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Vitamin D is often referred to as the sunshine vitamin. (Photo: Stutterstock)

Healthy Outlook

Take Vitamin D for Your Beauty and Health Living in the DMV, debate is not foreign to this area. So when my lawyer boyfriend tried to debate me on whether I should get a medical exam to make sure all my vitamin and iron levels were at the appropriate amounts, he unsurprisingly
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Neuropathy is when small blood vessels supplying the nerves get damaged by diabetes and begin to die. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Foot Pain

Diabetes Sparks a Rise in Neuropathy Autonomic and small fiber neuropathy used to be considered rare conditions. But with approximately 30 million Americans affected by diabetes – one of the main underlying causes for these diseases – it is an emerging problem. Both types of
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Anibiotics only work to kill bacteria, not viruses. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Miracle Drug?

Antibiotics Are Not Always the Answer The discovery of penicillin in 1928 was heralded as a medical miracle. As one of the first antibiotics, it could cure patients of potentially deadly bacterial illnesses, such as scarlet fever, typhoid and pneumonia. Unfortunately, overuse of
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