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What is the NIH Stroke Scale?
A stroke is a medical emergency in which blood flow to an area of the brain is interrupted. Within minutes of the blood flow...
Psoas Muscle: What is it and Why is it Important?
If you ask someone to name a few muscles in the human body, odds are they will list the biceps and triceps muscles, maybe...
Systolic vs. Diastolic Heart Failure
People often believe that “heart failure” means that a person’s heart simply stops beating. However, this chronic condition actually involves any scenario in which...
Heart Attack vs. Heart Failure vs. Cardiac Arrest
People often use the terms heart attack, heart failure and cardiac arrest interchangeably. While these heart complications are linked, they are three distinct conditions....
Mood swings? May be your thyroid
Your thyroid (A butterfly-shaped gland located in your neck) produces thyroid hormone, which regulates, among other things, your body’s temperature, metabolism and heartbeat. Thyroid...
