Asthma is a chronic lung condition that affects one in twelve Americans. Asthma causes inflammation of your airways, and this inflammation means that less air can get through. Wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath are typical symptoms of asthma, and they can be triggered by many factors, including exercise. Here are three tips for controlling exercise-induced asthma.
Remember to warm up
It can be hard to squeeze exercise sessions into your busy days, so you may be tempted to skip your warm-up and head right into your workout. Read More»
Although you mean well, you are willing to work hard, and you have ambition, for some reason you have an extra difficult life. Here are the five signs that you could have adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder:
1. When you were in the third grade, and you started out taking a math test but ended up making a spectacular drawing of a horse on your desktop. (The math test paper was never found. Read More»
Have you been told that you need a hysterectomy? If so, you’ll likely need to decide which type of procedure you want to have. It used to be that all hysterectomies were done through open abdominal surgeries. Advances in medical technology over the past few years, though, have opened up new procedures that may offer some benefits. For example, laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery are two alternatives that many women prefer over open abdominal surgery. Read More»
Cancer, the final frontier. The one diagnosis that gives fear and concern like no other. These days cancer diagnoses are becoming more and more frequent, and following that, understanding how to cope with a cancer diagnosis is becoming more and more important for patient care. Whether it is you, your partner, a family member, or a friend who has been given the diagnosis, understanding how to cope with it is essential. Read More»
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection. It’s caused by a genus of fungi called coccidioides that are endemic to the Southwestern region of the United States. When coccidioides infect your mouth, the resulting infection is known as oral coccidioidomycosis. Here are four things you need to know about it.
What are the signs of coccidioidomycosis?
Coccidioidomycosis is contracted when you breathe in the coccidioides fungi, so typically, the first sign of the infection is pneumonia. Read More»
