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White spots on throat area can be quite alarming, especially if you are experiencing other symptoms. The exact cause varies, but medical conditions like: tonsillitis, mononucleosis, oral thrush and strep throat appear to contribute to it development and progression. White spots on the throat may be accompanied by difficulty swallowing, bad breath, weight loss, chest […]
Anxiety is an excessive, unrealistic worry or psychological distress that leads to motor tension (restlessness), autonomic hyperactivity (symptoms such as shortness of breath and palpitations), and hypervigilance (insomnia or constantly feeling on edge). In a study to estimate a 12-month prevalence of disorders, 40 million American adults, aged 18 and older, were reported to be […]
Every summer, a significant number of people present with various symptoms which are known landmarks of allergies. Allergies occur due to hypersensitivity of the immune system to substances in the atmosphere. As a result of the current changing climate, the spring and summer seasons are getting warmer. Warmer weather makes for longer periods of blooming, […]
160 million Americans drink tea daily. That’s a large number of tea-drinkers. According to statistics, tea is the second most-consumed beverage after water. According to the Tea Association of the USA, the annual sales of tea from stores across the nation have risen well above $2.2 billion. Why are more people drinking tea these days? […]
The very catchy slogan for the Let’s Move! campaign says everything about first lady Michelle Obama’s mission to eradicate childhood obesity: America’s Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids. The campaign is dedicated to “solving the problem of childhood obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able […]
Issues surrounding childhood obesity have been increasingly examined in local and national media as the epidemic spreads across our nation. Some scholars and health practitioners even regard the childhood obesity issue as a pandemic. For many, this is a crisis of extreme proportion. Why are we struggling to keep America’s children healthy and who or […]
Those that live in need Before and after the 2012 presidential elections there has inevitably been a lot of talk about the overall condition of the economy. Politicians are asked daily what they intend to do to help struggling Americans out of the slump of unemployment. What strategies will the President implement to help Americans […]
Last year 47.9 million Americans lived without health insurance. A report released earlier this week by the Commonwealth Fund, a private New York health care research foundation, indicates under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) that the number of uninsured people will fall to only 27.1 million by 2022, but under Republican presidential candidate Mitt […]
The list of Americans waiting for a kidney transplant totals about 93,000. Last year alone, 4,720 of them died waiting for an organ. Yet, each year more than 2,600 donated kidneys are discarded instead of saving a patient’s life. According to the New York Times, some experts believe stifling government oversight, as well as an […]
America is on a path toward wide-spread obesity and ill-health, according to a report—“F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future”—released today by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The authors forecast by 2030 the majority of Americans will be obese in 39 states, and obesity rates will exceed 60 […]
Sometimes it’s hard to see past the cold and hard facts of our current situation. Since 2008 the United States has found itself on the frontlines of not one, but several battle grounds both nationally and internationally. Americans are fighting hard against the pressures of a weak economy and rising unemployment rates. Amidst all the […]
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