Health Talk
HEALTH TALK: Do you need Omega-3′s? The truth
May 16, 2012 | Comments: 5OMEGA: THE GOOD FAT You’re often advised to cut the fat, but not all fats are unhealthy. Omega-3 fatty acids seem to have far-reaching health benefits. Studies ...
HEALTH TALK: Unexpected reasons you’re in pain
May 2, 2012 | Comments: 6Let’s just look at some of the reasons we feel pain. Often, it’s just a matter of simple everyday choices we make; I’ll go through with you a number of Pain ...
HEALTH TALK: Chest pain
April 18, 2012 | Comments: 12Pain is the most common symptom that tells you that something is wrong with you. I want to know where the pain is; point to it with one finger where it hurts the ...
HEALTH TALK: Obesity – Part III
April 4, 2012 | Comments: 4TREATMENT You may actually need to lose less weight than you think to improve your health. The first goal in dealing with obesity is to achieve and maintain a ...
HEALTH TALK: Obesity – Part two
March 28, 2012 | Comments: 5Here beginneth the second of what I had thought would be a two-part series on this topic. But as it turns out, obesity is such a huge issue – pun intended – ...
HEALTH TALK: Obesity – Part One
March 21, 2012 | Comments: 13It occurred to me to make obesity the topic of my column this week because Diabetes Day was last week, (two weeks ago by the time you read this) and since obesity ...
HEALTH TALK: Gout
March 14, 2012 | Comments: 7INTRODUCTION If you’ve ever awakened in the middle of the night and your big toe feels like it’s on fire, it’s hot, swollen and so tender that even the weight ...
HEALTH TALK: Shingles
March 7, 2012 | Comments: 8At first glance, some of you may be wondering why the doctor is talking about roofing materials. Unfortunately, it’s one of the imperfections of the English ...
HEALTH TALK: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
March 1, 2012 | Comments: 6P.I.D. is an acronym for PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE, which is an infection of the female reproductive organs. These are the fallopian tubes, the ovaries, the ...
HEALTH TALK: GERD
February 15, 2012 | Comments: 10How often have you said something like, “Boy it burns my heart to see how these young people show no respect nowadays.” Or you may tell your doctor about how ...
HEALTH TALK: Getting old, are you?
February 8, 2012 | Comments: 4I realize that over the years, I have not been paying too much attention to those in the older age group, at least not directly, so why don’t I make a start with ...
HEALTH TALK: Got gas?
February 1, 2012 | Comments: 10INTRODUCTION Pretty much all of us have blamed some symptom we’ve had on gas, from a headache to a pain in the knee. In these two cases, it is impossible for gas ...
HEALTH TALK: Some home remedy no-no’s
January 25, 2012 | Comments: 16Some home remedies like cornstarch and water on bee sting work just fine, but other do-it-yourself techniques can mean trouble. For example, do you really think you ...
HEALTH TALK: Oh, my menstrual cramps
January 11, 2012 | Comments: 17INTRODUCTION Dysmenorrhea, or simply dysmen, is the medical term we use to describe that dull or throbbing pain in the lower abdomen that women experience just ...
HEALTH TALK: Vasovagal Syncope
January 5, 2012 | Comments: 4INTRODUCTION Vasovagal syncope is the most common cause of FAINTING, and happens when your body reacts in an exaggerated way to such triggers as getting your blood ...