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How to Treat Colds and Flu
If you don't have the achy muscles, headache, and extreme fatigue of the flu, consider yourself lucky. If you do have a runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, watery eyes,…
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How to Treat Colorectal Cancer
Cancer of the colon and rectum kills 60,000 people each year, making it the third highest deadly cancer in the United States. This is particularly tragic since early cancer treatment can…
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How to Treat Dermatitis
Your body has been overtaken by itchy red patches of skin, and you're worried that you look like a kid with chicken pox. However, chances are much greater that you…
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How to Stop Dermatitis Forever
You're a down-to-earth kind of person. You love to work in your yard, and you frequently take long walks in the woods, admiring the plants and the wildlife. However, you…
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How to Stop Heartburn Forever
While antacids may quench the fire of heartburn temporarily, they can cause side effects if used regularly. The best way to douse the fire is to practice prevention. Your esophagus…
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How to Stop Menopause Forever
You want relief from your hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms, but you've considered it carefully, and decided you don't want hormone replacement therapy. Perhaps your doctor advised against it…
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How to Prevent and Reverse Atherosclerosis
When it comes to preventing and even reversing atherosclerosis, most of the suggestions center around controlling your cholesterol. That's because cholesterol makes up the main part of the plaque that…
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How to Minimize the Impact Asthma has on Your Life
Managing your asthma on a day-to-day basis takes time and effort, but it will give you more control of your life. It's important to identify triggers in your environment so…
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How to Keep Your Heart on the Right Track
Your doctor may prescribe medicine to help control your tachycardia. Here are some other ways to keep your heart on the right track. Move it. Regular exercise is the best…
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How to Keep Alzheimer’s Disease From Striking You
Alzheimer's usually takes over a person's life very slowly. You may misplace things or forget appointments, grope for words, or find that you suddenly can't balance your checkbook. In the…
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How to Deal with Rapid Heartbeat
You're not running a marathon, but just sitting around talking to a friend or snuggling under a warm quilt for an afternoon nap. All of a sudden, your heartbeat takes…
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How to Deal with Parkinson’s Disease
A diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is not the end of the line. Treatments are available, researchers continue to search for a cure, and you have the ability to take control…
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How to Control Arthritis
Chronic arthritis may mean facing the condition every day for the rest of your life. Whether or not you control the disease depends on how you approach it. Lose weight.…
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How to Treat Angina
Chest pain sufferers see a whole new meaning in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. For you, the red that burns the breast stands for Angina. Angina is the likely culprit behind…
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How to Treat Back Pain
Beware the "big three" culprits of back pain: lack of exercise, bad posture, and lifting and reaching incorrectly. One of these probably caused your injury. If you don't want back…
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How to Treat Chronic Bronchitis
Your doctor tells you your lingering cough means bronchitis. If you've had the illness two years in a row for as long as three months at a time, it's classified…
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How to Treat Constipation
If it's been a while between bowel movements, you may be tempted to reach for an over-the-counter laxative. While this may be good for temporary occasional use, you must be…
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How to Treat Diverticular Disease
Diverticulosis is a condition in which pea-sized pouches form on the walls of your intestines. Although the small pouches, called diverticula, don't cause any symptoms themselves, they sometimes become infected…
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How to Treat Hypothermia
Older adults are at especially high risk of hypothermia. Your metabolism has slowed down, so it is harder for you to keep your body temperature normal when the weather gets…
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How to Treat Fibrocystic Breast Disease
A lumpy mattress may make it difficult for you to sleep. Lumpy breasts may do the same if you are experiencing pain from fibrocystic breast disease. Fibrocystic breast disease causes…