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Optimizing Your Gut Health: Tips, Myths, and the Gut-Brain Connection
Good gut health improves your physical health, mental well-being, and boosts your immunity against infection… likely benefit from them. Strive for gut health immunity-building: Your body’s ability to fight infection (including those from a foodborne illness) and stay healthy depends on having a strong immunity…
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HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the body’s immune system. A healthy immune system is what keeps you from getting… most effective the earlier you begin treatment. Better ART has changed HIV disease from the leading killer of young adults to a chronic disease that…
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The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
Just because you aren’t the person smoking the cigarette doesn’t mean it can’t harm you. Secondhand smoke contains more than… and continue to promote a healthy lifestyle. Things to consider Secondhand smoke can lead to a number of immediate and long-term illnesses for your child…
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Migraines
A migraine is usually an intense pounding headache that can last for hours or even days… it makes your eyelid droop and your nose get stuffy. Cervicogenic headaches are not migraine headaches. They are headaches caused by another illness or physical condition, usually a problem…
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H1N1 Influenza
H1N1 influenza is a viral infection. It’s not the same as seasonal flu (influenza). The first outbreak occurred in 2009… between 6 months and 24 years of age. Adults who are 65 years of age or older. People who have a severe illness or are…
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Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects the central nervous system. There is no cure, but there are medicines that… What is multiple sclerosis? Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a rare autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). Normally, antibodies produced by the…
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Is Your Child Too Busy?
Overscheduling your child can lead to them feeling tired, stressed and sleep deprived. Limit their schedule to keep your child… Finding a balance between school, activities, and play can mean the difference between a well-adjusted child and a stressed-out one. Finding this balance is…
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
COVID-19 is highly contagious and does not yet have an approved vaccine. Symptoms may include a cough, a fever, and… COVID-19 is a disease caused by a coronavirus call SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses, which infect people and some animals, spread through respiratory droplets from coughing, sneezing,…
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Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your body doesn’t make or use the hormone insulin properly… What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your body doesn’t make or use insulin properly. Insulin is a hormone. It causes too much blood glucose…
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Coping with a Family Member’s Opioid Addiction
Opioid addiction affects more than the person who is addicted. It ruins entire families… Opioid addiction, or opioid use disorder (OUD) as it is now known, is a national public health epidemic. Approximately 3 million people in the U.S. and 16 million individuals across the…
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Learn how to better protect yourself from COVID-19… COVID-19 is a disease caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which was identified in 2019. Coronaviruses mutate (change) into new and different variants. However, they remain infectious to people and some animals. The infection spreads through respiratory…
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Lupus
Lupus is a disease that affects your immune system, causing it to attack healthy cells and tissue… What is lupus? Lupus is a disease that affects your immune system. An immune system that is functioning well has antibodies that fight off viruses, bacteria, and…
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Caring for Your Premature Baby
A premature baby is one that is born before the 37th week of pregnancy and can require a lot of… The birth of a baby is usually a happy time but can also be stressful. There are many things that can add stress, including if…
