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What Do Lap Band Patients Eat? - Lap Band Weight Loss Diet - Nurse’s Guide
If you’re thinking about having lap band surgery you may be wondering what do lap band patients eat or is there a special lap band diet. You’ll want to thoroughly understand what the lap band diet is all about if you decide to go ahead with the lap band procedure. It’s absolutely important […]
Quit Smoking - What Kinds Of Cancer Are Caused By Smoking Cigarettes? From A Nurse
If you smoke cigarettes you’ve probably at one time or another wondered what kinds of cancer are caused by smoking cigarettes. You know there are health concerns with smoking but you may not know all of them. You no doubt have heard that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, but there are other kinds […]
How To Get Low Cost Health Insurance If You’re Laid Off!
If you’ve been laid off or think you may be getting laid off, these are some tips that will help you get long term or short term low cost health insurance. Of course you don’t want to go without health insurance if you don’t have to and if you can find cheap health insurance […]
Pain Relief - 7 Risks, Dangers and Warnings If You Take Painkillers - From a Nurse
If you’re taking painkillers right now for a recent injury or other trauma for pain relief or if you have other acute or chronic pain that you’re taking them for here are a few risks, dangers and warnings I want to pass on to you about over-the-counter and opioid or narcotic painkillers. Plus what […]
How to Buy Hardwood Flooring and Save Money Too!
If you’re planning to buy and install hardwood flooring here are a few things you should know. Whether you plan to install or do it yourself or plan to hire a hardwood floor contractor these tips can save you a lot of time and money.
You’ll want to do plenty of research on the […]
A Simple Wheelchair Exercise To Help Your Body And Mind Get Fit - Nurse’s Guide
If you’re spending any time in a wheelchair you’re not likely to be getting the exercise you need. No matter what type of disability you may have we all know that we need exercise to release hormones like endorphins to help us boost our immune systems.
One reason to exercise that you don’t hear about often […]
Prostate Cancer - New Study Shows PSA Tests Have Lower Readings with Painkillers - Nurse’s Report
A new study reports that taking certain painkillers can lower the levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) which can cause problems with the PSA screening tests used for prostate cancer detection.
In this study of more than 1000 men who took nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs called (NSAIDs), levels of PSA were about 10% lower than for […]
Lap Band Surgery - How Much Weight Can I Lose? Nurse’s Guide
If you’re considering lap band surgery or just beginning to think about lap band surgery as a solution to your weight problems and wondering how much weigh you can lose, I will try to answer this in this short article. This is one of the questions I’m most often asked along with the cost.
If […]
Quit Smoking Tips - Does Nicotine Replacement Therapy Work? - Nurse’s Guide
If you plan to quit smoking you may have heard that the nicotine patch, nicotine gum or other nicotine replacement therapy products don’t work. I’ll try to dispel this and other myths in this article. You can stop smoking with or without it. But knowing the facts will help you decide which way to […]
Will Closing My Credit Card Account Affect My Credit Score?
People often think that if they pay off a credit card or don’t use an existing card and then close the credit card account that they’ll get a better credit rating or raise their credit score. This is not the case and here’s why.
Let’s say you have two cards or more from the same credit […]
