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When I was younger, I remember my mother talking to us about grandpa having to have surgery to help him go to the bathroom easier.

Now to a young boy, that was about as simple as my mother could have told us without going into great detail.

Fast forward 25 years and my father is facing a similar diagnosis (BPH). The difference, however, in treatment is literally light years ahead.

My father will be undergoing a Green Light Laser Prostate treatment where the enlarged prostate tissue is basically vaporized.

His stay in the hospital will only be about 1-3 days as compared to my grandfather who was hospitalized almost a week.

Technology in medicine is truly amazing!

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A sinus headache is one of the most common types of headaches that people deal with. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most painful and uncomfortable, with the exception of a migraine Hedache. Believe it or not, it is simple to cure a sinus headache but it is easier to do before they start then after they have hit home. Try using a neti pot and cleaning your sinuses on a regular basis. This is a known to help many individuals to overcome sinus problems and the headaches that they tend to cause. It’s a simple solution but it does work.

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 Until recently, experts thought that bipolar disorder was the same in both children and adults.  But extensive studies of children and teens show that the symptoms in children and teens are different than those of adults and they need different treatment than adults do.  Doctors and researchers don’t completely understand what causes adolescent bipolar disorder.  They do know that it tends to run in families and your child has a greater risk of having the disorder if someone in their immediate family, such as a parent, grandparent, brother or sister has it.  There is nothing that a parent can do to prevent adolescent bipolar disorder

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Can you imagine not being able to read, drive or recognize your loved one’s faces? This is a very real threat to millions of people in the world, especially those known as baby boomers. The threat is known as macular degeneration, which is a disease that causes the deterioration of one’s central vision. However, peripheral vision is not affected. If you are obese, your risk is increased for developing this disease. Your risk is also increased if you smoke and your skin is lightly pigmented. You can reduce some of the risk factors for this disease if you quit smoking and lose weight.

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When you have a diagnosis of having pancreatic tumors that are benign or malignant and you are in the first stages of the cancer, a treatment of chemotherapy is one of the options that a patient has. This treatment option is usually used for patients that have high risks when it comes to going under in the surgery so this is a less invasive type of treatment even though there are still issues that have to be dealt with such as loss of hair, sicknesses, time constraints and other types of factors that go along with having to go through months of chemo.

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Symptoms for this disease often get worse during pregnancy, and for this reason, women with Crohn’s disease who are or wish to become pregnant should continue medications under the guidance of their doctor. Symptoms include stomach cramping, diarrhea, and blood in your stool. Other symptoms include losing weight, nausia, joint pain, and fatigue. The disease usually starts in young adults having a low grade fever with frequent diarrhea and cramping.

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My husband and I have good friends who bought a house that is a bit of a fixer upper. One of the major areas of the house that needs replacing is the roof. I have no experience in this area, and I am not sure either my husband or his male counterpart have any knowledge in this area either. I have repaired a roof while on a mission trip to Kentucky, but installing shingles from scratch is a whole different story. I am wondering if they could take a class at a hardware store or something along those lines before they undertake this project blindly.

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People suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder often find themselves in state of shock and grief. somatic psychotherapy could help them pull out of this situation. It helps you bring the lost life back within you. The door of your inner self that might have closed as a result of a traumatic event open up again and you get to go out and express yourself and enjoy the life all over again. The therapy works on the principle that it might require more than words to express yourself sometimes. Somatic therapy helps you open up your closed self and express yourself not necessarily via words but also via actions.

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Anorexia is an emotional eating disorder; that has some really harmful effects. Some of the anorexia effects are health issues like low blood pressure, irregular heart rhythm and brittle nails.

Other effects of anorexia include a decreased immunity, loss of hair, loss of sleep, weakness and fatigue. One of the most dangerous physical effects of anorexia is a chronic dehydration that can result in kidney failure.

Anorexia also has emotional effects like depression and emotional regression. It can even instigate a feeling of guilt in the patient's mind. These physical and mental effects can be taken care of with proper treatment.

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If you have been looking for a radiation therapy option for a while now you may be curious about what options are really available to you. Looking to see everything that is available is often an overwhelming situation but typically speaking proton lung radiation therapy is a great option that can be used quite successfully. It is always best to consult with your doctor regarding your specific circumstances though, because each patient is completely different. As the usage of proton radiation therapy has expanded, it was only natural that it would expand to the treatment of lung cancer as well.

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