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Anyone who has been to a doctor’s visit has likely had to put their arm in a blood pressure cuff and sit quietly while a healthcare practitioner squeezed the cuff tighter and tighter on their upper arm. With the release of the pressure of the cuff, the practitioner reads off a number – something like …

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Daily life brings change to the body—both big and small. With issues such as edema, the difference between minor and major can be a big deal, even when either case appears to be the same. Consequently, edema is a condition to pay attention to. If you think you’ve ever experienced edema (or are just curious), …

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Metabolic Syndrome (METS) is one of the most common diseases in the United States. As a matter of fact, it is the occurrence of three or more—out of a possible five—conditions that are active at the same time. If you’re curious to know more about METS, how and if it impacts you, keep reading. What …

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When you think about your liver, maybe you think about alcohol and how excessive alcohol use can hurt liver function, but you probably don’t think about how other lifestyle and dietary factors (along with family history, ethnicity, genetics, weight history, life stage, etc) can also affect your liver function and could even turn into a …

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