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… capacity. Sitting also helps: Increase strength. Improve blood circulation. Alleviate constipation. Prevent pneumonia. Prevent blood clots in your legs. Walking You should try to walk … helps: Expand lung capacity. Increase strength. Improve blood circulation. Alleviate constipation. Prevent …
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… Physical Activity Overtraining Overuse Injuries Parkinson's Disease and Exercise Physical Activity as You Get Older … Disorders Planning to Be More Active When You Have Chronic Disease Plantar Fasciitis: Resuming Your Training … COPD: Using Exercise to Feel Better Coronary Artery Disease: Exercising for a Healthy Heart Fitness: Adding More …
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… over the skin. If you have diabetes or peripheral arterial disease , talk with your doctor before you trim your own … cut themselves without realizing it. Peripheral arterial disease can cause toes to be very painful. Many hospitals … Neuropathy Nail Problems and Injuries Peripheral Arterial Disease Toe, Foot, and Ankle Injuries Current as of: …
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… 12, 2024 Overview Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects your central nervous system. It can …
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… return to normal and stay there. You will likely take a blood-thinner medicine (anticoagulant) to prevent blood clots before and after the procedure. This medicine … itself may also cause this. Cardioversion might dislodge a blood clot in your heart. This could cause a stroke . Taking …
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… write down any thoughts that come to you. What if you had a disease that couldn't be cured? Would you want to be given … lead to your death if it's not treated? What if you had a disease that gets worse over time and affects your movement or memory, such as Parkinson's disease or Alzheimer's disease? Would you want to be given …
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… What is glaucoma? Glaucoma is the name for a group of eye diseases that damage the optic nerve . This nerve carries … with glaucoma may have very mild symptoms. But if the disease isn't treated, vision loss may get worse. It can … may have vision loss, but you may not notice it until the disease has become very serious. Any vision loss is most …
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… may want to consider hospice palliative care if: You have a disease or illness that is expected to shorten your life. Treatment that tries to cure the disease or prolong your life has become more of a burden … may benefit from hospice palliative care when their disease has reached an advanced stage: Cancer AIDS ALS …
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… reports a flu outbreak. In some cases, the doctor may do a blood test or take a sample of fluid from your nose or … who have other health problems, especially heart and lung diseases. What Increases Your Risk Anyone exposed to an … gone. You are coughing up yellow, green, rust-coloured, or bloody mucus. You are finding it harder and harder to …
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… a strong immune system, the body has trouble fighting off disease. Both the virus and the infection it causes are …