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Breathe Easier: Tips for Improving Your Lung Health
Healthy lungs are key to your overall health. They help you think clearly, allow your organs and tissues to function smoothly, and help your immune system protect your body.
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Beating the Odds: A Pastor’s Journey Through Advanced, Lifesaving Heart Care
When Pastor Vic Comstock, 63, arrived at a hospital near his home in Moberly, Missouri, he thought he was battling pneumonia. Vic faced a series of life-threatening complications, including sepsis, respiratory failure, and dehydration.
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Your questions about cardiovascular and heart disease, answered
What is the difference between cardiovascular disease and heart disease?
These two terms are often used interchangeably, but there is a difference. Cardiovascular disease is an umbrella term that encompasses several heart conditions, including heart disease, coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure and peripheral artery disease.
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How to Stay Active, Safe, and Motivated to Exercise This Winter
We answer your questions about working out in cold weather.
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Is It a Cold or Allergies? Quiz Yourself
Is It a Cold or Allergies? Quiz Yourself
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Prepare for and Prevent Seasonal Viruses
Winter’s frigid temperatures often drive us to gather indoors with family and friends, increasing the risk of developing a respiratory illness.
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Take Control of Your Heart Disease Risk
How go the New Year’s resolutions? Unfortunately, most people who make a New Year’s resolution fail to keep it. Vague goals of “getting healthy” typically go by the wayside before the end of January. Instead, stick with specific targets that are realistic and achievable.
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Putting Your Heart (Health) into the Holidays
For many people, the holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year. It’s good for the heart and soul to spend time with friends and family.
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How to Keep Your Mood From Falling Like the Leaves
Many people call fall their favorite season.
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Metro East Vascular Access Center
The main goal of the Metro East Dialysis Access Center (DAC) at Memorial Hospital is to provide safe, quick, and effective dialysis interventions.