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Wipple Surgery Whipple Procedures

Last year, a member of my family underwent the Whipple surgery. In the time leading up to the wipple procedure, I researched the procedure in order to get an understanding of the process, the results, whipple surgery recovery time and possible complications.

1 comment    health nutrition medicine
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Vitamin D and Sunshine - Health Benefits of the Sun

Not long ago, we worried about too much sun. Now, after years cossetted away like those blind mice in caves, we hear that maybe we (as usual) overdid the sun avoidance. The New England Journal of Medicine...

14 comments    vitamin vitamin d sunlight
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Cancer Buddies of Smoking

Smoking causes a lot of ills to the human body, but there is nothing like cancer, when it comes to scaring the heck out of the average human. Much has been said about how many minutes in a person's lifetime...

7 comments    cancer smoking quit smoking
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Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Ruining Your Life - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

Are you exhausted no matter how much sleep or rest you get? If so, you might have chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). However, chronic fatigue syndrome is more than just being tired. It can include fever, joint...

3 comments    joint pain chronic fatigue cfs
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Exercise to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk After 50

Exercise is always a great way to better health and fitness, but it also has surprising benefits on reducing the risk of developing cancer, especially in women who are above 50 years of age. Even women who...

0 comments    exercise breast cancer
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What Causes Social Phobia

Social phobia is a personality disorder that prevent an individual from having a healthy social life due to unreasonable excessive fear of being judged by others, being seen, scrutinize or any activity that...

4 comments    health social phobia causes
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When Should You Ask Your Doctor About Cancer Screening Tests?

Screening tests for cancer in men, women or children cannot be carried out at just any time a person requests them. Some tests are expensive and not all of them are suitable for all age groups or sexes. For...

0 comments    health cancer breast cancer
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What You Should Know about Colon Cancer and Your Risk

The colorectal cancer is any cancer which affects the last section of the digestive system (usually the two points or the rectum. The majority of cancers of the two points develop starting from the polyps...

0 comments    cancer drugs symptoms
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Risk Factors of Coronary Artery Disease

Endothelial dysfunction and a chronic inflammation resulting in lipid deposition in the arterial wall are part of the initial pathophysiological processes of atherosclerosis. The chronic process...

0 comments    health disease risk
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Cancer Revealed

Cancer Revealed: Breast Cancer Overview: All women are at risk of developing breast cancer. Most of these women are between the ages of 35 to 60 years old. Nearly half will die because of late...

0 comments    health death medicine
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