Health & Wellness

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Tips for Getting Used to Your New CPAP Machine
Healthy Living

Tips for Getting Used to Your New CPAP Machine

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Lake Oconee Health

It’s a challenge getting used to a new way of sleeping. These tips for getting used to your new CPAP machine will help you get restful sleep every night.

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Health & Wellness

4 Valuable Benefits of Art Therapy

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Editorial Team

In the most basic terms, art therapy is the use of a creative medium (such as painting, drawing, sculpting, journaling, ...

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Senior Health

Extended Napping in Seniors May Signal Dementia

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Editorial Team

Daytime napping among older people is a normal part of aging – but it may also foreshadow Alzheimer’s disease and ...

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Women's Health

How to Prevent Osteoporosis

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Editorial Team

In truth, you can’t prevent osteoporosis. What is osteoporosis? There are things you can do to try to mitigate the ...

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Healthy Living

The Key To The Medical Mystery Of MS? A Milk-Free Diet, Which Made Me Live Symptom-Free For 26 Years

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Editorial Team

By Edith Forbes, author of Tracking a Shadow: My Lived Experiment with MS To a person interested in science, multiple ...

Healthy Living

St. Mary’s Marks 2nd Anniversary Of Start Of Covid-19 Pandemic

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Editorial Team

St. Mary’s Health Care System observed the second anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 11 by ...

Ways To Manage Different Kinds of Headaches
Health & Wellness

Ways To Manage Different Kinds of Headaches

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Lake Oconee Health

Learn a few ways to manage different kinds of headaches. Whether you get migraines or sinus infections, you can use these tips to curb symptoms.

When To Visit a Chiropractor: Top Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore
Chiropractic Care

When To Visit a Chiropractor: Top Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore

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Lake Oconee Health

Our bodies experience pain when they signal that something is wrong. Read on to learn when to visit a chiropractor and the top signs you shouldn’t ignore.

Men's Health

What You Need to Know About Prostate Cancer: Keys to Feeling Empowered

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Editorial Team

For many, the beginning of the year signifies a fresh start, offering an opportunity to re-evaluate priorities and reflect on ...

Vision Care

Georgia Doctors of Optometry Urge Patients to Recommit to Eye Health & Schedule Eye Exams during Save Your Vision Month 2022

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Editorial Team

As the pandemic becomes endemic, or the new normal, Georgia’s doctors of optometry are urging people to recommit to their eye health ...