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Creating an Exercise Program How to create an exercise program Exercise is vital for your health. It can improve your overall sense of well-being. Even low-to-moderate intensity activities for 30 minutes a day can help. These can include: Walking Climbing stairs Gardening Yard
Conditions We Treat
Our fellowship-trained, board-certified pediatric ophthalmologists provide medical and surgical treatments for a wide range of common and more complex eye conditions. These include: Amblyopia (lazy eye) Blocked tear ducts Cataracts Conjunctivitis (pink eye) Dermoids (noncancerous
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Overview of Diabetes Complications What complications are linked to diabetes? Complications linked to diabetes may include: Heart disease. This is often caused by an extra buildup of plaque on the inner wall of a blood vessel (atherosclerosis). The plaque buildup limits blood
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Multiple Sclerosis and Pregnancy What is multiple sclerosis? Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain and spinal cord. MS is unpredictable. The symptoms of MS can range from mild to disabling, such as losing the
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Syncope in Children What is syncope in children? Syncope is a brief loss of consciousness and muscle tone (or posture) that can occur when not enough blood gets to the brain. Syncope is commonly called fainting. In most children, it’s usually harmless. But in a few children
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Pulmonary Emphysema What is emphysema? Emphysema is a progressive chronic lung condition in which the tiny air sacs (alveoli) are damaged or destroyed. When this happens, it causes the tiny air sacs to rupture and create one big air pocket instead of many tiny ones. Air becomes
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Bipolar Disorder in Teens What is bipolar disorder in teens? Bipolar disorder is a type of depression. There are 3 main types of depression: Major depression (clinical depression) Bipolar disorder (manic depression) Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) A teen with bipolar
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Medical breakthroughs in epilepsy treatment
… Medical breakthroughs in epilepsy treatment Blog Barrow … though they’re all-too familiar with the terror and helplessness they feel when their son or daughter experiences a … Many are surprised to learn that epilepsy is the most common of all neurological disorders. One in 26 people …
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… Chief Chirag R. Kapadia, MD Division Chief, Endocrinology Specialties Endocrinology Medical Director Dorothee K. … Fellowship Specialties Endocrinology Physicians & Doctors Eileen A. Baez Irizarry, MD Specialties Endocrinology Hospital … Pamela S.W. Smith, MD Specialties Endocrinology Leslie Touger, MD Specialties Endocrinology Rochelle T.L. …
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The pediatric experts on our team come from several departments, including: Pulmonology Allergy & Immunology Respiratory Therapy Nursing In addition to conducting tests to confirm the asthma diagnosis, we identify co-existing problems that may be making the asthma worse and