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Clearing Up the Confusion: Drug Names and Their Salts
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You’ve given the pharmacist a prescription for your new diabetes medication called metformin hydrochloride, but when you receive your bottle and look it up on the internet, all you see is “metformin”, not “metformin...
Diabetes Symptoms & Complications
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Symptoms
People with type 1 or type 2 diabetes may have a range of symptoms. These symptoms might include:
Frequent urination (polyuria) -- often at night (nocturia)
Excessive thirst (polydipsia)
Extreme hunger (polyphagia)
Dry skin
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Diabetes Risk Factors & Prevention
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Risk Factors
Risk factors are characteristics that can predispose you to developing a condition or disease. Just because you have one or more risk factors does not mean you will get diabetes. Risk factors for...
Childhood Obesity: Is a U.S. Epidemic Improving?
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Overweight or obese children in America
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity affects 17 percent of all children and adolescents in the United States, which equates to 12.5 million children...
Pill Splitting – A Safe Way to Save Healthcare Dollars?
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Why split tablets?
Use of medications for chronic illnesses, such as hypertension, diabetes, or high cholesterol - all common U.S. conditions - can often run into the thousands of dollars per year. Rising healthcare costs...
Top 15 on the Health Insurance
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1. What is a Health Insurance Exchange?
You have probably heard by now that there is a big transformation coming to U.S. health insurance. Through changes brought about by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
Back to School Basics: 5 Common Health Questions From Parents
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School Health Questions for Parents
For many kids in America, the next few weeks involve getting back to school after a long (or maybe not so long) summer break. While students may be dreading the...
DEA’s 10th National Drug Take-Back Day Set For September 26th
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DEA began hosting National Prescription Drug Take-Back events in 2010. At the previous nine Take-Back Day events, 4,823,251 pounds (2,411 tons) of unwanted, unneeded or expired medications were surrendered for safe and proper disposal....
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) refers to a complex disorder of the lower intestinal tract. It is mainly characterized by a pattern of symptoms that is often worsened by emotional stress. It is not the...
Insect Repellents: Safe and Effective Use
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The search for an insect repellent can be confusing. To DEET or not to DEET? Should I be concerned about Lyme Disease or West Nile Virus? Can I safely use an insect repellent on...