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Top Tips for Managing Diabetes
Receiving a diabetes diagnosis will probably go down as one of your top life-changing events. Although the initial shock can be overwhelming, developing habits that keep your diabetes under control will not remain challenging forever. Many diabetes patients develop a … Continue reading
Travel Safely This Summer Vacation
Summer is the perfect time to take a break from the everyday and travel to a new locale, but remember that you should never take a vacation from your health and safety. When traveling during summer vacation, or any time, … Continue reading
MIST Therapy® for Wound Care
More than 90 million people in the United States are treated for wounds each year, and many of them do not respond to standard wound care. Finding new ways to treat wounds is a challenge, so new therapies are always … Continue reading
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Rapid Killers: Bacterial Meningitis and Sepsis
By Wayne Guerra, MD, MBA at iTriage Recently the rapid death of a 23 yr old woman in Fort Collins, CO from sepsis which the media originally reported as bacterial meningitis has sparked lots of confusion between the two conditions. … Continue reading
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Is Gluten Bad for You?
By Laura Chiaramonti of iTriagehealth.com Recently, with all the buzz regarding gluten you’re probably wondering what it is, and if you need to be concerned. Gluten is a protein found in the grains wheat, barley, and rye. Besides the obvious, … Continue reading
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Sugar – The Evil Empire?
By Alicia Verity, www.itriagehealth.com In 1974 William Dufty wrote a bestseller called Sugar Blues espousing the evils of sugar and proclaiming that sugar is a highly addictive pervasive ingredient causing a host of medical problems from depression to coronary thrombosis. … Continue reading
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Killer Among Us: Heart Disease and Women
By Alicia Verity, MSPH iTriageHealth.com Brittany Murphy, the cheerful, actress filled with a child-like spirit, famous for her roles in 8 Mile, Clueless, and Uptown Girls, died on Sunday December 20, 2009, of sudden cardiac arrest, not a heart attack, … Continue reading
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Flu Shot Safety
By Alicia Verity, MSPH We are getting healthy here at Healthagen. This week we all rolled up our sleeves and got our flu shots. Prior to the scheduled event we had lots of questions, myths and concerns floating around the … Continue reading
Top 5 Ways to Avoid Winter Bugs
Posted by Alicia Verity, MSPH Contagious viruses that cause colds and the flu are active year-round. But because we spend more time indoors with other people during the winter months, we are exposed to viruses that get us sick. … Continue reading
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AVENTURA HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER INITIATES $10 MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION PROJECT
December 2, 2010, Aventura, FL –Aventura Hospital and Medical Center (AHMC) has initiated a $10 million dollar capital expenditure project that will add a 10th floor to the hospital’s North Tower, significantly enhancing the facility’s orthopedic, spinal and general/medical surgery … Continue reading
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