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Stroke Awareness Can Save Lives

May 4, 2010 Leave a Comment

Dr. MirsenEvery year, more than 700,000 Americans suffer a stroke, with stroke being the third leading cause of death in the nation. Survival and recovery depends on two key factors: how quickly patients receive treatment and how comprehensive the treatment is.…

Posted in: eHealth Connection Tagged: neurological institute, stroke, transient ischemic attack

Steps to Successful Aging

April 27, 2010 Leave a Comment

Baby boomersAging is a complex process that researchers only recently have begun to understand. No matter what genes we’ve inherited, our bodies continually undergo complex biochemical reactions. Some of these reactions can cause damage, and, as we age, our body organs …

Posted in: eHealth Connection Tagged: aging, preventive medicine, screening tests

Preventing Cancer Through Food and Fitness

April 20, 2010 Leave a Comment

Getting fitApril is Cancer Control Month, a time to stop and think about how our lifestyle choices could be putting us at risk for developing the disease.

Research now shows that like tobacco and alcohol use, many cancer-risk factors are within …

Posted in: eHealth Connection Tagged: cancer institute, cancer risk

Advanced Solutions for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pain

April 6, 2010 Leave a Comment

Carpal tunnel painCarpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is much more than just pins and needles. It’s sharp, radiating pain in your wrist, hand, and arm that wakes you at night. It’s tingling, numbness and weakness that doesn’t go away, even during the day. …

Posted in: eHealth Connection Tagged: arm pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, hand pain, wrist pain

A Hard Life Made Easier: Expert Surgical Care for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

March 30, 2010 Leave a Comment

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis have dramatically impacted the health and quality of life for the nearly 1 million people suffering from these inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis typically strike young people, most often between the …

Posted in: eHealth Connection Tagged: colorectal surgery, Crohn’s disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis

Have You Had Your 35 Grams of Fiber Today?

March 30, 2010 Leave a Comment

We always hear that we should add more fiber to our diets, but what does it really do for us?

For starters, research shows it can slow the absorption of dietary fat which can help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol. It …

Posted in: eHealth Connection Tagged: fiber

New Treatment Offers Hope for Cardiac Arrest Patients

March 23, 2010 Leave a Comment

Critical care medicineIn the not too distant past, suffering a cardiac arrest outside of the hospital rarely included a complete recovery. Today, an innovative new treatment, called therapeutic hypothermia, offers many post-cardiac arrest patients a recovery that would have been deemed …

Posted in: eHealth Connection Tagged: cardiac arrest, therapeutic hypothermia

The Right Care for Concussion

March 16, 2010 Leave a Comment

ConcussionA concussion is a brain injury. That’s exactly what health officials want all of us to understand. From infants to young adults to seniors, anyone who appears to have sustained a concussion is advised to be medically evaluated and monitored, …

Posted in: eHealth Connection Tagged: brain, concussion, sports medicine

Identifying TMJ Disorders

March 9, 2010 Leave a Comment

Headaches. Toothaches. Earaches. We all get them. But, when the pain is persistent and its source can’t be identified, the problem might actually be coming from your temporomandibular joints (TMJ), the structures that connect your jaw to your head. These …

Posted in: eHealth Connection Tagged: temporomandibular joints, tmj

Recognizing the Early Warning Signs of Heart Disease in Women

March 2, 2010 Leave a Comment

Herat issuesIf you’re like many women, you tend to think of heart disease as a condition that affects mostly men. But, the fact is, heart disease is the leading cause of death in women.

“While most women are aware that one …

Posted in: eHealth Connection Tagged: anxiety, cardiac risk, heart disease, stress
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