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The standard advice has been to take 1 adult aspirin about 20 minutes before the dose. This works reasonably well for most people. Another approach I recently heard from a patient was to take 3/4...

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ANSWER: In my formula for health-- 0-5-10-30-150 (0 CIGARETTES, 5 SERVINGS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, 10 MINUTES OF RELAXATION OR STRESS REDUCTION EACH DAY, A BMI < 30, AND 150 MINUTES OF EXERCISE...

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Must read. Dr Synonymous: Family Medicine: Incidentalists for Incidentalomas... : "'You have an incidentaloma (an incidental finding on a medical evaluation such as a lab test or imaging study)',...

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The answer is YES. Since cervical cancer is caused by human papilloma virus, which is almost exclusively a disease of younger women, if a woman has had 3 negative Pap smears between the ages of 5...

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The experts state that children should take fluoride up to and through age 16. Many parents are not aware of this and think fluoride supplements are only for young children. As long as teeth are ...

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The answer is YES. Periodontal disease represents a marked overgrowth of ordinary oral bacterial germs. When you get a bronchitis or pneumonia, these infections come from your own germs getting s...

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