When Should You See a Doctor for Back Pain?
DUBOIS - Approximately 20 percent of Americans seek medical attention every year for back or neck pain, but fortunately, the ...
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The Medical Minute: How to Communicate with Someone Who Doesn’t Hear? Just Ask Them.
Edith Dong, an extern in the Department of Audiology at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, sometimes forms a bond with ...
The Medical Minute: A New or Expectant Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding provides many lifelong benefits for babies, including lowering risk for certain infections and diseases and helping build strong immune systems. ...
The Medical Minute: Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease Patients Need Help Transitioning to Adulthood
For parents, few words are more earth-shattering than when a pediatrician says the phrase “heart defects.” What follows can seem ...
The Medical Minute: Understanding Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Although an estimated one in every 500 people is living with an inherited disease known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), many ...
Let’s Talk About Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
DUBOIS - There are some topics that people will not talk about with family, friends and sometimes even their physicians; ...
The Medical Minute: Donated Blood Kept Free from Pathogens
When a patient needs a blood transfusion, they often don’t have time to consider the source. During emergencies, they just ...
The Medical Minute: AI Nothing New to Health Care, But Enhancements Offer Possibilities, Pitfalls
Although the term was first coined 67 years ago, artificial intelligence has dominated headlines in recent months. AI ? loosely ...
The Medical Minute: Early Detection Key to Protecting Vision from Glaucoma
HERSHEY, Pa. — Your eyesight is just fine, so why bother with seeing an eye doctor. Right? As you read ...
Managing Your Blood Pressure Can Prevent the “Silent Killer”
DUBOIS - High blood pressure, also called hypertension, typically develops slowly and often has no symptoms. That is why it ...
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