Health and Wellness

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Medicare and Wound Therapy

These wounds affect the lives of millions of people in the United States.

NEW FDA-APPROVED CLOT REMOVAL DEVICES SHOW PROMISE FOR TREATING STROKE PATIENTS

Dr. David Fiorella and Dr. Henry Woo use cutting-edge technologies to advance treatments

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Coping with Time-Crunched Physicians

“A good doctor-patient relationship is essential to achieving the best possible care, but the reality is, most doctors have less and less time to spend with each patient."

Is it a myth or a fact: Bigger muscles mean a bigger brain

Surprising facts show that certain kinds of exercise not only build muscles, strength and endurance. They also cause brain growth and make you smarter.

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Stony Brook Medicine

Stony Brook Medicine: Where Ideas Live, Breathe and Come to Life

The fit and feisty senior's guide to boxing-related exercises

You don't have to be a boxer to enjoy these shadow boxing, speed bag routines and heavy punching bag exercises as part of your leisure fitness regimen.

Slender or musclebound? How to tell one health supplement from the next

Vitamins and supplements are made differently and for different reasons. Knowing which will work for you could mean good health or an adverse health reaction.

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Feds Extend the Medicare Open Enrollment

Medicare beneficiaries and caregivers affected by Hurricane Sandy are being granted additional time beyond the December 7, 2012 deadline to make a health and prescription drug plan selection

Swimming your way to a younger you

Swimming on a regular basis can make you feel younger, and revitalized and is also among the doctor recommended exercises to help relieve back pain.

How to stay in style and keep your eyes sharp: The importance of sunglasses in cataract prevention

As we age, eye problems increase, including cataracts. Fortunately, this problem can be treated by wearing stylish UV ray filtering sunglasses to match your wardrobe.

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13 Questions for Medicare Fall Enrollment

The Medicare Rights Center urges people to consider the following questions before enrolling in a Medicare Advantage plan

How to pig out and stay slim: Exploring delicious, lean recipes

Learn how you can chow down and pig out on healthy food by eating six times every day while remaining slim, trim and even losing weight in the process.

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Hearing Aids: How to Choose the Right One

Perhaps you’ve thought about getting a hearing aid, but you’re worried about how it will look and wonder whether it will really help. Knowing more about the hearing aid options available to you, what to look for when buying a hearing aid and how to break it in may help alleviate some of your concerns.

How not to let a mastectomy ruin your love life

A mastectomy does not have to mean the end of your love life. Losing a breast is not what love or sex is all about in the first place. A loving partner will help you celebrate life.

The statistics on breast cancer indicate the key to survival is early detection

Statistics on breast cancer show the importance of early detection of the disease and each and every woman should take their breast health seriously.

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