When you suffer from chronic hip pain, you may feel like you cannot do anything without experiencing excruciating pain. After all, whether you are laying down, sitting, standing, or walking, your hips are involved. While your orthopedic surgeon or doctor may be able to offer you prescription pain medications and surgery as treatment options, these may not be exactly what you are looking for. Prescription pain medications only treat the symptom (your hip pain) rather than addressing the underlying cause of that pain.
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Understanding Senior Loneliness And The Benefits Of Home Care Services
Loneliness can affect people in most any stage of life, but your elderly family members are at the greatest risk. Even if your loved one lives at home with you, he or she may still feel alone. Sometimes, the feeling of isolation can lead to psychological problems and physical illnesses. Understanding the most common causes of loneliness in elderly individuals can help you combat it with your loved ones.
Common Causes of Loneliness
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Hard Decision Making: Changing From Curative Care To Palliative Care, And On To Hospice
The decision to seek palliative care instead of curative care can be complex. Changing over to hospice care may feel like giving up. Healthcare providers will do their best to discuss with you the options for you or your loved one as you make these difficult choices.
Curative Care is Treatment that is Aiming to Cure You
Getting curative care is the treatment you receive when you go to your doctor for a problem that can be remedied through medication or therapy.
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Dental Braces And Your Child: How To Help Them Adjust
Child orthodontics can be a tricky business. While you want your child to have the best possible care available, you know they are not happy to go to the orthodontist, nor are they particularly happy to be getting braces. After all, most children associate dental braces with an inexplicable social stigma.
While you may not understand the reasons behind your child's aversion to dental braces and orthodontic care, you will need to help them adjust to their new reality.
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