neck

Long-Life Tips

Honor Your Neck

Headaches, numb hands and dizziness are the three main symptoms of a bum neck. Keep it strong by alternately pushing your head forward and then back against your cupped palm for a count of 10 several times a day. Keep your neck supple by gently moving it forward, backward and sideways. ... View slideshow >>

Heart Health

Other Upper Body Pain

Whether or not you experience chest pain, you may experience pain in other areas of your upper body, including your shoulders, arms, back, neck, teeth or jaw. ... View slideshow >>

Bones, Joints & Muscles

Disc Makes a World of Difference

Posted April 28, 2008 12:57 PM

BLOOMINGTON, ILL. -- When Dave Moravec of Normal, Ill. ruptured a disc and pinched a nerve in his neck while golfing, all he wanted was pain relief. He got relief. That relief came by participating in a national study of a new artificial cervical disc that makes his experience even more special. "I think it's kind of cool," the 45-year-old computer business development manager, Read more...

See also: artificial discs, back, bones, cervical disc, degenerative disc disease, disc, FDA approval, Health, implants, injury, mobility, movement, neck, neurosurgery, pain, Prestige Cervical Disc, spinal, spine, surgery, surgical implant, vertebrae, wellness

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Humor

Hear This

Posted August 27, 2007 3:36 PM

A man realizes he needs to buy a hearing aid, but he doesn't want to spend too much money. "How much do they run?" he asks the clerk. "That depends," the salesman replies. "They range from $2 to $2,000." "Let's see the $2 model," the customer says. The clerk puts the device around the man's neck and says, "You just stick this button in Read more...

See also: button, clerk, customer, ear, hearing aid, man, money, neck, salesman

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Alternative & Integrative Health

Working With Your Inner Healer

Posted August 27, 2007 3:30 PM

By Kyle Roderick ThirdAge Staff From Carl Jung to evolutionary psychologists, it's been theorized that survival strategies are passed along in our DNA. Given that primitive humans relied on themselves for health care services, it seems probable that healing energies are coded into our psyches and our tissues. According to energy healer Donna Eden, author of Energy Medicine (Putnam, 2000), Read more...

See also: Carl Jung, dna, energy, heal, health care, massage, miracles, neck, psyches

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Heart Health

Thyroid Conditions Go Unseen

Posted August 27, 2007 3:30 PM

By Fran Berger ThirdAge News If you find yourself tired and depressed or feeling cold when everyone else is wearing short sleeves, you might have a thyroid that's out of whack. Doctors are recommending regular screenings for this easily treatable condition -- because more than half of the estimated 13 million people affected by thyroid problems are not aware of the condition. Now, a Read more...

See also: depressed, gland, heart disease, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, neck, thyroid, tired

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Vision Health

New Risk of Wearing Glasses

Posted August 27, 2007 3:29 PM

If you think wearing glasses is a pain in the neck, you might be right. A recent survey by SOLA Optical finds people who wear glasses are more prone to getting Computer Vision Syndrome or CVS, which includes neck, back and eye strain. CVS is a term coined by the American Optometric Association to describe eyestrain, headaches and other problems associated with prolonged computer use. Almost 71 Read more...

See also: computer, CVS, eye strain, eyestrain, neck, optometric, pain, SOLA, vision, wearing glasses

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Salons & Treatments

Hot Rocks for Aches, Pains

Posted August 27, 2007 3:27 PM

Ever considered the hot-rock method of easing back pain and aching muscles? The small volcanic stones are the main components in a novel brand of massage called LaStone Therapy. The therapy, developed by Mary Nelson-Hannigan of Tucson, Ariz., uses 54 preheated basalt lava stones placed on "energy centers of the body" -- known as chakras -- to cradle the neck and spine. Rocks from Read more...

See also: aching muscles, back pain, hot-rock, neck, spine, therapy energy, volcanic stones

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Bummer: Marijuana Use Linked to Cancer

Posted August 27, 2007 3:23 PM

If you went one toke over the line in the '60s, a new study warns you may be at greater risk of developing certain forms of cancer. This study, conducted at the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center, reports that smoking marijuana may increase the risk of contracting cancers in the mouth, larynx, pharynx and tongue. Although frequent marijuana smoking is past history for many boomers, the signs of Read more...

See also: Cancer, general, head, marijuana, neck, smoking, throat, tongue

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