Adult Health Risks

Pros: It doesn't kill you
Cons: Pain, eye won't close, drooling,etc

Not a Stroke of Luck


About 4 weeks ago, I visited my Doctor for a regular checkup. While talking to him, I told him about the pain I was having in my ear and down the side of my face, a very bad pain. He examined me and said...

Pros: Anthrax is NOT transmitted from person to person.
Cons: Gives "reach out and touch someone" a whole new meaning.

Anthrax was once a disease of the pasture and barnyard. In today's Star Wars and Biological Warfare environment, several confirmed, and related cases of inhalation (lungs) and cutaneous (skin) varieties have emerged.

The Nurse Call Center...

Pros: Weight loss
Cons: It is cancer

Hey, I just lost 5 pounds, and I’m not even trying! I guess my metabolism is changing, yea! I guess all that working out I’ve done all these years is finally paying off.

“What do you want for dinner, honey?” my dear husband...

Pros: I will feel better
Cons: Surgery is a painful process

[Subtitled: Excavation & Reconstruction of Your Cervical Spine]

By the time most of you read this I will be painfully [Ouch!] in touch with the intricacies of each of these procedures. Cushy position that - because I will soon be...

Pros: Check it out early
Cons: "It's a pain in the neck"!

When I was a youth, SurgRN911 was a “pain in the neck”. Over time, my children assumed that role. But now SurgRN and I are closer than ever and my son and daughter are responsible adults. So what is this “pain in the neck”?


A Bit...

Pros: Getting treatment makes it go away
Cons: You can't breathe when you have one :)

What is sinusitis? It can be chronic. It's an infection and inflammation of your nasal sinuses. Ever get bad pain around your eyes or nose? That could be due to sinusitis. It happens when your drainage system is blocked. Winter is the time to get it, but...

Pros: Listening to your body will save you
Cons: If you don't listen, it could kill you

In 1997, I was diagnosed at age 28 with epilepsy...or, as they like to call it now, a "seizure disorder." Who would have thought? Epilepsy was not something that ran in my family, nor did I know of anyone who had it. And now I was in the statistics......

Pros: A STRESS free life will not only lengthen your life but make you much happier.
Cons: There is nothing BUT cons to living a stress filled life.

Stress- The Mental, The Emotional and The Physical Side effects

This afternoon a girlfriend of mine stopped by. We had somehow got on the topic of stress and she told me she wanted to show me something. She put her head down to...

Pros: It is often the only "fix"
Cons: It is a frightening prospect

[Subtitled: Choosing Your Spine Surgeon]

Well, you have had the appropriate diagnostic tests [CT scan, EMG, MRI, , Myelogram, or X-ray] for your spine. You and your healthcare providers have considered – maybe even tried – a full range...

Pros: N/A
Cons: N/A

Last year, I started feeling really bad all of the time. I was tired, oversleeping several days a week, I had a lack of energy, I couldn’t concentrate at work and I started falling asleep at work. I started loosing interest in a lot of the things I...

Pros: Get Tested
Cons: This is a terrible disease

What can you do to prevent or find early Colon Cancer? Do you know if your are likely to have Colon or rectal Cancer (also called Colorectal Cancer)? Do you know what to do to prevent or to find Colon or rectal Cancer at a early stage?. Understanding...

Pros: TAKE CARE OF THEM AND THEY WILL LAST FOREVER
Cons: THEY WILL GET SOFT AND MUSHY AND BREAK

Osteoporosis is inevitable if you do not take the proper care of your bones. May sound funny to you when you are young. Wondering how to take care of a bone. We have all seen the milk commercials and how milk helps to build strong bones. It is...

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Cons: n/a

Pros: Plantar fascitis is treatable. Catch it sooner rather than later.
Cons: None.

Ouch! How many weeks had I been saying that as I got
out of bed in the morning? I couldn't remember and
didn't think Ginko Balboa would help. After all, my life
was extremely stressful. A difficult birth, a fun but
very...

Pros: DOES NOT APPLY
Cons: The Disease

Prostate Cancer has reared its ugly face in many people’s lives. Last year one of the doctor’s at our clinic discovered at his complete examination that he had it. One of my co-workers fathers lost his long battle with the deadly disease.

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