No Ice Bucket Need Here - Understanding ALS

Like many social media campaigns that go viral, you can’t seem to get away from the one to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, referred to as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (#ALSIceBucketChallenge).

Just as there’s no known cure for the disease there also is no clear understanding of what causes the disease. Hopefully with this year’s windfall of donations, more progress can be made in finding a cure.

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Avoiding Foodborne Illness During Summer

What could be better, during the warm late-summer and early-autumn days thanhaving a leisurely picnic, or hosting a family barbeque? It’s proven that foodborne illness, otherwise referred to as food poisoning, occurs more often during thesewarmer months, and the cause is twofold.

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Suffering With Summertime Injuries

Slips, trips and falls, as well as broken bones and displaced joints may seemmore appropriate to the winter months, during the cold, and wet or icy months.But summertime boasts its own bevy of injuries specific to the season. Here arethe top four areas of the body which suffered the most injury during the summerof 2014.  

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Taking An Aspirin a Day...

A new study recently determined a link between taking an aspirin daily and areduction in the odds of developing and dying from colon, stomach, oresophageal cancer. 

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Gestational Diabetes and the Risk of Post-Partum Incontinence

Post-partum women who experienced gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at increased risk for stress urinary incontinence for at least two years after delivery.

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Is There Such A Thing As Sleep Procrastination

It’s easy to understand why we put off certain activities—cleaning around the house, paying bills, and exercising regularly (if at all!) all tend to top the list. Sleep, however, may not be the first thing that comes to mind when the topic of procrastination is raised.

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Ostomy Selfies

Summertime is the season of the bathing suit. But for men and women living with an ostomy, stripping down can be daunting, even embarrassing. With ostomies on the rise, so is acceptance. 

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