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BROKEN-HEARTED

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Dear Reader,  I Do Not Exactly Know If The Term " Brokenhearted " Is A Medical Condition But I'm Sure That We've Heard About It Countless Times, And Maybe Even Used It Before Too.  I Saw a health Condition Called " Broken Heart Syndrome " Which Is A Heart Condition Often Brought About By Stressful Situations And Extreme Emotions. It Is A Sudden Weakness In The Heart Muscle. This Condition Can Also Be Triggered By A Serious Physical Illness Or Surgery. It Is A Temporary Condition Though Some Persons Continue To Feel Unwell Even After Their Hearts Get Healed.  Broken Heart Syndrome Can Also Be Called "Stress Cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Or Apical Ballooning Syndrome". People With This Condition May Experience Sudden Chest Pain Which Might Seem Like A Heart Attack, And Shortness Of Breath. The Exact Cause Of This Condition Is Not Known But It Is Believed To Occur Due To A Surge In Stress Hormones Which Reduces Blood Flow In The Arteries O...

SETTLED BILLS

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Happy September, dear Reader🤗 It's been a while, and it felt as though I had been gone for a year. How have you been these three weeks?  You know how hard our country is becoming, and how difficult life has become for a lot of people right? I realized that so many people do not go to the hospitals anymore because they cannot afford to pay their bills. Some are diagnosed with very severe conditions, and they do not have enough money to keep up with their treatments. As a result, we have so many people who abuse analgesics, or what we popularly call "pain killers".  Imagine that you walk into a pharmacy to get some drugs after seeing the doctor, and after the drugs are being dispensed you are not able to pay the bill and as a result, you run into debt. Won't you just ask for PCM instead? Let the pain just subside for now then you'll know what to do subsequently. Or imagine that you rush a patient to the hospital and in your thinking, "nothing much" is don...