Suffering from chronic inflammation can lead to all kinds of problems in your body. Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that plays a role in protecting joints, boosting your immune system and relieving inflammation. Your body absorbs and uses vitamin C immediately and excretes any excess.
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The short answer is yes -- your stomach can digest food within hours. Unless you have a condition such as a nervous disorder or complications from stomach surgery, then food tends to move through the stomach in around two hours.
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The wrist is the location at which the two forearm bones — the ulna and radius — make contact with the various carpal bones of the hand. A break or fracture is caused by a large fall or excessive force against the bone.
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If you feel bloated and gassy regularly, you’re not alone -- 10 to 20 percent of adults complain of gas in the form of belching or flatulence, and it’s normal to emit flatus 12 to 25 per times day, according to Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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Caffeine, chemically known as 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine, is considered to be the most popular, largely unregulated drug in the world. Caffeine is consumed in coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, many soft drinks and some drugs.
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Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin important for several biological processes, particularly bone formation and immune function. Vitamin D is either absorbed from food or produced in the skin after exposure to sunlight.
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Doing any type of resistance training on a regular basis can actually be beneficial to people suffering from chronic joint pain, according to "Arthritis Today." However, using improper form, lifting too often or lifting weights that are too heavy can lead to joint problems.
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In general, a breastfeeding mother doesn't need to change her diet or avoid specific foods while nursing. Most foods are safe to consume in moderation, even those that have traditionally been off-limits, such as alcoholic drinks.
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When your child has a fever, it means his body has raised its temperature to fight a condition or infection. Even though it helps the body heal, you’ll probably worry; and chances are, if he repeatedly gets that fever when you think he’s getting better, you may worry even more.
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The Mirena IUD is a T-shaped device that is inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy. It contains a synthetic form of the hormone progestin. With the IUD in place, a woman does not ovulate, or release eggs from the ovaries into the fallopian tubes and the the uterus.
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Keratosis is a disease characterized by an overgrowth of horny tissue or tissue containing a protein called keratin. There are several different types of keratosis with varying degrees of severity including actinic keratosis, keratosis pilaris, hyperkeratosis, seborrheic keratosis and keratosis follicularis.
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When Jared Fogle began appearing in television commercials for Subway in 2000, its reputation as a healthier fast food restaurant became widespread. Jared lost 245 lbs.
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Most doctors are affiliated with one or more hospitals where they can perform procedures on the patients they see in their offices.
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If you aren't a fan of spinach and broccoli, you can get the same nutritional benefits from wheatgrass. Despite the claim that wheatgrass is a "superfood," NHS Choices dispels the myth, noting that it is equivalent to any other green vegetable.
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Cancer is a category of diseases that occur throughout the body. These tumors grow rapidly at the original site and are capable of spreading metastatic tumors to other parts of the body.
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Wetting the bed at night is a type of urinary incontinence called nocturnal enuresis. One of the causes of nocturnal enuresis is drinking fluids at night. Adjusting your bathroom habits and beverage choices can help you stop wetting the bed at night, even when you enjoy a nightly beverage.
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If a person has been drinking large amounts of alcohol for prolonged periods of time, alcohol withdrawal symptoms are likely to occur when the drinker attempts to stop or cut back consumption. In severe cases, alcohol withdrawal can be extremely unpleasant, dangerous and even life-threatening.
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The ability of aloe-vera to treat burns is well known, making it a common plant to grow in a kitchen window for emergency treatment of minor burns. However, aloe vera gel, found in the inner meaty part of the thick leaves, has many other health benefits as well when taken orally.
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Everyone has an attachment style, a part of your personality that determines how you behave in interpersonal relationships. Insecure attachment styles include attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance. An avoidant attachment style is characterized by reluctance to trust and rely on others and fear of intimacy.
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Water retention occurs when fluid builds up in the body. In most cases, fluid retention does not cause serious problems. But sometimes, fluid retention causes dangerous effects on the body.
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