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This Simple Activity Cuts Diabetes Risk 40%
Written by Wellness Club on September 11, 2013 – 5:24 pm -By Nurse Mark I remember my grandfathers – both of them. My maternal grandfather was a watchmaker. The old-fashioned kind of watchmaker, who could actually make a functioning watch out of brass and steel – not just a fumble-fingered clerk who might not be able to replace the battery in your new electronic watch […]
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Are You Missing This Important Mineral?
Written by Wellness Club on September 4, 2013 – 5:10 pm -By Nurse Mark Magnesium. You know the stuff; that really lightweight metal that you had fun with in high school chemistry class. There was always the class clown who would put a match to a piece of it, and it would burn with an incredibly bright, white light. Invariably, someone would panic and […]
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Beware Of This New Crime
Written by Wellness Club on August 15, 2013 – 2:51 pm -By Nurse Mark “Sliders” is no longer a cute name for little hamburgers… Law enforcement around the country are warning of a new criminal activity that tends to target women – a new take on the old business of “purse-snatching.” Criminals are targeting women at gas stations – waiting until the women are […]
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Patients Lied To About Cancer Diagnosis, Doctor Arrested For Fraud
Written by Wellness Club on August 14, 2013 – 4:34 pm -By Nurse Mark When is it wise to get a “second opinion” ? Almost Always! No matter how “trusted” the doctor may be, no matter how “nice” and “caring” the doctor may seem, if there is a serious diagnosis involved, or an extended course of treatment, or multiple “scans,” or “tests,” or […]
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More Reasons To Have A TENS Unit – Motion Sickness!
Written by Wellness Club on July 30, 2013 – 4:12 pm -By Nurse Mark TENS therapy – it’s a modern miracle, an example of the wonders of applied technology, and the list of uses just keeps growing. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy uses low-voltage electrical current for pain relief, and it can also be used for muscle stimulation. Patients tell us they use TENS-type […]
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