Heather Welborn

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• Cauliflower Health Benefits

  When talking about healthy foods, especially vegetables, you always hear that it is best to have more colors on the plate. The more the better!However, when we think of vegetables, we imagine green spinach, red bell pepper, orange carrots, purple cabbage, and the list goes on. But there are some...

• Laminectomy: Reasons for Having One and the Risks It Involves

  What Is a Laminectomy?A laminectomy is a kind of surgery whose aim is to decompress the spinal cord. The lamina (the bone that constitutes spinal‘s vertebral arch) and bone spurs are removed during the operation. Both the lamina and bone spurs can compress your spinal cord leading to:...

• Lump in the Throat (Globus Sensation): What Does It Mean?

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• Foods to Eat with High Vitamin D

  What is vitamin D?Vitamin D is different than other types of vitamins since it is a fat-soluble vitamin. The reason it is different is because the human body can make the most of this vitamin as per the need with exposure to sunlight. Vitamin D is known to act as a pro-hormone, since it has an...

• What Is Septic Shock?

  This is a severe condition which is a result of an overwhelmed immune system due to an infection. Widespread inflammation is activated by immune chemicals that are released into the blood to fight the infection. This causes leaky vessels and blood clots. The flow of blood is then disrupted which...