04
May
Parkinson Awareness … Yes! We Also Talk About Parkinson
Public awareness about Parkinson's disease is very important.While many people may have heard of Parkinson’s disease, many know little or nothing about the condition and how affects a person and their friends and family.Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative...
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May
National Donate Life Month
Creating Awareness for a Nobel CauseIt seems like every month there is a theme to celebrate or observe, and in health care there are so many causes one can be active and be involved.There is nothing like the satisfaction of helping a person in need, which is the thrill that I, al...
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May
Esophageal Cancer Awareness
Esophageal cancer occurs when cancer cells develop in the esophagus, a tube-like structure that runs from your throat to your stomach. Food goes from the mouth to the stomach through the esophagus. The cancer starts at the inner layer of the esophagus and can spread throughout th...
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May
Lack of Sleep and Stress Affect Our Weight!!
More sleep and less stress can produce better weight loss resultsA common denominator of “modern life styles” for most people today includes: rushing against the clock to finish the multiple tasks they have to perform on a daily basis, financial responsibilities, etc...
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May
Listening To Your Self Newly
I don't know about you, but I am more comfortable sharing my problems out loud than I am my dreams. Yet I know from experience that when I open up and get real, people have always been there to meet me and support me, and from within those relationships and conne...
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May
The Overweight Epidemic in The US Hispanic Community
It just takes 26 to 44 pounds of excess weigh to be diagnosed with obesityThe Latin or Hispanic population has been the minority group with the highest population growth rate in the United States with more than 50 million people. Health problems for the Latin community have incre...
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May
Article of Dr. Ortiz in Entrepreneur Magazine
“With technology I can take my business to unimaginable places and help more patients.”Ariel is pioneer in the surgery that helps people lose weight. More than 16 years ago, still a resident, he started to specialize in the placement of the gastric band, and when the...
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May
When Is Enough Enough
Several iniduals have asked me,“When is enough, enough?”Well, that's a moving target. The bottom line is, when you say it is.Which is different from when you want to quit, or when you are “done.”I have questioned this for myself.&nb...
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May
Cirugía Bariátrica en Adolescentes, ¿cómo? ¿por qué?
La obesidad mórbida esta sumamente relacionada con el hígado graso no alcohólico (HGNA), el cual rápidamente se está convirtiendo en la causa más común de enfermedades crónicas del hígado a nivel mundial. Esta epidemi...
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May
Teenage Bariatric Surgery… Why?… How?
Morbid obesity is strongly associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is rapidly becoming the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. This epidemic is not limited to adults. An increasing number of children and adolescents are being affected. I...
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