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Straight, No Chaser: When Your Headache is Life-Threatening
All headaches are not created equal. Earlier we discussed migraines, but there’s a lot more to headaches than those. In fact, when you come to an emergency room with a history o
Straight, No Chaser: Migraine Headaches Questions and Answers
There are 30 million migraine sufferers in the U.S. alone. Women are three times as likely to have them, but both sexes have to address the issues raised by them. Here are som
Heat Illnesses Awareness (Heat Exhaustion, Heat Cramps, Heat Stroke)
Introduction Heat Awareness Day occurs the last Friday in May instead of the first weekend in July because prevention is better than cure. Once the rains calm down across America,
Straight, No Chaser: Bell’s Palsy
We’ve spent some time focusing on stroke recognition, but today we focus on a condition that often gets confused with a stroke. Bell’s palsy is a paralysis of the facial ne
Straight, No Chaser Vlog: Stroke – How to Save a Life
The Straight, No Chaser vlog (video blog) series presents “health care basics” to keep you safe, healthy and out of the emergency room. Today’s topic is stroke (cerebr
Straight, No Chaser: About Stuttering
How do you respond when you hear someone stutter? Are you a stutterer, and if so, how do you handle it? Let’s answer 7 frequency asked questions to facilitate some understand
Straight, No Chaser: Prevention and Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
If you have carpel tunnel syndrome (CTS) or are at significant risk for developing it, you really should learn strategies to either prevent, limit progression or treat the conditio
Straight, No Chaser: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Do you spend much time typing at work? Are you a construction worker who operates a jack hammer? Do you have arthritis that affects your wrist? Do you have occasional or constant n
Straight, No Chaser: Dementia – When Brain Health Goes Bad
In case you didn’t pick up on it, the posts regarding brain health served two purposes. The first is to ensure you give yourself the best opportunity to live a healthy, happy men
Brain Health – Brain Exercises to Keep You Vibrant
Introduction This post is part of a Straight, No Chaser series on brain health and discusses brain exercises that will keep it vibrant. I always found it odd that we assume our bra
Brain Health – Foods and Brain Healthy Habits
Introduction This post is part of a series on brain health and discusses foods and brain healthy habits. I only get asked about this everyday, so let’s review keeping your br
Brain Health – How Your Brain Works
Introduction This post is a part of a Straight, No Chaser series on brain health and discusses how your brain works. Everyone at Straight, No Chaser and www.sterlingmedic
Insomnia – You Are Not Getting Sleepy
Introduction This post on insomnia is part of a Straight, No Chaser series on sleep disorders. So the pendulum swings from hypersomnia to insomnia. Talking about insomnia makes
Why Are You So Sleepy (Hypersomnia)?
Introduction This post on hypersomnia is part of a Straight, No Chaser series on sleep disorders. Are You Always Tired and Sleepy? Are you one of those individuals who is always ti
Understanding Sleep Apnea
Introduction This Straight, No Chaser post on Sleep Apnea is part of a series on sleep and sleep disorders. What is Sleep Apnea? We’ve discussed many components of sleep and slee
Narcolepsy – The Sleep Attack
Introduction This post on narcolepsy is part of a Straight, No Chaser series on sleep disorders. When you hear about narcolepsy, it’s usually in the context of some joke, but i
Late Night Shift Work and Shift Work Sleep Disorder
Introduction This Straight, No Chaser post on late night shift work and shift work sleep disorder is part of our sleep and sleep disorder series. I used to love to work third shift
National Sleep Awareness Week: What’s Normal Sleep?
Introduction It’s National Sleep Awareness Week, and Straight, No Chaser wants you to wake up, pay attention and learn why sleep is such an important part of your life! Why
Straight, No Chaser: When Back Pain Could Be Life Threatening
Back pain hurts, but there are various causes of that pain that will kill or cripple you. Here’s some information on some diseases that present with back pain representing life
Straight, No Chaser: Sciatica
My pain has a name, and it’s sciatica. There’s always a sense of relief in patients when a name is given to a medical sign or symptom. This Straight, No Chaser places sciati