Health Guide
Health NW: Fainting can have a serious cause
Fainting doesn’t sound like a serious medical problem. After all, characters in novels and movies faint – usually…
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Health NW: ALS is devastating
Baseball great Lou Gehrig was only 35 years old in 1938 when he first noticed muscle weakness was…
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Health NW: Obsessive-compulsive disorder
People with OCD feel as if their brain gets stuck on a particular thought; they don’t seem to…
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Health NW: Home births just as safe for some women
Giving birth at home sounds like an old-fashioned idea to many people. In the United States, giving birth…
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Health NW: Macular degeneration
Of all the eye diseases that occur as we age, macular degeneration is the least known, but is…
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Health NW: Cloudy vision is warning sign of possible cataract
Cataracts are one of the most common eye problems that affect humans as we age. By age 75,…
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Health NW: Dealing with springtime allergies
The unseasonable warm temperatures have strengthened the allergy season. Trees are blooming several weeks earlier than normal, sending…
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Health NW: Quitting nicotine – tools you can use
This is my third column about nicotine addiction; the last two columns discussed the power of nicotine and…
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Health NW: Overcoming the power of nicotine
Last week’s column was about the addictive power of nicotine, one of the many chemicals found in cigarettes…
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Health NW: Nicotine makes it hard to quit tobacco
Giving up cigarette smoking is one of the most difficult things a person can do. Nicotine, a chemical…
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