Addressing Acute Pain

Acute pain gets a great deal of attention. That’s the kind that makes us yell and scream because we’re frustrated and in severe pain. Acute pain can be dealt with, and one of the ways we deal with it is to realize that it should not last a long time. It is chronic pain that can be more frustrating. If you have acute pain, you want to find out the source and then deal with it. You want to try to find out how to minimize the time you have it. Sometimes you need medication. Other times you may need to be seen and to have the problem evaluated.

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The Miracle of Wine

It is called the miracle of wine, and we are learning, especially beginning about 25 years ago in Europe, about how people who drink red wine, maybe a glass or two a day at the most, actually have a decreased risk of heart disease. We learn more and more now about flavonoids, which are chemicals in the wine that can make this possible. The key thing to understand here is that you can drink, but it’s in small doses, not a lot. If you have a lot, that can actually work against you and cause problems with alcohol abuse.

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Prevalence of Brain Tumors

The numbers are startling. Over the next year, more than 200,000 people will be diagnosed with a brain tumor, and the toll is high. Brain tumors are the leading cause of solid tumor cancer deaths in children and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in people during their twenties. One of the most difficult things about brain tumors is that they can dramatically affect the lifestyle of people saddled with them. That’s because tumors can press upon parts of the brain that control everything from our emotions to our ability to walk and talk. Unfortunately, the cure rate for brain tumors is lower than other types.

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Jewelry and Nickel Allergies

Nickel allergy is one of those things that we don’t see a lot of. Obviously, people aren’t putting nickel and holding it to their skin. However, some jewelry actually has nickel as a part of it, and the jewelry that does, actually, can cause problems with allergies. One of the things with people who have nickel allergy is to make sure they check their jewelry and see what it’s made of. Sometimes, it’s very impossible. You’re obviously not going to melt it down, but what you need to do is figure out if it’s a constituent by whether it causes irritation or not. Then you have to look into it.

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Dealing with Nerve Root Irritation

Nerve root irritation can be severe because not only does it affect the nerve root, but it can actually transfer out to the entire path of the nerve, and if it does, that can be downright annoying.  If there is a nerve root problem, you do what you can to try to reverse it, but you may not always be able to do so that easily.  One thing is to talk with a physician who is a pain management expert.  They'll be able to go over it with you and talk about the various options.

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Importance of Sleep Hygiene

Sleep problems can be associated with what we call poor hygiene. Now, we’re not talking about hygiene related to staying clean. It’s hygiene associated with sleep, and by that it means taking the weird habits that you have and trying to relax them. For instance, you don’t want to be doing work in the bedroom. You can read a little bit but you don’t want to have pressure, excess stimulation, TV, Radio. Those types of things can affect the work you do. Sleep hygiene, like good skin hygiene is very important.

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Controlling Diabetes During Pregnancy

Diabetes is a very important medical issue, especially when it's associated with pregnancy.  Women who suffer with diabetes during pregnancy actually have a greater risk of developing diabetes when they get older.  It's very important that diabetes be controlled during pregnancy, because in that period of if it's not, it can affect the unborn child.  Children who are born to mothers with uncontrolled diabetes tend to be bigger babies and babies with other serious health issues.  Again, it should be evaluated and it should be taken care of. 

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