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For years, Leonard Jones experienced heart palpitations. He didn’t worry about his occasional bouts of arrhythmia because they […] Ignoring arrhythmia could raise your stroke risk
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Many people with psoriasis suffer most when the weather turns cold and the air inside gets dry. But […] Why cold weather wreaks havoc on dry, itchy skin
Brenda Smith began experiencing an alarming change in her health last summer when blood clots in her lung […] Tiny tube a ‘game changer’ to remove deadly blood clots
For much of their lives, sisters Yesenia and Jocelyn Marin have been mistaken for each other’s twin. Now […] Sisters deliver ‘twin’ cousins in same hospital on same day
As a paramedic and EMS consultant, Michael Marsh knows an emergency when he sees one — at least […] Don’t tough it out, warns paramedic whose appendix burst
Beatriz Toledo was looking to embark on a new chapter of her life when a sudden diagnosis derailed […] Transplant replaces 21-pound liver, 9 times its normal size
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Before his heart bypass surgery, Louisiana native Todd Simmons never used to worry about his health, and the […] Heart bypass inspires patient to fix indulgent diet
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