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Tips to Prevent Birth Defects
Did you know that about 120,000 babies are affected by birth defects each year in the United States? In North Carolina, approximately 4,000 babies are born with a serious birth defect each year. The most common birth defects are heart defects (“cardiovascular defects”), defects of the spine and brain (“neural tube defects”) and defects of […]
Cholesterol: Know your numbers
You may know a lot of things about yourself, but do you know what your cholesterol level is? Do you know what those numbers mean? Your HDL is the “good” cholesterol. HDL absorbs cholesterol and carries it back to the liver which then flushes it from your body. High levels of HDL can lower your […]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Answer: More than 56,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with this disease. Question: What is pancreatic cancer? By now you’ve probably heard that beloved Jeopardy host, Alex Trebec, died of pancreatic cancer earlier this month. Of all major cancers, pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate. The older we get the greater the risk of […]
Causes, Symptoms and Treatment for Depression
We’ve all experienced at least a time or two in our lives where we felt depressed. But depression is very different from sadness. If you are feeling down or hopeless on a regular basis, you could be dealing with depression. Depression can be caused by circumstances, but it also can have a biological component. Common […]
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