The Anti-Office Workout

The Anti-Office Workout

SITTING for eight hours a day is tough on the body. Exercises will help. If you’re regularly stuck in front of a computer or behind the wheel of a car for long periods of time, you desperately need this workout. 1. Deep squats At university I was taught to only get people to squat down until their thighs reached horizontal.
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Sleeping Difficulties As You Age

Sleeping Difficulties As You Age

Sleep disorders and aging are not entirely related, but health issues that develop at an older age, result in sleep disorders.  Sleeping disorders in elderly people can lead to several health issues and to daytime fatigue. 5 common causes of sleep disorders are listed below: Medical issues related to old age:  Old age causes certain health issues like heart and lung conditions that affect breathing.
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5 Signs Your Child Might Be Having a Sleep Disorder

5 Signs Your Child Might Be Having a Sleep Disorder

Sleep disorders have consequences similar to fatigue, anxiety, depression, unhealthy cravings, and loss of metabolism. Inadequate and inappropriate sleep weakens your cognitive capabilities, disrupts the circadian rhythm of the body and increases susceptibility towards diseases. When children are responsive to these symptoms, it indicates sleep disorders and becomes a matter of concern to parents.
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Factors to help identify causes and symptoms of kidney cancer

Factors to help identify causes and symptoms of kidney cancer

When the cells in your body tend to grow out of control and become malignant, this is considered as the first sign of cancer. Cancerous cells grow beyond a certain limit, which together form a tumor, thereby leading to severe medical complications. Kidney cancer is a result of these malignant cells growing and affects the tubules in the kidney.
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Multiple Sclerosis: Advances in Research and Treatment

Multiple Sclerosis: Advances in Research and Treatment

With new cutting-edge technology such as gene-chip technology and new MRI-based advancements, the boundaries of multiple sclerosis as we know them today are being stretched to the limit. Numerous research activities directed at understanding its etiopathogenesis, halting its progression, restoring lost function, and development of a cure are underway with new strides being made every day.
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Promising New Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis

Promising New Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is a lifelong disease that requires various modalities of treatment. Plan of care considerations include (1) the patient’s age at onset of illness; (2) sex; (3) the extent of the disability at the time of diagnosis as well as (4) the form of multiple sclerosis. Treatment will be a multidisciplinary approach that involves specialists such as neurologists, rehabilitation specialists, neuro-urology experts, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and social workers.
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Overactive Bladder Symptoms

Overactive Bladder Symptoms

Overactive bladder is a problem with bladder-storage function that causes a sudden urge to urinate. If you drink large amounts of fluid, it makes sense that you might have to make more trips to the bathroom. The urge may be difficult to stop, and overactive bladder may lead to the involuntary loss of urine.It can force you to avoid vacations, dinners out, and other social situations.You can even miss out on valuable time with family and friends because you’re afraid your overactive bladder — also called OAB — will trigger at the wrong time and embarrass you.
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Overactive Bladder Treatment

Overactive Bladder Treatment

Overactive bladder (OAB) is a condition that is characterized by sudden, involuntary contraction of the muscle in the wall of the urinary bladder. This results in a sudden and unstoppable need to urinate (urinary urgency), even though the bladder may only contain a small amount of urine. Key features are the sudden urge to void along with urinary frequency (voiding < 2 hour intervals).
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