Just as a girl gradually become a woman with the start of her first period, a woman slowly transitions from her childbearing years to menopause. The hormonal and physiological changes don't happen overnight. This is a good thing because hormones are powerful and too much change at once would be difficult to cope with. This transitional phase leading up to menopause is referred to as perimenopause, and there are plenty of fluctuations during this time.
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Visiting your dentist regularly, brushing and flossing, and eating well are all helpful if you want to have a healthy and appealing smile. Unfortunately, issues may still arise, affecting your mouth, teeth, and gums in a negative way. While surprising to learn, an estimated 120 million people in the United States are missing at least one tooth. This tooth loss may have occurred via an injury or an underlying dental condition, such as decay or gum disease.
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Sleep apnea is a condition that causes you to snore as your throat muscles relax and collapse while you are asleep. Obviously, this isn't good for you and it can affect a lot of areas of your life, including your heart. However, there is another area of your life that your sleep apnea can be affecting and that is your spouse. While you should seek treatment for yourself, you should be even more motivated to do so knowing that it is affecting your loved one as well.
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If you are someone who suffers from temporomandibular joint dysfunction, you're familiar with the hardships that come along with it. The pain which radiates down from your ear, jaw, and neck can cause so much discomfort that you often find yourself trying to do whatever you can to avoid the pain. If the changes that you've been making don't seem to be giving you the relief that you seek, keep reading to learn a few tips that you can start using immediately that just might do the trick.
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Urgent care facilities have been opening up all across the country and continue to expand the areas that they service, and they are now an important part of a person's health care. If you have never used one before, there are a few things you should understand about this type of health care service.
Urgent care clinics are not emergency rooms
If you have a health emergency that may be life threatening, you need an emergency room.
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