Health topics
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Toxic Positivity: You Don’t Have to Be Happy All the Time
We’ve all heard some of these comments before: Think happy thoughts! Turn that frown upside down! Think positive. Don’t Worry Be Happy. Fake it ‘til you make it. Stop focusing on the negative! …
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How’s Your Bone Density and Bone Health?
As a woman of a “certain age” I am starting to wrestle with issues of changes in body composition and bone density. In the United States, routine coverage for bone density screening begins…
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Syphilis Comeback? It Never Went Away
When I was in high school, our sex education classes included a section on sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs. The only ones I ever remember the teacher mentioning were syphilis and gonorrhea.…
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I Went for a Hearing Test – How About You?
I’ve been writing about the importance of hearing and going for a hearing test for a while now – for both clients and here at Decipher Your Health. It’s a topic that…
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No, DON’T Take Laxatives to Lose Weight, Please
Another day, another bad health TikTok trend. This time, it’s using laxatives laxatives to lose weight instead of Ozempic. As of September 9, videos with the hashtag #GutTok have been viewed over…
