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When you have hyperkalemia, you have too much potassium in your blood. You can lower your potassium levels with diet, medicine, or both. What Your Doctor May Recommend Your doctor or health care provider will help you create a treatment plan that’s right for you. You may need to follow a diet that’s low in …
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Actor Shailene Woodley shares her story of how she copes with scoliosis. Source: https://www.webmd.com/cm/features/woodley-takes-scoliosis-in-stride-pce?src=RSS_PUBLIC
SOURCES: Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine; co-director, Center for Vaccine Development, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston. Paul Offit, MD, director, Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota, …
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There isn’t a cure for psoriasis yet. But if you have the condition, there are lots of treatment options available. The trick is to find one that works for you. Different people respond to different treatments, says Ashley Jenkins, MD, a dermatologist and adjunct professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri in Columbia. In …
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About 3 million Americans have high potassium, or hyperkalemia, because of kidney disease, heart failure, or poorly controlled diabetes. Potassium is an important nutrient that helps your nerves and muscles, including your heart, work the right way. But if you have too much in your blood, it can be dangerous and lead to heart problems. …
Jan. 17, 2023 – Two years ago, Benjamin Wilbur had LASIK surgery to correct his vision. “I have three youngish kids, and I felt I was constantly being hit in the face and my glasses were being knocked askew,” he says. He also didn’t like having “foggy” glasses when wearing a mask during the pandemic. …
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Photo Credit: SDI Productions / Getty Images Yale School of Medicine Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Delnor Moffitt Cancer Center SOURCES: Andrea Silber, MD, assistant clinical director for health equity and diversity, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer hospital; professor of clinical medicine (medical oncology), Yale School of Medicine. Christine Ko, MD, professor of dermatology and …
Kelly Kashmer credits genetic testing with saving her life. In 2014, during a routine medical appointment, a physician’s assistant began asking questions about her relatives and their experiences with cancer. As she mentally climbed her family tree, she recalled her grandmother on her mother’s side, and an aunt, had both been diagnosed with cancer. The …
Jan. 13, 2023 – A new study that shows the harm to the liver of eating fast food might provide people with motivation to eat less of it in the new year. The study found that eating at least 20% of total daily calories from fast food can increase the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver …
New research suggests a more convenient version of this technology may help the millions of people living with type 2 diabetes, not just type 1. Source: https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20230113/artificial-pancreas-device-may-help-folks-with-type-2-diabetes?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Jan. 13, 2023 – People with long COVID may have dizziness, headaches, sleep problems, sluggish thinking, and many other problems. But they can also face another problem – stigma. Most people with long COVID find they’re facing stigma due to their condition, according to a new report from researchers in the United Kingdom. In short: …
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By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cancer deaths continue to decline, dropping 33% since 1991 and saving an estimated 3.8 million lives, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual statistics report. But individual trends within that overall success story highlight the struggle to find the best ways to prevent, …
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