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Saturated vs. Unsaturated Fats

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Your body needs dietary fat, but it’s best to limit some saturated fats By Jennifer Moll, PharmD  Table of Contents The main difference between saturated and unsaturated fat is their form at room temperature and their impact on your health. Dietary fats are important for your body to stay healthy. They provide energy, protect your organs, maintain cell growth, stabilize blood pressure, and help your body to absorb certain nutrients.1 The key is eating healthy types of fat. Saturated fats (including a type called trans fat) tend to stay solid at room temperature and can cause fatty deposits in…

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Things to do in palliative care for late-stage cancer

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The article was professionally consulted by BSCK I Nguyen Thi Phi Yen, Head of Palliative Care Unit, Vinmec Times City International Hospital Different types of cancer cause a lot of pain both mentally and physically for the patient, bringing a lot of trouble to the patient’s family, especially those with terminal cancer. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the issues of palliative care for terminal cancer patients when the patient enters the most painful stage. Cancer often causes a lot of pain both mentally and physically for the…

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Fibromyalgia: What We Know and Don’t Know

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If you have fibromyalgia, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the chronic pain and fatigue that often accompany this disorder — which affects about 5 million Americans, primarily women. But feelings of pain and exhaustion aren’t the only symptoms of fibromyalgia. Other signs that aren’t necessarily visible to others can affect you and make the condition even harder for those around you to understand. Here are some of the lesser-known signs of fibromyalgia that you may experience: Allodynia. You might not give a second thought to rubbing a loved one’s shoulders or patting a…

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16 Conditions Commonly Mistaken for Multiple Sclerosis

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Many disorders share symptoms with MS, sometimes complicating its, or their, diagnosis. By Becky Upham Medically Reviewed Getting a correct diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) can be a challenge. In fact, a study published in May 2019 in the journal Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders suggested that nearly 1 in 5 people with other neurologic conditions are mistakenly diagnosed with MS. These errors in diagnosis likely result from the fact that there is no single test that can determine an MS diagnosis conclusively. Also, not everyone has all of the common symptoms of MS, such as numbness, tingling, pain, fatigue,…

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The do’s and don’ts of wearing a bra for lactating mothers

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Breastfeeding can change the size and texture of your breasts, so you need to change your bra as well. But do you really need to wear a bra? To wear a bra or not wear a bra during breastfeeding? Well, breastfeeding is an integral part of a baby’s development and the mother as well. It can change the size and texture of a woman’s breasts, and your old bra might not fit you anymore! You might want to go for a bra that is more comfortable to help you breastfeed…

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4 Conditions Linked to Migraine (and What to Do About Them)

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By Debra Fulghum Bruce, PhD Medically Reviewed by Jason Paul Chua, MD, PhD According to the American Migraine Foundation, many illnesses are more likely to occur in people with migraine — including depression, anxiety, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disorders, and others — than can be explained by chance, suggesting these conditions are interrelated in some way. When it comes to chronic migraine, a report from the Headache & Migraine Policy Forum states that nearly 90 percent of people with chronic migraine have another chronic health condition. When you have more than one chronic condition, each must be…

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Morgan Freeman wears compression glove at Oscars stage; how does it help?

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Morgan Freeman, left, and Margot Robbie are seen walking onstage at the Oscars (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) The 95th Academy Awards, also called the Oscars, was a much-talked-about grand affair with many first-time winners. Amid the applause, what drew people’s concern was American actor Morgan Freeman walking up on the stage alongside Margot Robbie with a black glove on his left hand. Morgan Freeman can be seen wearing a compression glove (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Morgan, 85, can be seen wearing compression gloves to manage pain associated with fibromyalgia, a nerve disorder which is characterised by widespread musculoskeletal pain…

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Understanding Dementia at the End-of-Life Stage

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While dementia diagnoses are ultimately fatal, there’s a lot you can do to help your loved one live their last years in comfort and security. End-stage dementia looks different for each person. How quickly it progresses also varies. But it’s important to understand what this stage of dementia looks like so you can help a loved one with the condition find comfort and rest in their final days. The types of dementia differ in their early stages and signs, but in late-stage dementia, the signs and symptoms are often similar. This is especially true when…

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Stage 4 Endometriosis vs. Endometrial Cancer: Effect on the Uterus

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Two Different Diseases Related to the Uterus By Jennifer Welsh  Endometriosis is a condition caused when tissue that resembles the lining of the uterus (womb) grows outside the uterus, where it should not be. This condition is noncancerous and not deadly, but it can significantly affect your quality of life.1 Endometriosis is not cancer and does not seem to increase the risk of uterine cancer. Some studies have suggested that about 2% of people with endometriosis develop uterine cancer. This is similar to the rate of uterine cancer in the broader female population,…

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Mother-of-three died in agony from Crohn’s disease after doctors said she was ‘imagining most of her pain’

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A woman who visited hospital 50 times in the lead up to her death was told by medics the chronic pain she suffered was all in her head, her husband claims. Michelle Ashby, 43, spent three years in and out of hospital suffering from inflammatory bowel disease Crohn’s. The mother-of-three from Gillingham, Kent, died on January 18 last year. The cause of death was first given as pneumonia, caused by Crohn’s disease. But a post mortem examination revealed she actually died from multiple organ failure stemming from a perforation to…

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