After skin cancer, breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in American women. Fortunately, you can learn everything you need to know about breast cancer with a search online, which could help you spot the early signs. Signs and Symptoms If you are in the early stages of breast cancer, you may not […]
Fibromyalgia is a medical condition that causes chronic, widespread pain in the muscles of the body. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the condition affects approximately two percent of the U.S. adult population. No one knows the exact cause of fibromyalgia, but scientists suspect it is related to abnormal processing of painful stimuli. Specifically, an overmagnification of the body’s pain signals. As fibromyalgia can have significant physical and psychological effects — such as fatigue, disability, depression, and/or anxiety — this article focuses on nine tips for coping with fibromyalgia pain.
Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by widespread pain and tenderness in the muscles and associated soft tissues. It may be accompanied by sleep disturbances, fatigue, and memory and mood issues. Although fibromyalgia can affect patients of either sex and at any age, it most commonly presents itself in young or middle-aged women.
As you grow older, osteoporosis becomes an increasing concern – and it’s especially common in aging women. A condition that affects the quality and density of a person’s bones, osteoporosis increases the risk of a bone fracture. Osteoporosis makes your bones far more fragile, and it causes approximately 2 million fractures and 65,000 deaths each year.
Echolocation has been around for nearly as long as life has been on the planet. For most of Earth’s natural history, it’s lived in the animal kingdom. Bats, dolphins, toothed whales, shrews, and a few species of birds have leaned on this fascinating system of navigation to provide them with an evolutionary edge whilst swimming in the deep, dark sea or hunting for prey in the middle of the wee hours of the morning. It was once assumed that the magic of echolocation was reserved for bats and water-dwelling mammals. Not so. You see, you too can learn to harness the power of echolocation.
Nothing kills more American men and women per year than heart disease. In fact, almost 630,000 American men and women die from heart disease each year. Approximately every 40 seconds someone has a heart attack, which is a dreaded complication from coronary artery disease.