By: Pradip Jamnadas, M.D. What is High Blood Pressure? Since blood is carried from the heart to all of your body’s tissue and organs in vessels called arteries, blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of those arteries. Each time the heart beats (about 60-70 times a minute at rest), [...]
Deborah Cort RN, MSN, CRRN If you are like most people, the diagnosis of stroke conjures up images in your mind of long hospital stays, wheel chairs, inability to talk, being unable to care for yourself and even death. However, if you are aware of the signs and symptoms of stroke and get to a [...]
By Deborah Cort, MSN, CRRN Approximately 2 million people a year get a hospital-acquired, or nosocomial, infection, and as a result of these infections, one in 20 of these people die. In a recent article in “Hospital and Health Network,” Dr. Richard Shannon, chairman of the department of medicine at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, [...]
By: Kamy Kemp, MD Imagine you’re 37 years old, in a great marriage and a wonderful career. Now it seems the stage is set to begin a family. This is not an unusual scenario. Many professional women choose to get established in their careers first, then have children in their late 30s and even 40s. [...]
By: Pradip Jamnadas, MD What is a stroke? A stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is blocked, either by narrowed blood vessels or blood clots or when there is bleeding in the brain. Deprived of nutrients, during the stroke brain cells die quickly. As a result, stroke can cause vision and sensory loss, [...]
By: Pradip Jamnadas, M.D. What is a stroke? Similar to a heart attack that cuts off the blood flow to the heart, a stroke is a brain attack that cuts off blood flow to the brain, the body’s most vital organ. When an artery in, or leading to, the brain becomes clogged or ruptured, blood [...]
By Barbara Entsuah, MD Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of death due to cancer in the US. In 2005 according to the American cancer society, 145,000 people were affected. Family history may play a significant risk factor, with about 30% of diagnosed cases showing familiar groupings, meaning that those people may have a [...]
