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How To Tell If Stress Is Affecting Your Sleep

How To Tell If Stress Is Affecting Your Sleep

Sep 6, 2018

Stress often impacts on sleep quality and duration. Stress and a lack of sleep can both have a severe impact on physical and mental health. Experts recommend people aim for 7–9 hours of sleep a...

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Which Airport Surfaces Carry The Most Viruses?

Which Airport Surfaces Carry The Most Viruses?

Sep 6, 2018

New research scans various airport surfaces and finds that plastic security trays hold the highest concentration of viruses. Most of the time, the common cold or flu are not life-threatening...

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US Approves First RNA Interference Drug

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US Approves First RNA Interference Drug

Sep 4, 2018 • 1 comment

Alnylam’s Onpattro (patisiran) can treat a rare hereditary disease by silencing a specific gene. The first therapy based on RNA interference (RNAi) gene silencing has been approved by the US Food and...

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Despite the impacts and complications of psoriatic arthritis, remain positive and try to find alternatives.

Psoriatic arthritis

Despite the impacts and complications of psoriatic arthritis, remain positive and try to find alternatives.

Aug 31, 2018 • 1 comment

Teresa shares tips and advice on how to cope with psorias and psoriatic arthritis and to continue to move forward in...

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How To Manage Morning Stiffness With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis

How To Manage Morning Stiffness With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Aug 30, 2018

Many with people with rheumatoid arthritis are familiar with stiff joints in the morning. But what causes this morning stiffness, and how can people get rid of it? Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an...

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Diagnosed with osteoarthritis at 21

Chronic pain
Osteoarthritis

Diagnosed with osteoarthritis at 21

Aug 30, 2018 • 1 comment

"Since I have had my prosthesis (March 2015), yes, I feel like I can now live again. I now can walk for more than an hour, I have returned to being able to ride my bike and I have professional...

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Are you interested in CBD oil to help manage your chronic condition?

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Aug 29, 2018 • 1 Like • 7 comments

NOTE: If you are suffering from Chronic Pain due to a diagnosis, you may also benefit by adding the condition "Other Chronic Pain" to your profile to grant you access to the Chronic Pain forum. To do...

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Panel: Doctors Should Focus On Preventing Depression In Pregnant Women, New Moms

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Panel: Doctors Should Focus On Preventing Depression In Pregnant Women, New Moms

Aug 29, 2018 • 1 comment

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released new draft recommendations saying that physicians should screen pregnant women and new moms to identify those who are at risk of becoming...

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Ketamine, A Promising Depression Treatment, Seems To Act Like An Opioid

Ketamine, A Promising Depression Treatment, Seems To Act Like An Opioid

Aug 29, 2018

A new study suggests that ketamine, an increasingly popular treatment for depression, has something in common with drugs like fentanyl and oxycodone. The small study found evidence that ketamine's...

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Severe Depression: Vagus Nerve Stimulator Improves Lives

Severe Depression: Vagus Nerve Stimulator Improves Lives

Aug 27, 2018 • 1 comment

For people with treatment-resistant depression, adding vagus nerve stimulation to medication can drastically improve their quality of life, concludes a new study. The National Institute of Mental...

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No Amount Of Alcohol Is Good For Your Health, Global Study Says

No Amount Of Alcohol Is Good For Your Health, Global Study Says

Aug 27, 2018 • 1 Like

Countless scientific studies have espoused the idea that a glass of red wine a day can be good for the heart, but a new, sweeping global study published in The Lancet on Friday rejects the notion...

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In US, HPV-Related Cancers On Rise

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In US, HPV-Related Cancers On Rise

Aug 24, 2018

Despite rising vaccination rates, cancers related to human papillomavirus, a common sexually transmitted infection, are on the rise in the United States, particularly cancers of the head, neck...

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