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Mastering Diabetes by Tracking Your Urine

There are many things your urine can tell you about your health, especially when you are visiting the doctor. But one major illness it impacts is diabetes, this article will you in mastering diabetes. Let us start off by talking...
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Metabolic Syndrome: How a Healthy Lifestyle Can Help?

Metabolic syndrome is defined as the coexistence of multiple risk factors posing a threat to the cardiovascular system. This syndrome includes insulin resistance, dyslipidemia (abnormal lipid levels), obesity and high blood pressure (hypertension). These conditions are interconnected, and they share...
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How to Lose a Pound a Week: Healthy Weight Loss

We all strive to keep our bodies functioning well. Part of this is maintaining a healthy weight so that our bodily systems can function at their best. We all face individual battles with our weight, but clinicians have recommended that...
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My Health Record: How Can I Keep Track of It?

A health record is a confidential compilation of relevant information about an individual's health history. They include all medical conditions, treatments, and specific events that took place in the past and present. All healthcare professionals providing care contribute information to...
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Acute Pain: A Practical Guide to Pain Management

Everyone experiences and responds to pain differently. Acute pain is a type of pain that could last from a minute to about three months and sometimes up to six months. For those don’t know, acute pain usually begins suddenly and...
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Benefits of Standing Desks

A long period of sitting has been linked to many diseases and seen standing desks become more readily available. Standing desks have been known for many years, although they are becoming more popular as people realize the benefits a standing...
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Daily Routine App – Live With a Purpose

Why use a daily routine app? Having a routine can help with productivity, organization, and task management. Daily routines have always helped better manage stress levels, anxiety, and mental health. This is why now more than ever, during a global...
Touch Therapy

Touch Therapy Through Weighted Blankets

This trending new product has been on the rise over the past few years. Did you know that weighted gravity blankets have been used for many years as therapeutic treatment for children and adults alike? The advantages of using this...
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Weight Loss Tracker to Improve Your Health

Using a weight loss tracker is a great way to see if you are making progress in your weight loss journey. Many people decide to set fitness goals at the beginning of the new year, with the intention of losing...
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What are the CRPS Stages and Types of CRPS

CRPS stands for complex regional pain syndrome. It is a progressive condition where you feel a sudden or constant pain in an area of your body. Since complex regional pain syndrome is progressive, it can also be considered a chronic...
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Reflective Practice – Keeping a Reflective Journal

Reflective practice is the capability to reflect on activities to engage in the process of constant learning, as defined by Donald Schön. The reflective practice pays critical attention to the practical values by examining practice reflectively and reflexively. It converts...
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Chronic Care Management and Health Apps

Chronic Care Management under Medicare offers additional help to patients who are managing chronic conditions like arthritis, diabetes and hypertension. This includes a comprehensive care plan that lists all of your health issues and goals, other providers, medications, community services...