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Holding on to stress could affect health – Harvard Health

How stressed are you? How do you handle stress? Does this have an impact on your health? You should read this! https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/holding-on-to-stress-could-affect-health For additional resources, please read this: https://chatwithdrketch.com/2015/03/02/daily-health-tips-i-am-stressed-out/  

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6 simple tips to reduce your blood pressure – Harvard Health

The thinking had always been that 140/90 mmHg was the starting point of hypertension. But that has changed. The new numbers that signify hypertension are 130/80 mmHg. This means that some people who used to be normo-tensive (normal blood pressure) … Continue reading

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#HLWDK Daily Health Tips: Antibiotics, Headaches And Noise In The Ears!

Q: Thank you doctor. Please I really need your help. This is almost two months now I don’t know what cause noise ear in my ear. What medicine can I use? And I’m having serious headache and I have been … Continue reading

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#HLWDK Daily Health Tips: Hiccups

Q: Hello, doctor my baby is 7weeks old and she is experiencing hiccups which last for about, 1-2minutes and crying which leads to sleepless night, any medicine or remedy for this. A: Hiccups refer to involuntary contractions of the diaphragm. … Continue reading

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#HLWDK Daily Health Tips: What Can This Pain Be?

Q: Good evening Dr. I am an 18 year-old girl and I have been having this problem for two years now, in my abdominal part off my stomach. I usually feel something moving. This happens during the course of the … Continue reading

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Daily Health Tips: Heart Burn In Pregnancy

Originally posted on chatwithketch:
Q: Hi Dr. I have terrible heart burn. I am 6 weeks pregnant and I just don’t know what I should do A: Heart burn really has nothing to do with the heart…I bet all of…

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Food and mood: Is there a connection? – Harvard Health

“If you’ve ever found yourself in front of the TV after a bad day, mindlessly digging ice cream out of the container with a spoon, you know that mood and food are sometimes linked. Can the things you eat influence … Continue reading

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Daily Health Tips: Remedy For Itchy Throat

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Q: Please help: what are the natural remedies to an itching throat?   A: An itchy throat as the name suggests refers to an irritating/itching sensation in the throat often accompanied by pain and difficulty when…

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#HLWDK Daily Health Tips: It Looks Like I’m Five Months Pregnant!

Q: Good evening doctor, I gave birth a month ago and my stomach is still as if am five months pregnant… Please what can I do to make my belly look the way it was before pregnancy? Your answer will … Continue reading

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#HLWDK Daily Health Tips: I Feel There Is Smoke In My Eyes

Q: Please Dr., what causes eye pain like feeling as if there is smoke? A: Cloudy vision is a situation in which objects appear milky and ‘veiled’. It is oftentimes used interchangeably with blurry eyes. Blurry, cloudy or even double … Continue reading

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