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When you undergo an invasive procedure, you usually will be put under general anesthesia. It’s a treatment that puts you into a deep, pain-free sleep that will allow the medical professionals to work on your problem without any issues. It helps lessen pain and anxiety. General anesthesia is administered intravenously or via inhaling a special…

Chronic pain is a miserable condition. Unlike the common aches, pains and soreness most of us feel on occasion, chronic pain lingers for months and sometimes years. It can range from mildly annoying to totally disabling, and it steals the enjoyment of life for the millions of people who suffer from it. While some people…

Despite its relatively safe nature and medicinal history that traces back to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates in the 5th Century B.C., aspirin and other NSAIDs cause up to 15,000 deaths and 100,000 hospitalizations each year. Most famously, perhaps, actor and American martial artist Bruce Lee’s untimely death at the age of 32 was attributed…

One thousand, eight hundred and twenty five. That’s how many alcohol-related injury deaths occur in college students (aged 18 – 24) every year. That means that, on any given night, five college students will succumb to death following an evening of binge drinking. And the drinking doesn’t stop in college: alcohol and drug abuse related…

Have you ever thought how it would be if, one day, you woke up completely bald? Sans hair? Slick as a bowling ball? Most people would feel devastated, with rapidly sinking self-esteem and emotional well-being, especially if you are a woman. Bald is beautiful in this culture for men, but bald isn’t commonly identified as…

Is it difficult for you to start your day? Do you find previously interesting hobbies tiresome? Have you lost some of your mojo and find yourself dragging from home to work and then back again, eschewing social gatherings because of apathy? What may be happening is that one or a combination of prescription or over-the-counter…

When flu season arrives it’s time for the annual debate regarding whether or not to get a flu shot. Influenza is a highly contagious, upper respiratory disease with symptoms that can range from mild to deadly. Every flu season brings with it different strains of the flu virus that differ in severity. And the same…

Influenza, or flu, as it’s commonly known, is a contagious respiratory illness that attacks the nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs. On any given year, between 5 and 20 percent of the population may develop this illness, and between 4,000 and 49,000 Americans die each year from complications related to the flu virus. Unlike the…

Seasonal flu is a contagious, respiratory illness caused by flu viruses. As it spreads from person to person, it may cause a mild or severe illness, with about one in four suffering complications that can lead to hospitalization or death. While your best line of defense against the flu is a flu vaccine, approximately five…

The numbers can be scary: Almost 24,000 Americans will die from the flu this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and more than 200,000 will be hospitalized. Fortunately, becoming a statistic is avoidable. “The best way to protect yourself from the flu is to get a flu vaccine,” says Dr.…