Tag: Health Matters
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Health Matters: You Don’t Have to Live with Urinary Incontinence
By Emily Marshall, PA-C From small leaks to sudden accidents, urinary incontinence can feel embarrassing and have a negative impact on your quality of life. However, you don’t have to live with urinary incontinence, and with the right diagnosis and treatment approach, you can regain control. Penn Medicine Princeton Urogynecology and the Center for Pelvic…
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Health Matters: Screening Mammograms Can Detect Breast Cancer Early, When It’s Most Treatable
By Ashley M. Newman, MD Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women, and it is also one of the most detectable due in large part to screening mammograms. Mammograms can detect breast cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages, even when it is too small to be felt by…
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Health Matters: Know When to Seek Medical Care for Respiratory Symptoms in Children
By Alicia Brennan, MD Pediatricians across the United States are reporting an unusual uptick in respiratory viruses among children and advising parents to be on the lookout for troublesome symptoms and know when to seek medical care. Many illnesses are connected to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and enteroviruses, two common viruses that, while often mild,…
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Health Matters: How to Talk to Children When the News is Scary
By Chirayu Parikh, DO With an uptick in reports of violence in communities across the United States and real-time accounts of foreign wars and natural disasters delivered on television and online, it is more and more difficult for parents and caregivers to shield their children from news and images associated with tragic events. While parents…
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Health Matters: A Minimally Invasive Approach to Treating Obesity
By Monica Saumoy, MD Millions of people across the United States struggle with obesity. This common and serious disease increases the risk for a variety of other health conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and infertility, and it can negatively impact body image and self-esteem. Treating obesity, however, has been shown to decrease the…
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Health Matters: ‘Tis the Season…For Allergies, That Is
By Julie A Caucino, DO Seasonal allergies are nothing to sneeze at, especially for the millions of people in the United States who suffer through the spring and fall with watery eyes, a runny nose, and itchy throat. And allergies are likely to get worse — or at least last longer — as research shows…
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Health Matters: Runners, Get Back in the Race with Physical Therapy
By John Frank, PT From helping to protect against heart disease to boosting your mental health, there seems to be no finish line to the benefits of running. However, running injuries are common and whether you are a long-timer runner or new to the sport, if left untreated, injuries can leave you limping along. In…
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Health Matters: Physical Therapy for Osteoporosis Can Help Reduce Injuries and Build Strength
By Lisa Baptis, PT When you have osteoporosis, just doing the laundry can be back breaking work — literally. Even the simplest movements performed incorrectly can increase the risk of fragile bones fracturing. Physical therapy, however, can help prevent injury by improving posture, balance, and strength and by educating patients on how to use proper…
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Health Matters: Elective Coronary Angioplasty Offers Relief for Heart Disease Symptoms
By Andrew Shanahan, MD In the United States someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many heart attack patients will undergo emergency angioplasty to open their artery quickly and restore blood flow to the heart muscle. But did you know you don’t have to wait…
