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You may have heard or been told by your care provider to never stop taking your antidepressant medication abruptly and wondered why. The side effects of suddenly stopping your antidepressant can be severe and last for months or even years.What are antidepressants?...
(May is stroke awareness month) Strokes, also called CVA (cardiovascular accident) affect more than 795,000 people in the United States. About 610,000 of these are first or new strokes. A stroke occurs when a clot or plaque forms and blocks blood supply to a part of...
Getting the medical care that you need can be extremely expensive, even prohibitively so if you do not have any health insurance in place. However, there are ways you access better medical care even if you don't have health insurance. Not having insurance doesn't...
(And 2 other reasons) Jase Medical recently launched Jase Daily, a 365-day emergency supply of prescription medicines mailed to your door, just like the Jase Case. Their extensive list of chronic medicines covers heart and blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, family...
French and Canadian researchers discovered antibiotic resistant bacteria in clouds according to last month's edition of the journal Science of The Total Environment. Between September 2019 and October 2021 high-flow rate impingers (vacuums) were deployed at the...
In the U.S., there are two ways to get help for a poison emergency. You can either: Use the web POISONCONTROL® tool to get specific guidance for your case, based on your age, substance, and amount, (and weight, if needed for your specific case) or Call poison control...
Heart disease, a term used to describe a variety of heart conditions, is the number 1 killer of men and women in the US. Examples of heart disease include: High blood pressure Angina Unstable angina Valve disease Arrhythmia Heart failure Congenital and inherited...
A sudden cardiac arrest occurs when a disruption in the heart’s electrical activity causes an irregular heartbeat (ventricular fibrillation) or a dangerously fast heartbeat (ventricular tachycardia). This is different from a heart attack. A heart attack is caused by a...
Dogs have historically been called Mans best friend. (In 1789, King Frederick of Prussia once said that a dog is a “man's best friend” and this phrase has lasted throughout the generations.) Dogs are the most popular pet Over 48.3 million households own dogs with cat...
