May might be the month with all the flowers the April showers bring us.聽 But May is also High Blood Pressure Education Month.聽 Also called hypertension,聽high blood pressure can lead to strokes and heart attacks.聽 You might already know that.聽 But did you know high blood pressure can damage body organs and聽 lead to kidney failure?聽 Even the tiny blood vessels at the back of your eyes can be damaged when the pressure is too high in those blood vessels.聽 The worst part is that many people are... Read More
On April 23, speakers, Melissa Lopez, MSN, RN, and Natalie Hellmers, PhD, RN, presented the health seminar, "Brain Health: Healthy Mind, Healthy Body" at the Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center.聽The seminar explored issues such as: what makes up a healthy brain, the brain over the life course, a look inside the brain, neurological challenges, and ways to stay healthy. Lopez and Hellmers also聽shared information about the Lifestyle Improvement Fitness and Togetherness (LIFT) program聽at 91成人导航... Read More
National Self-Check Month is a reminder to take charge of your health with early detection checks for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity 鈥 conditions that聽are often preventable and treatable if found early enough.聽聽
On January 25, Dr. Daniel Pak presented a health education seminar entitled, 鈥淣ew Therapies for Spinal Stenosis鈥 at the Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center.Spinal stenosis occurs when the space around your spinal cord becomes too narrow, which irritates the spinal cord and/or the nerves that branch off it. Spinal stenosis causes symptoms like back or neck pain and tingling in your arms or legs. In this talk, Dr. Daniel Pak discussed new and emerging minimally invasive treatments for spinal... Read More
On December 6, Dr. Norman Latov presented a health education seminar entitled, 鈥淚diopathic Neuropathy: What it is and what to do if you have it鈥 at the Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center.Speaking from over 40 years of experience in caring for and advocating for people with neuropathy, Dr. Latov described how the peripheral nerves work, explained the symptoms of neuropathy, reviewed its different causes and types, and discussed treatment options.Norman Latov, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Neurology... Read More
