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What You Should Know About Hospice Care
In anticipation of the opening of the new Orlando Health Palliative Care Inpatient Unit in conjunction with Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, this blog was written in partnership with Michael Shapiro, MD, HMDC, Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director.
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Gifts and Challenges of Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery is a major undertaking, but it can reap the benefits weight-challenged patients dream about: thinner bodies, fewer health problems and better mobility.
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How the Watchman Device Can Benefit AFib Patients
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common type of irregular heartbeat. It affects as many as 6 million Americans, and that number is expected to increase as people age.
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How the Umbilical Cord Saves Your Baby’s Life—and the Lives of Others
It’s an unforgettable moment, when the baby’s umbilical cord is cut after birth. With that painless snip, you and your baby are officially separated. Until then, the umbilical cord served as a lifeline to your child, connecting them to the placenta and providing oxygen and nutrient-rich blood, while removing waste products. Once your baby is born, the cord is cut—it has served its purpose. But did you know that even then, your baby’s umbilical cord can still save lives?
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Hope for Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, chronic autoimmune disease where neuromuscular junction transmission is disrupted, producing painless weakness in the skeletal muscles throughout the body. Skeletal muscles are ones that are voluntary controlled, such as those in the limbs, face, tongue and muscles that move eyes.
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Thirsty Much? Know the Signs of Dehydration
Our bodies need water to survive. Water doesn’t just keep us from feeling thirsty, it is instrumental in helping our bodies run efficiently. Water makes up 55 percent to 65 percent of adult bodies and about 78 percent of newborn bodies. Within the body, the brain and heart contain 73 percent water, muscles and kidneys contain 79 percent and even our bones are made up of 31 percent water.
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New Localization Technology Makes Breast Cancer Lumpectomy Surgery Easier, More Efficient
Each year, more than 2.8 million women in the United States have breast procedures that require precisely locating a tumor for a lumpectomy or a biopsy. On the day of the procedure, radiologists traditionally mark that area by numbing the breast with a local anesthetic, inserting a needle into the breast and threading a thin wire into that needle, then removing the needle so the wire remains as a marker for the surgeon. With needle/wire localization process, the wire is then removed during the biopsy procedure.
