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	Title & Description	Episode number
	Spinal Cord Injury Spinal cord injuries usually begin with a blow that fractures or dislocates your vertebrae, the bone disks that make up your spine. Most injuries don't sever your spinal cord. Instead, they cause damage when pieces of vertebrae tear into cord tissue or press down on the nerve parts that carry signals. In a complete spinal cord injury, the cord can't relay messages below the level of the injury. As a result, you are paralyzed below the level of injury. In an incomplete injury, you have some movement and sensation below the injury.	712
	Dizziness When you are dizzy, you may feel lightheaded or lose your balance. If you feel that the room is spinning, you have vertigo. A sudden drop in blood pressure or being dehydrated can make you dizzy. Many people feel lightheaded if they get up too quickly from sitting or lying down.	713
	Psoriasis Psoriasis is a chronic, autoimmune disease that appears on the skin. It occurs when the immune system sends out faulty signals that speed up the growth cycle of skin cells. Psoriasis is not contagious and can strike at any age.	801
	Chronic Pain Management Millions of Americans suffer from pain that is severe and lasts longer that more than 10 days. This is considered chronic pain. Acute pain is a normal sensation but with chronic pain the pain signals in the nervous system keep firing for weeks, months and even years. Some chronic pain is caused by an initial incident or there may be an ongoing cause such as arthritis, cancer or neuropathy. There may not even be an apparent cause evident. The goal for someone with chronic pain is to learn to independently self-manage this condition in such a way to achieve maxim	802
	Medical Radiation The use of CT scan as a diagnostic tool has increased significantly since the 1970’s. But the dose of ionizing radiation delivered in a CT scan is higher than most other imaging techniques. Even though MRI is an advanced technology that delivers no radiation, CT scans are still the diagnostic tool of choice, even in situations where an MRI would be sufficient. Today, the CT scan is one of the most commonly used procedures in diagnostic radiology. And scanning protocols mandate increased radiation doses.	803
	The Aging Face It’s a difficult choice facing middle-aged woman; do you go for the lean, mean body or a plumper, younger looking face? Why can’t we have it all? What happens to our faces as we age? What causes us to look older or younger? What role does fat…or bone…play in the aging face? What’s behind the wrinkles? And most importantly, what can--or should--we do to preserve a youthful appearance? The typical appearance of the face and neck changes with age. Muscle tone may be lost, causing a flabby or droopy appearance. The jowls may begin to sag, leading to a "double chin" in some people.	804
	Pelvic Organ Prolapse Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a medical condition that occurs when the normal support of the vagina is lost, resulting in “sagging” or dropping of the bladder, urethra, cervix and rectum. As the prolapse of the vagina and uterus progresses, women can feel bulging tissue protruding through the opening of the vagina.	805
	Sugar Sugar is a confusing substance. Recently, it has been identified by the medical community as a factor in excessive body weight in both children and adults, and obesity-fighting campaigns now advocate for no sugar and no added sugar in adult and children’s diets. Additionally, the advocacy community is actively campaigning against the consumption of high fructose corn syrup –activity which has drawn counter advocacy from the corn industry.	806
	Pituitary Gland Tumor The pituitary gland is a pea-sized endocrine gland located at the base of the brain. The pituitary helps control the release of hormones from other endocrine glands, such as the thyroid and adrenal glands. The pituitary also releases hormones that directly affect body tissues, such as bones and the breast's milk glands.	807
	Living With Alzheimer's According to a recent study released by the Alzheimer’s Association, five million people in the US have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Approximately one-half are at the early stages of the disease, struggling to pass for normal.	808

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