The Medical Minute: Understanding AFib and How to Treat it
The heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect people of any age, but is most common in older ...
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The Medical Minute: Need Health Care Help and Don’t Speak the Language? You’re Covered.
Health care providers are working to end a nightmare that leaves many throughout the U.S. feeling powerless. t goes like ...
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 ...
The Medical Minute: Talk to Your Health Care Provider About Any Use of Cannabinoid Products
Of particular concern is that cannabinoids, whether prescribed or not, may interfere with some prescription medicines, possibly causing serious health ...
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 ...
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