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April World Health Day
April 7, 2020 World Health Day: World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on April 7th, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO). World Health Day is held to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global hea...
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April Public Health
April 6-12 Public Health Week: Everyone deserves to live a long and healthy life in a safe environment. Public Health Week addresses the causes of poor health and disease risk among individuals and within communities. Where we live, learn, work, worship and play effects each of ...
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April is Oral, Head and, Neck Cancer Month
The month of April brings oral, head, and neck cancer into focus, shinning a light on a potentially fatal disease. Head and neck cancers originate in the throat, larynx (voice box), pharynx, salivary glands, or oral cavity (lip, mouth, tongue) in the squamous cells that line the...
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April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects predominately dopamine-producing neurons in a specific area of the brain called the substantia nigra. Symptoms generally develop slowly over years. Due to the diversity of the disease, the progression of symp...
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National Doctors Day
On National Doctors Day, we say “thank you” to our physicians for all that they do for us and our loved ones. Healthcare today is more complex than ever. With more advancements, tools and information attheir fingertips, doctors have an overwhelming job to diagnose an...
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What is the Larynx?
The larynx, pronounced “LARE-inks”, is often referred to as the “voice box”. It is an organ in the neck containing the vocal folds (vocal cords), which work to produce sound for speech. Below the vocal folds is the airway or the trachea, pronounced &ldquo...
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National Physicians Week
It's National Physicians Week, which was established to recognize all of the dedicated doctors across our country who provide quality care every day, twenty-four hours a day. This year, National Physicians Week is March 25 -31. Physicians, also known as healers, are dedica...
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To Our Most Valued Patients
To Our Most Valued Patients: In an effort to help us protect you, other patients, your family/friends, and our staff, we are initiating some important new protocols in order to address COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Please know that we will be screening every patient and visitor trying...
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Patient Safety Awareness Week
Patient Safety Awareness Week was established to recognize that we are all dedicated to creating a world where patients and those who care for them are free from harm. This year, Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 13-19. Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition...
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March is MS Awareness Month
Speech Therapy Can Help Patients with MS: Speech and swallowing problems are among the most frustrating of MS symptoms, but speech therapy can help patients speak and swallow better. For the millions of people throughout the world with multiple sclerosis, symptoms can be debilit...
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March is Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Awareness Month. MSA
March is Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Awareness Month. MSA is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a combination of symptoms that affect both the autonomic nervous system and movement. The symptoms reflect the progressive loss of function of different types...
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World Hearing Health Day
March 3rd is World Hearing Health Day, which raises awareness of the growing numbers of those suffering from hearing loss and the importance of hearing health care. Associated Hearing Professionals and The American Academy of Audiology are focused on educating the public about h...
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