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Side Effects Of Being Addicted To Sleep Medicine

Lunesta (eszopiclone) is a prescriptive sedative medication which is used to help people get to sleep especially those who are experiencing insomnia. But just like other sleeping supplements in the market, there is a likelihood that it might cause dependence on those who take this medicine. Addiction to Lunesta comes about when you use the… Read More: Side Effects Of Being Addicted To Sleep Medicine »

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its endingMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of… Read More: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End »

Being Overweight And Inactive Equals Higher Cardiac Heart Failure Risk

A study that followed over 21,000 male doctors for two decades, measuring a variety of things including the influence of carrying a few extra pounds and physical activity on risk of cardiac heart failure has an important message – even a few extra pounds can be risky, especially if you’re not active. For the non-medical… Read More: Being Overweight And Inactive Equals Higher Cardiac Heart Failure Risk »