_ Exercise Moderate Exercise and Chronic Disease By Jane Farrell article Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found how just one session of moderate exercise can … Read More→
_ Pain Management A Non-Addictive Pain Treatment? By Jane Farrell article Researchers are drawing closer to developing chronic-pain treatments that keep the medicinal properties of marijuana without the possibility of addiction. … Read More→
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_ Skin Health Psoriasis and Weight Loss By Jane Farrell article People who have psoriasis symptoms can improve the symptoms and their quality of life by losing weight, according to European … Read More→
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_ Heart Health Rate of Heart Attacks Decreases After Surgery Not Related to the Heart, but Risk of Stroke Increases By Sondra Forsyth article In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology in December 2016, Sripal Bangalore, M.D., M.H.A., of the New York University … Read More→
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