1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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Stroke or “brain attack” is caused by an interruption of blood flow to brain tissue. This can happen when a blood vessel tears or clots in the brain. A tear can cause bleeding or hemorrhage and this type of stoke…
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1. Adjusting to Lifestyle Changes Many cases of oral cancer are caused by the overuse of tobacco and alcohol products. If you smoke cigars or cigarettes or use chewing tobacco, quit immediately. Limit your alcohol consumption to one drink per…
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1. Coping Strategies for an Initial Diagnosis First, remember that many forms of skin cancer, particularly those caught early, are highly treatable. Second, consider taking charge of your diagnosis by requesting a copy of the pathologist’s lab report and seeking…
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1. Don’t Let the Disorder Run Your Life When you suffer from mental illness, dealing with it can quickly become your main focus. Don’t let your body suffer while you’re trying to treat your mind, however. Work in at least…
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1. Getting Started Learning to use your mind to control bodily functions that are normally not controlled by a person is called biofeedback. Functions such as heart rate, temperature and blood pressure can be controlled using this alternative therapy. Heartburn…
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1. Wrap the Knee to Help it Rehabilitate Dancers, gymnasts, cheerleaders, runners and all kinds of weekend athletes know the pain of a knee injury. An injury to the knee that requires medical care or attention may be a problem…
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1. Check for Discharge Normal vaginal discharge is mostly clear, free from odor and harmless. Discharge that is white or yellow is an indicator of an infection in the vaginal area. Notice the consistency to the discharge, whether it is…
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1. Subdural Hematoma as a Condition A collection of blood in the space that is between the middle layer of the brain and its outer layer is called a subdural hematoma. It is caused by bleeding veins, which are located…
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1. A Sore arm One of the most common side effects of the hepatitis A vaccine is a sore arm or a sore thigh. This is because this vaccine is injected into the muscle of the upper arm in most…
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1. Getting Started With the Home HIV Test kit Many people still won’t go to their own doctor to be tested for HIV. The reasons are many, but generally it’s because you don’t want to include HIV testing in your…
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1. Cytokines Provide Protection Cytokines are proteins that are produced by white blood cells in our bodies. There are more than 150 different cytokines, including lymphokines, interferons and interleukins. The body produces these proteins when a bacterial infection is present….
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1. ARVC Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a rare condition, but one of the most common causes of sudden unexpected death in athletes. In this progressive disorder, fibrous scar tissue and fat replace normal muscle cells of the right…
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1. Stick It to Heartburn With Acupuncture One of the ways Chinese medicine treats heartburn or GERD is through acupuncture. Acupuncture works through manipulation of certain points of the body, along the meridians of the body, which are sectors of…
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1. The Origins of Hepatitis A Symptoms When a doctor attempts to identify hepatitis A symptoms, he may ask the patient about experiences over the course of the previous two to six weeks. The doctor asks this question because symptoms…
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1. Take Milk Thistle Twice a Day The herb Milk Thistle is closely associated with liver health and detoxification. Its scientific name is Silybum Marianum. Known also as St. Mary’s Thistle and Lady’s Thistle, it is widely used in the…
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1. Basic Equipment for a Back Injury The best equipment to use when you need to move a person with a severe back injury and possible spinal cord damage includes a cervical collar, head supports, a backboard, straps and tape…
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1. Medication Can Help Neck pain is a common problem and is usually caused by an injury or twisting your neck in an unusual way. Non-radiating neck pain is simply pain that stays in the area of your neck. If…
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1. The Source of Facet Joint Pain The skeletal makeup of the spine includes vertebra that interlock with facets above and below. These interlocking points help you move at each vertebral level; those points are your facet joints. These joints…
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1. When Night Falls, so Does Vision If you’re one of the millions of people who have noticed that the stars in the sky seem dim, you might be a victim of night blindness. Night blindness takes a lot of…
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