Picture this scenario: your spouse is complaining of terrible abdominal pain, so bad that you know a trip to the emergency room is in your future. Sure enough, you find yourself driving to the ER, where your spouse is triaged, and eventually, moved t…
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If you are expecting to have surgery in the coming weeks or months, there are things you can do to increase the likelihood of your surgery’s success. One of those to become an informed surgical patient. While, of course, it’s the responsi…
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Cervical cancer is one of the few types of cancer for which women are routinely screened, even when there is no reason to expect that cancer will be found. Women who receive routine pelvic exams from their OB/GYN or primary care physician will typica…
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Preeclampsia is a disorder in pregnant women which is marked by sudden increases in blood pressure both during pregnancy and during the weeks following delivery. Occurring in about five to eight percent of pregnancies in the United States, preeclamps…
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You can scarcely turn on the evening news or open your web browser without reading something about the growing opioid drug crisis in this country. This addiction crisis is striking home for many people not just because of the sheer numbers of people…
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Your parents or grandparents may have gotten their medicine from a local family-owned pharmacy, where the pharmacist knew his customers and their families personally. Most of those pharmacies are gone now, replaced by large chain drugstores. What the…
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Should you or a loved on have received a tPA and MRI for stroke symptoms? Stroke is the third leading cause of death, and the primary cause of permanent disability in this country. A stroke can occur without warning and devastate your ability to spea…
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When you present at a doctor’s office or hospital for treatment, you assume that the care you receive will be based on your medical needs and your doctor’s good judgment. And of course, that’s how it is supposed to work. But there i…
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If you’ve ever heard of someone having “water on the brain,” you’ve heard a common name for hydrocephalus, a word that actually comes from the Greek words for “water” and “head.” But the fluid involved…
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More than 13% of Americans—over 40 million people—are currently over 65 years old. Over the coming decades, that percentage is only expected to rise, as is the percentage of Americans over 85 years old. As the aging population increases, so does…
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