Chronic Diseases

Second Hand Smoke-A Deadly Thing to Share

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  • Tree shaped like lungs

When smokers inhale, their body doesn’t magically transform cigarette smoke into a harmless substance. The same smoke that goes into their lungs invariably comes out. This means that anyone close enough to breathe in this smoke is, in essence, also smoking. This is why breathing in secondhand smoke is also […]

High Blood Pressure Linked to Dementia

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  • Man getting blood pressure taken

When people find out they have high blood pressure, they often worry about having a heart attack. Many don’t realize they could also develop dementia.  Here are three ways in which this can happen:  High blood pressure puts a lot of pressure on the walls of the arteries, which carry blood to […]

Living With Fibromyalgia 

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Fibromyalgia is a poorly understood and life-altering illness that can be difficult to diagnose and treat. One of the biggest obstacles for patients is that they do not “look sick” and many diagnostic tests (including imaging or laboratory values) give normal results. From outward appearances, patients often look perfectly fine. Diagnosis […]

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