Do-It-Yourself Prevention: Cut Your Cancer Risk Do-It-Yourself Prevention: Cut Your Cancer Risk:- There’s been plenty of debate about whether developing cancer is simply a matter of genetic bad luck and how much, if anything, changing your habits can affect risk. The latest entry: Researchers at Johns Hopkins published a paper […]
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What to Know About LASIK Surgery What to Know About LASIK Surgery:- When one of Kristina Alton’s contact lenses fell out at her office in New York City, she had to make the hour-long commute back to her apartment to get a replacement. “It was such a disaster,” she says. […]
What to Expect When You Have a Colonoscopy Having a colonoscopy – a screening test to look for cancers of the colon and rectum – doesn’t make anyone’s top 10 list of favorite things to do. However, doctors who treat patients with colorectal cancer are extremely enthusiastic about the ability […]
Here Are the Eye Problems That Affect You When You Have Diabetes Here Are the Eye Problems That Affect You When You Have Diabetes:- If your diabetes is uncontrolled for a long period, you could develop eye conditions that can lead to blindness. That’s because diabetes – both Type 1 […]
How Insurer Denials Hurt Patients and Industry How Insurer Denials Hurt Patients and Industry:- To reduce costs and maximize profits, insurance companies are increasingly denying coverage to patients treating chronic or persistent illnesses – such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer. But for the chronically […]
Heart Disease Is a Major Killer If You Have Diabetes Heart Disease Is a Major Killer If You Have Diabetes:- If you have diabetes, you’re two to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than someone who doesn’t have diabetes. “Cardiovascular disease causes approximately two-thirds of deaths in people […]
