An Owner’s Guide to Healthy Lungs

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While it can be nerve-racking to fly or take a long road trip with a baby, many do surprisingly well. Get tips on traveling in a plane or car with your baby so that your “bye-bye” is the best possible.

Getting Teenagers to Take Their Meds

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Teens want to make their own decisions but taking medications shouldn’t be left to chance. We explain the info and systems teens need to have in place in order to comply with taking prescriptions.

When You’re Itching for Relief: Coping with Hives

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Allergic reactions can cause annoying, itchy hives. There are a number of approaches to finding relief.

Myths And Realities Of Coconut Oil

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The real facts about coconut oil, its lack of health benefits, and healthy substitutes for coconut oil. Find out.

Holiday Safety at Home: A List Worth Checking Twice

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We've made a holiday safety list (for you to check twice). Don't overlook crucial safety steps to prevent accidents at home with Christmas trees, fires, decorations, children and more.

10 Dynamic Exercises for a Dynamite Workout

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Dynamic warm-up is stretching through movement that will prepare the body to engage in physical activity and sports. Check out these 10 warm-up exercises to help activate your muscles for your workout.

Shingles: Chickenpox, Revisited

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How chickenpox affects your chances of getting shingles. Symptoms and treatment for shingles. How to avoid spreading shingles. The shingles vaccine. Find out.

When Do You Need Help with Asthma Symptoms?

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Asthma management calls for an ongoing partnership with your physician and knowing what symptoms you can handle on your own and when to call your doctor or seek emergency care.

Hysterectomies and Surgical Menopause: A Guide

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Hysterectomies can cause “surgical menopause,” a condition that develops more rapidly and with more intensity than natural menopause. Premier Health explores the reasons and the treatment.

When to Worry About Uterine Fibroids

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Uterine fibroids and their symptoms. How they are treated. How they affect fertility. Who is at risk. Dr. Larry Holland explains.

Pining For Pregnancy? Drop Some Extra Pounds First

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When a woman is overweight or obese during pregnancy, her chances of complications increase. Shedding even some of the pounds helps prevent these problems for herself and the baby.

Diabetes And Depression: Are They Linked?

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Diabetes and depression may be linked, although the exact reasons aren’t yet known. Understanding the relationship between the two can help improve your overall emotional and physical well-being.

The ‘C’-quel You’d Prefer to Miss

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Recurrent cancer causes a complex mix of emotions and new challenges. Refocusing on what helped you through your original treatment and other strategies will help you move toward coping and healing.

Can You See It? Visualization in Sports

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Athletes, athletic trainers and researchers know that visualization techniques can help improve athletic performance. Learn how visualization works and how to practice it.

Is It Time Yet? When to See a Fertility Specialist

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If you are trying to get pregnant without success, know when you should see a fertility specialist and learn how they can help.

Ulcers: More Than Just a Stomach Ache

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Learn about the types of ulcers that can occur in the digestive tract—in the esophagus, the stomach, and the duodenum—and their causes, diagnosis and treatment.

Is That Lump on My Neck a Goiter?

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Learn the most common causes of goiters (an enlarged thyroid gland), their risk factors, and how they are typically diagnosed and treated.

Tips on Coping with Infertility

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Knowing when to seek support can help with the stress of infertility

Facing Your Fears: 5 Therapies for Anxiety Disorder

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Five ways to manage anxiety disorder without medication include psychotherapy (talk therapy), support groups, stress management, yoga and acupuncture.

Don’t Yawn the Day Away. Check Your Meds!

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Find out why fatigue can be a dangerous side effect of medications. Learn what medications cause you to become drowsy and what you can do to avoid these side effects.

When Surgery Disrupts Your Focus And Memory

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Surgery can affect memory and concentration. A Premier Health physician explains who’s at risk and how to reduce postoperative cognitive dysfunction risk. Read now!

Postpartum Depression: Temporary And Treatable

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Postpartum depression is not the baby blues. Learn the symptoms and solutions for this temporary and treatable condition, including what family and friends can do.

Financial Stress? Healthy Steps to Taking Control

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Financial stress is unhealthy. Find out how to overcome it by Premier Health

Why Women Lose More Sleep Than Men

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Good, healthful sleep can be elusive for women because of changes in hormones at various phases of life and the stress of balancing life and work obligations.

Is Your Family Prepared For an Emergency?

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