Understanding your bowel movements is crucial for maintaining overall health. Your colon, also known as the large intestine, plays a significant role in your digestive system. Constipation and other changes in bowel movements can be indicators of your colon’s health. In this article, we’ll explore what these signs mean and how you can maintain a healthy colon.

What constipation and bowel movements tell you about your colon

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Plus the difference between heart attack symptoms for men and women.

Why is arm pain a common heart attack symptom? Here’s what you should know

Bloating in the digestive system can cause pain and discomfort. The abdomen may become distended (stick out) and cause symptoms such as a feeling of fullness, pressure, or tightness in the stomach. The symptoms of bloating can range from mild to severe. In some cases, it lasts a long time and disrupts daily life.

Bloating: Pain, Heaviness, Tightness, and Swollen Abdomen

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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What Causes Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

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California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and tendonitis can overlap. It is important to distinguish between the two to receive appropriate treatment. CTS occurs when tissues swell and compress the median nerve, the main nerve from the forearm to the hand. This can be due to multiple factors, including repetitive...

What is the difference between carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis?

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What makes a Zodiac Sign low maintenance? Independence can make someone low maintenance. Someone who is reliable, dependable, and punctual, can make someone low maintenance. Someone who tends to want to do things on their own can be low maintenance. Low-maintenance people tend to be those people who do on their own but are not necessarily alone. They rarely need or ask for help. They are self-motivated, often energetic, and can be considered leaders is many cases. Now me, some say I am low maintenance and others say I’m high maintenance. Maybe I’m both. Let's see what zodiac signs are considered low-maintenance.

5 Zodiac Signs That Are Low Maintenance

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Anxiety doesn’t directly cause IBS, but it may make your symptoms worse. Overlapping genetic pathways and two-way communication between your gut and your brain could help explain the link between these two conditions. It’s fairly common to notice gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms when you’re feeling anxious. Known as having a...

Your Guide to Navigating Anxiety and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

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Affluent people can splurge their money on the most luxurious possessions and lifestyles. However, most rich people are wise with money, refrain from making unnecessary purchases, and instead put their money to profitable use. Check out the list of 12 such things.

12 Things People Who Are Good With Money Will Never Spend On

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

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Medically reviewed by Stella Bard, MDMedically reviewed by Stella Bard, MDAnkylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory condition that primarily affects the joints and bones at the base of the spine. It leads to pain and stiffness that can significantly impair daily activities. It can also affect other body areas, including the eyes, heart, and lungs.AS affects about 1% of people. While there's no cure, self-care strategies like regular exercise, a nutritious diet, and stress management can help reduce symptoms and improve quality of life.Engage in Regular ExerciseResearch has shown that a combination of aerobic, strength, stretching, and balancing exercises...

Ankylosing Spondylitis Self-Care Strategies

Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome (CKM) describes the complex health disorder caused by connections between diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and kidney disease. Preventing CKM syndrome involves maintaining a healthy body weight, eating healthy foods and being physically active. Taking medications to manage blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol may be necessary. By...

What Is CKM Syndrome? Causes, Treatments, and Prevention

As co-editor of a news site devoted to reporting on mental health, it is sometimes challenging to decide what, exactly, is a mental health story – when almost everything is influenced by or impacts our mental health. Extremism, violence, racism, misogyny, the demonization of others – all these currents, which have festered for so long in our country, have rarely been more pronounced.

A nation inflamed – and in distress

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Managing glucose levels is crucial for maintaining overall health, but many people are unaware of the joint pains associated with glucose health issues. These pains can range from mild discomfort to severe, life-altering conditions. Understanding these pains, their causes, and how to manage them is essential for anyone with glucose-related health problems.

Common pains linked to glucose health issues

For years, gout was considered a rich man’s illness, the result of overindulging in rich foods. But this painful form of inflammatory arthritis actually is an equal opportunity disease. Apart from causing joint pain, it may be the canary in the coal mine for heart disease—similar to other inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout is a risk factor for heart problems. We asked rheumatologist Puja Khanna, MD, MPH, to explain how to avoid and treat gout.

Gout …and Its Link to  Inflammation

Find out the emotional and physical symptoms of stress, and get tips on how to manage it from our clinical psychologist. Whether it’s an increased awareness of mental health, or the greater numbers of stressors in modern life, 70% of UK adults say they have felt so stressed at some point that they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope in the past year. One-off events can lead to a period of intense but acute symptoms of stress, which we can generally recover from without ill effects. However, chronic stress symptoms can also occur from ongoing stress or stress that keeps returning.

What are the symptoms of stress?

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How Chronic Stress Can Disguise a Serious Illness

Greetings, MindSite News Readers. In today’s Daily, find out how chronic stress can actually mask chronic illness. Also in this edition: A writer talks about why...

How Chronic Stress Can Disguise a Serious Illness

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