Are you obese and it is affecting your health? Have you tried to lose weight with diet and exercise but just can't shed those unwanted pounds? If you have answered yes to both of these questions, you may want to consider weight-loss surgery. When thinking about your weight-loss surgery options, you need to know that there are different types of procedures. Each procedure has its own pros and cons. One such type of weight-loss procedure is called gastric sleeve surgery.
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COVID-19 is something everyone has tried to avoid for nearly a year now. With everyone social distancing, and staying home more often, and staying safe, COVID-19 is still with us. There's still a need for testing, a need for treatment, and a need for prevention to keep you and others safe. If you are experiencing some symptoms, but you aren't sure if you need to be tested for COVID-19, read on for some symptoms that you should go in to be tested.
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After recovering from the acute phase after suffering an injury in an accident, your doctor may decide that you could benefit from regular physical therapy. Before your first session, be aware of a couple of mistakes that you need to avoid to keep from hindering your own recovery progress from your therapy.
1. You Only Do Your Exercises During Your Scheduled Sessions with the Therapist
One mistake that you should avoid when you are going through therapy to help you recover from an injury is thinking that you can get away with only doing your exercises during your sessions with the therapist.
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For most people, receiving a cancer diagnosis is a major shock. The good news is that many patients have good outcomes when cancer is caught early and radiation treatment is administered. However, dealing with the stress of learning that you have cancer and undergoing a full course of radiation treatment is rarely easy. Thus, it is a good idea to know what to expect before your radiation treatment begins. Knowing what to expect will allow you to plan and prepare in advance.
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A severe hit to the neck—such as during a tackle or in a car accident—may put a lot of pressure on the tissues of this area of the body. And when this happens, a person may find themselves suffering from an excessive level of pain. As a result, it may be necessary to get treatment for neck pain with stem cell therapy.
Neck Pain Can Be Very Frustrating
When tearing muscles or other tissues in the neck during a severe hit, a lot of pain is likely to occur.
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