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Blood tests play a crucial role in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of a large number of diseases. Many patients and doctors rely on blood test results to create a holistic treatment plan geared toward overall wellness, but blood tests can also be vital when determining whether a current treatment…

When it comes to aging, one of the most frustrating concerns for men is the development of erectile dysfunction. This condition can manifest in varying ways, including the inability to achieve an erection at all, the inability to maintain an erection and the inability to achieve a full erection. Although…

Chronic back pain often requires a multi-faceted treatment plan that includes physical therapy, medication or surgical intervention. In some cases, surgery is chosen when other treatments have been tried and do not work. In others, the condition may be so severe that surgery is required. Medicare coverage for back surgery…

Are droopy eyelids making it hard for you to see well? If so, it’s possible that your physician has mentioned blepharoplasty to relieve the problem that this sagging skin is causing. Blepharoplasty is one of the top five plastic surgical procedures performed in the United States for both men and…

Every year, the flu sweeps across the nation. No hard and fast number exists for how many people get the flu each year, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that number could run as high as 49 million cases annually. The general recommendation from the medical community at…

ECT stands for electroconvulsive therapy and is another name for what was known in the past as electroshock therapy. This form of therapy has been used since 1938 as a psychiatric treatment for certain mental health disorders. Today, doctors and psychiatrists use ECT most commonly to treat severe cases of…

In the United States there are over 28 million people with type 2 diabetes and more than 84 million people living with pre-diabetes, a condition that often becomes type 2 diabetes if it’s left untreated. Today, type 2 diabetics have better and easier drug options for controlling their blood sugar…

As we age, our joints naturally begin to break down due to wear, but this process can be exacerbated by excess weight and injury. In particular, the knee joint is one of the most susceptible to damage over time, and when severe wear or injury strikes the knee, mobility can…

A decline in the quality of your vision is one of the predictable, and often frustrating, elements of aging. For some, it’s just the loss of close reading vision. For others, it’s a worsening of near-sightedness. Given that vision problems are increasingly common for those over 40, Medicare recipients probably…