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Oct
Mouth problems aren't always contained to your mouth. They can manifest on your lips and the top of your throat. Here are the top 4 most common mouth problems, what they look like, causes, and how to treat them. Cold sores: Small, often painful, fluid-filled mouth...
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Oct
Many of us often feel dizzy or lightheaded when we stand up too fast or spin around quickly. Vertigo is different. It is a persistant dizziness, where it feels like the room is spinning but you are actually standing still. Vertigo is a feeling of intense dizziness. It can be acco...
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Oct
Whether it be everyday work and home stresses that are causing tension or the special stresses that come just once a year, taking a few minutes a couple of times per day to stretch your neck and shoulder muscles will not only help you to feel better, it will also help you to hand...
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Oct
Protecting your hearing, especially at a young age, will help to ensure years of healthy ears in the long run. Sound is measured in decibels (dB). For every six decibels, the intensity of sound doubles. If you're in continuous sound for 8 hours, the safe level is 90 dB, abou...
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Oct
We all know what sinus pressure feels like as a result of allergies, a cold, or the flu, but can sinus pain be caused by something happening in your mouth? If the tooth is located near your sinuses, in the top back of your mouth, then, yes, it's possible. Those teeth are so...
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Oct
Florida may not get cold like other parts of the nation, but that's no reason not to take care of the delicate skin on your head and neck during the colder winter months. As the seasons change, it’s important to alter your skin care regiment to keep your skin healthy...
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Oct
Cleft simply means split. A cleft palate is a split in the roof of the mouth, and a cleft lip is a split in the upper or lower lip. Oral clefts are a fairly common birth defect, affecting as many as one in every 1,000 children, and children can be born with either a cleft lip or...
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Oct
For individuals with severe hearing loss, a cochlear implant can restore hearing when traditional hearing aids don't work. The disk part of the device is surgically implanted into the inner ear, the larger part is worn on the outside of the ear. Unlike conventional hearing a...
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Oct
As we age, there are significant changes that happen all over the body. The voice and vocal cords are no different. There are several changes that can happen to your voice that are perfectly normal. During adolescence, the voice changes dramatically, especially for boys. Hormones...
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Oct
There's something going around and if your work or play takes you around lots of people, chances are you’ve had at least one runny nose or sore throat so far this year. It can be difficult to know what kind of over-the-counter medication to take. There are so many cho...
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