Is your aspirin making your head hurt? Popping painkillers every time your head hurts may actually make the pain worse. Here's how to ease the ache
Article Abstract:
An overuse of pain medications for headaches may actually made the condition worse through so-called 'rebound headaches. The most common scenario involves a headache that comes about as a result of the body's withdrawal from painkillers. Methods of coping with rebound headaches are discussed.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1997
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Can this medical plan be saved? How to make your HMO work for you
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Problems with HMO plans can arise that are not only inconvenient, but costly and possibly life-threatening. Emergency treatment away from a plan hospital, and referrals are just two problems that can surface. Tips are given on how be be more proactive in getting the best from an HMO plan.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1997
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The right way to treat high blood pressure; how to avoid the mistakes that doctors make
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The biggest mistakes physicians make in hypertension treatment include relying on too few blood-pressure readings to make a diagnosis and failing to intervene early enough. Other common mistakes are listed, and advice for helping a patient prevent them is included.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1996
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