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Ah the holidays -- food, family, vomit, hospital
My childhood holidays were not steeped in tradition. My father was an airline pilot and often he was "in route" from a global destination on Christmas Eve, so we had to be flexible about dinner and gift opening. Sometimes the holidays were spent elsewhere, like three weeks in the Caribbean, or New Years in Europe.
Wherever we...
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Expert & Community Posts
Low Back Pain? Strengthen Your Core
By Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert...out" of the cushion in the case of the infamous "slipped disc"). The lowest lumbar vertebra also... Read more »
Question of the Week: Is Your Osteoporosis Treatment Working or Not?
By Pam Flores , Health ExpertSome of us are doing well on our osteoporosis treatment and some of us aren't. For those who... Read more »
Health Guide
Back Pain and Sciatica: Surgery
SurgeryDiskectomy is the surgical removal of the diseased disk. The procedure relieves pressure on the spine. It has been performed for 40 years with increasingly less invasive techniques being... Read more »Back Pain and Sciatica: Causes
CausesIn about 85% of back pain cases, the origin of the pain is unknown and even imaging studies usually fail to determine the cause. Disk herniation and disk degeneration due to aging are the most... Read more »Highlights
Urinary Incontinence in the United StatesAccording to several 2006 surveys:Urinary incontinence affects about 38% of all womenMiddle-aged women (ages 50 to 54) are nearly twice as likely to have... Read more »Glaucoma: Outlook
OutlookWorldwide, glaucoma ranks as one of the leading causes of blindness. Even if people with glaucoma do not become blind, vision can be impaired. In developed countries, most people get treatment... Read more »Headaches: Tension: Treatment
In cases where abnormalities or injuries in the cervical spine (the spinal bones in the neck) cause headaches, a cervical epidural nerve block may be beneficial in treating and preventing... Read more »Images
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