Archive for April 2nd, 2009
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BODY SIGNAL ALERT: SMALL, RED SPIDER VEINS
Description and Possible Medical Problems If small, red spiderlike veins suddenly appear on your face or neck, you have a condition called spider angioma, or spider telangiectasia. Named for the resemblance these veins bear to spiders, with a round, raised patch in the middle and thin legs that branch out from it, spider angioma is [...]
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BODY SIGNAL ALLERT/INSOMNIA: DESCRIPTION AND POSSIBLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS
If you’re like most Americans, you probably don’t get enough sleep. Your schedule is crammed to the hilt with work and family responsibilities that make you tired just to think about them. But then, when bedtime does roll around, you’re so stressed out by your life that you can’t shut it off enough to fall [...]
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DIZZINESS UPON CHANGE IN BODY OR HEAD POSITION
Description and Possible Medical Problems Do you feel dizzy whenever you change the position of your body or your head? Does this happen regardless of whether you’re sitting, standing, or lying down? Does the room feel as though it’s spinning? If you’ve answered yes to these questions, you should see your doctor. The most common [...]
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NEW AMERICAN MODEL OF HEALTH CARE PROVISION
Given these rising costs, it’s not surprising that something had to happen. Because the practice of medicine has changed so radically in the last 50 years, I like to think that today’s health care reform is not a revolution but a natural evolution in the history of health care in America. The purpose of health [...]
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BODY SIGNALS: EXAM YOURSELF
As I mentioned, in terms of listening to your Body Signals, we all have a doctor inside us who knows when we’re sick and when we’re not. In order to assist this personal, internal doctor, you should ask yourself several questions whenever you’re feeling unwell: • Do I need to call the doctor even though [...]