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Constipation
Diagnosis and Cause
Nearly everyone becomes constipated at one time or another. Usually, it is not serious. To avoid most constipation problems, it helps to know what causes it, how to ...
Heat and Other Summer Health Hazards for Seniors
Summer provides an excellent opportunity for seniors to get outside, increase their activity, and avoid a year-round sedentary lifestyle. But summer also ...
Asthma and Older Adults
What Is Asthma?
Asthma is a disease of the lung airways. With asthma, the airways are inflamed (swollen) and react easily to certain things, like viruses, smoke ...
Senior Health: The Third Age
As senior citizens writing for MedicineNet, we wanted to introduce Senior Health in a suitable way and were having trouble putting our thoughts into words. So we turned to the ...
Medical RFID Tagging Could Save Lives
The criticism of human RFID tagging that I've been seeing sometimes misses the point, with potentially deadly results. This is not simply a human version of the chips ...
The role of the visiting doctor in primary care clinics
Abstract
The concept of doctors visiting clinics to support primary health care is well established by the role that these doctors should play is ...
Can you afford to live to 100?
Can you afford to grow old? In this age of rising medical costs, longer life expectancy and uncertainly in the economy, this is a question every baby boomer should be asking himself ...