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Balloon Sinus Dilation
Office Sinusitis Treatment Offers Instant Relief That Lasts: It is estimated that more than 37 million Americans suffer from sinusitis every year making it one of the most common health conditions in the country. For many years, those who suffered from the pain, pressure and oth...
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Anxiety or a Health Problem?
Feels Like Something is Stuck in My Throat. Is it Anxiety or a Health Problem? Anxiety and stress can have a profound effect on your body, and one such effect is inflammation, caused by the activation of your autonomic nervous system. Depending on the type of anxiety you experien...
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May
World Day for Safety & Health at Work
4/28/2020 is World Day for Safety & Health at Work: This Day promotes the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally. The focus is to raise awareness internationally on the problem and promote creating a safe and healthy culture to help reduce the number of wo...
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Smell Day
April 25th is National Sense of Smell Day: National Sense of Smell Day is an annual observation held on the last Saturday in April. This day is focused on how the sense of smell plays a significant role in daily life and how it interacts with other senses. The ability to detect c...
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National Healthcare Decisions Day
April 16, 2020 National Healthcare Decisions Day National Healthcare Decisions Day educates the public to take part in important advance care planning. The observance emphasizes the importance of advance directives which empower the public and healthcare providers to make informe...
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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 u...
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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 thes...
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April is Parkinson's Awareness Month 2
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 sympt...
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May
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 and...
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May
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 “...
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