active and impulsive, and can have concentration problems and interact with others. In fact, it can be difficult to differentiate between. But the difference is very important. In a recently published study in the journal Pediatrics, the researchers analyzed nearly 1,500 children between...

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The problem with prescription painkillers

The problem with prescription painkillers - Pain. It is an almost inevitable part of human experience. Whether as a result of an injury or accident, surgery, or a health problem, such as a headache or infection, arthritis or fibromyalgia, pain can interfere with your ability to sleep , work and enjoy life. There are many ways to treat pain. Opioids are a. Examples include hydrocodone (Vicodin used), oxycodone (Percocet used), methadone, codeine...

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A check to check: Do you really need an annual physical?

A check to check: Do you really need an annual physical? - In the US, annual physical exams are part of the structure of our health care system.  For adults, even if they are perfectly healthy, visiting a doctor yearly long been regarded as the basis of good care.   But recently, experts have begun to wonder if our collective belief in this ritual is reasonable. Do the benefits of annual care really as big as we think? Patients can...

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Why many generic drugs become so expensive

The high cost of prescription drugs is great news. You hear on TV, in the doctor's office, and even in the election campaign. When you think of expensive drugs, you can think of new therapies for lung cancer or hepatitis C. But in fact, prices are also soaring for generic versions of some commonly prescribed drugs. An article published last year in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that between 2012 and 2013, captopril - a generic...

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Is it difficult to decide on the total knee replacement? Totally!

It is a very important decision: If knee surgery painful? Many people say yes. In fact, each year about 700,000 people in the United States that the most common form of arthritis of the knee undergo knee replacement surgery. But how does it work? This is a question which has been largely answered by asking people who have had the surgery if you are happy they did. Most say yes. But the search for high-quality surgical versus non-surgical has...

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