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5 Health Benefits From Playing Video Games

What Are The Health Benefits From Playing Video Games? As is the case for television viewing, it is easy to find reports of the negative health effects from playing video games. Research into how these games affect health tends to be somewhat polarized with some researchers finding fault with other studies while other researchers seem [...]

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Urinary Incontinence And The Loss Of Control

How Many People Are Affected By Urinary Incontinence? Including all these possible types, Urinary Incontinence affects between 1 in 20 to 1 in 12 people. Women are by far the most at risk with an approximately 5 to 6 times higher chance of developing the condition than men. Among the elderly, roughly 50% will suffer [...]

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Bed Bugs Coming Back To Bite Us

Bed-bugs have been a nuisance to humankind since we first lived in semi-permanent dwellings. However, the use of insecticides in the first half of the last century meant that most of us were not exposed to these pest. Unfortunately, the have becomes resistant and are coming back accompanied by disease.

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Understanding Fatty Liver Disease As A Coming Epidemic

What Health Problems Does Fatty Liver Disease Cause? Although cirrhosis is the most direct health problem that results from having Fatty Liver Disease, numerous other medical problems can occur for those with the disorder. Such health issues actually develop more frequently than cirrhosis. In many cases, the diseases that we associate with obesity are the [...]

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7 Increasingly Common Causes of Nightmares

3) Breathing Disturbances And Their Link To Nightmares Also directly related to sleep, breathing disturbances experienced while sleeping can lead to nightmares. In research by the German Central Institute of Mental Health, researchers found that pauses in breathing while sleeping were associated with more frequently occurring nightmares. Though we might think that the lower blood [...]

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Peripheral Neuropathy Is More Than The Loss Of Touch

Though we might not think much of the loss of touch, the loss of this sense can have serious repercussions to our quality of life. With our skin being such a large area and being the barrier between our insides and the world around us, it can easily be injured resulting in peripheral neuropathy.

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Knowing The Health Problems That Cause Memory Loss As We Age

As the second most common fear associated with aging, loss of memory is a serious health issue. However, we often concentrate on the memory loss itself instead of the different underlying health conditions that can cause it. By instead being aware of these conditions and working to resolve them, we have a far better chance of retaining of sharp mind as we age.

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