By Val Willingham, CNN (CNN) -- Flu season is about to begin: Get your flu shot now. That's the message both the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are sending to every American older than 6 months. Nearly 60% of the flu...
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Fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis the Natural Way
Brian King8/30/142 comments
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that affects 1.5 million people, particularly those who are middle-aged and older. While there isn’t enough research strongly supporting a particular alternative remedy for preventing or managing RA, a great deal of evidence indicates that exercise may be your best bet. A...
Real-Life Ways to Manage Diabetes
Brian King8/18/142 comments
By Turner, Polly Content provided by: It’s one thing to know what you should do to prevent or control diabetes. It’s another thing to actually do it. For people with the disease, too often life seems to get in the way of healthy eating, physical activity, glucose testing, medication regimens and all...
Acetaminophen may not relieve back pain
Brian King8/ 3/142 comments
Doctors often suggest taking acetaminophen for low back pain relief. But according to a new study, the popular painkiller isn’t any more effective in alleviating an aching back than letting the pain naturally subside. A study published Thursday in The Lancet found patients who took acetaminophen for low back pain had the...
Babies want to speak as early as 7 months
Brian King7/28/142 comments
Babies usually start speaking by their first birthday. But new research suggests talking to your baby stimulates his brain well before she utters those first words. For the study, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the authors compared how 7- and 11-month-old babies from English-speaking families processed...
