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How a walk in the woods could end with a forced change to your diet 07/14/2021 06:42pm • Play time in the outdoors ended with one local boy having to swear off hamburgers for good. Lauren Katz's 10-year-old son, Abram, developed an allergy to burgers and other red meats after getting bit by a tick. “I had heard what I thought were urban legends about getting a tick bite and then Understanding Alzheimer’s disease: An innovative, person-centered approach to care 07/13/2021 12:52pm • This content is sponsored by Watermark Communities. Alzheimer’s disease has been in the news lately. This past June, during Alzheimer’s Awareness month, the FDA approved the drug Aduhelm as a possible treatment for all patients. However, the FDA later narrowed the use, specifying it was to be Best Foods to Eat -- and Avoid -- for Migraines 07/13/2021 12:00am • Migraine headaches are super common.Migraines can be a real pain in the, well, head. And they're quite common."Migraine is a headache disorder characterized by attacks of head pain, which typically occurs on one side of the head and is accompanied by a variety of neurological symptoms including naus With Vaccine-Hesitant Health Care Workers: Try Empathy 07/13/2021 12:00am • Dr. Michelle Moniz Title: OB-GYN with University of Michigan Hospitals--Michigan Medicine; assistant professor and health policy expert at University of Michigan Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Many U.S. health care facilities are mandating COVID-19 vaccination for employees to prevent the spread of What a Md. gynecologic surgeon wants women to know about fibroids 07/12/2021 02:57pm • July is Fibroid Awareness Month, and while uterine fibroids are common and most women with them are symptom-free, a Largo, Maryland, doctor wants women to know that if fibroids make their life miserable, it's not normal. 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