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A Shoulder to Lean On: Rotator Cuff Injuries We often hear how baseball pitchers are lost for the season due to injuries to the rotator cuff that often requires surgery. This shoulder problem is very prevalent among the general population as well, especially among the elderly...

Hemorrhoids: Reducing The Pain Hemorrhoids are an extremely common health problem all over the world. Even though it's considered somewhat of a funny topic, for millions of Americans suffering from the condition, it's truly no laughing matter...

Asanas Based On Vajrasana: Basic Posture For Meditation And Other Asanas 'Vajra' means diamond. The body is rigid as a diamond in this posture. This is a basic posture for many other asanas and meditation...

Sports Injuries On The Rise As Baby Boomers Age Lately, we have seen that older people are more involved in exercise and sports than ever before. Quality of life has improved due to better health from improved medical resources, resulting in a longer life expectancy of an individual...

Headache: Where Is The Pain Coming From? Over 40 million Americans experience chronic headaches. For at least half of these people, the problem is severe and sometimes disabling...

Would a Personal Trainer Be Good For You? During the first six decades of this century, few people were aware of the benefits of exercise. Even the medical profession dismissed exercise as unimportant to good health. In 1969...

REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY -- A mysterious disease, with few answers Jane (* not real name) was a patient I got to know really well during my residency training. For many years she would complain of intense sharp pains that first started at her left wrist, gradually made its way to shoulders and back...

Carbon Monoxide: a Hidden Hazard You can't see it, smell it or taste it, but it can be silently and rapidly lethal. Every year over 200 people die from carbon monoxide(CO) and thousands of people go to hospital emergency rooms...

What You Can Do About the Flu Influenza, or `the flu`, is a viral infection of the nose, throat, and lungs. The flu spreads quickly from one person to another. When someone infected with the flu coughs or sneezes, droplets...

Headaches - Why your Head Hurts and What You Can Do to Get Relief For the past year and a half, Chris, a successful electronics technician, suffered with excruciating headaches. Night after night he awoke after only 1 or 2 hours of sleep and spent the...