Pet project: A Prescription for Better Health?
Wicked Local
Improved health – both physical and mental – may be another bonus. “It's a vital and healthy kind of energy you get with a pet,” says Bobbie Miner, as she sits in her living room in the house she, her husband Rich, and their adopted dog Stormin' Norman …

Best and worst jobs for your health
Fox News
Sitting all day has been linked to back pain, repetitive stress injuries, obesity, an increased risk of heart disease, and a shorter lifespan—even among people who squeeze in exercise before or after work. What can you do? Protect yourself by taking …

Dental Abuse Seen Driven by Private Equity Investments
Bloomberg
Isaac, who suffers from seizures from a brain injury in infancy, didn't need the work, according to his mother, Stacey Gagnon. “I was absolutely horrified,” said Gagnon, of Camp Verde, Arizona. “I never gave them permission to drill into my son's mouth …

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Tackling the problem: Concussions in football
Newcanaannewsonline
There are an estimated 1.6 to 3.8 million sports-related concussions in the United States every year, leading The Centers for Disease Control to conclude that sports concussions in the United States have reached an "epidemic level.

Drop pain & pleasure
Deccan Chronicle
The brain is wired to repeat something that gives pleasure. It could be anything, for instance, exercises like jogging, or gym training or a health diet can become addictive. It means the body or the mind start craving it, and there are withdrawal …

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Mothers, You Already Know
Baristanet
As a student in this intensive program I'm learning anatomy and physiology, comfort measures and pain management, hospital practices and procedures, breastfeeding basics and newborn care. All of what I am learning and what I will be teaching can be …

Amazed by Acupuncture
Patch.com
I've managed life with chronic pain for years. Over the past month, however, I suffered a flare up so severe that one of my dog training students expressed concern, and she shared her own experience with acupuncture—not only to relieve pain, …

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Treating Pain Naturally
WellBeing (blog)
It's a matter of focusing and training the mind with discipline. New advances in Neuroscience shed light on this and in the words of Martin Rossman MD in 'Guided Imagery for Self-healing' who says that acute pain appears in areas of the brain that are …

NFL players taught to ignore pain and play through it
WEEI.com
He talks about the increased risk players have from head trauma, how players deal with pain, how many concussions he sustained in the NFL and an update on his health. Former NFL running back Dorsey Levens joined D & C to discuss the suicide of Junior …

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NFL players taught to ignore pain and play through it
WEEI.com
He talks about the increased risk players have from head trauma, how players deal with pain, how many concussions he sustained in the NFL and an update on his health. D&C listener Dave from Worcester checked in to express his own bout with suicide and …

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