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The Eye Disease Glaucoma
Glaucoma is an eye disease where a person may lose vision very slowly. The vision loss takes place so slowly that it is difficult to notice. What vision is lost is generally permanent. It happens […]
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Movement is a Top Priority to Ensure Faster, Better Healing.
Movement has always been associated with health, whether it happens on a dance floor, a basketball court, or even with the stroke of a paint brush over canvas. Movement represents vitality, strength, well-being. At Memorial […]
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Restoring Your Smile
Your smile is often one of the first things others notice about you. Does your smile make you look older? Are your teeth worn down or dingy in color? Do you have some teeth missing […]
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Are You Too Busy to Deal with Dental Issues?
Dental disease is chronic and progressive. Therefore, delays in treatment all too often trade simple and predictable options for those with more expense and less benefit This is especially troubling in the senior population, as […]
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Memorial Hospital Central’s Ortho/Neuro/Spine Unit.
Movement has always been associated with health, whether it happens on a dance floor, a basketball court, or even with the stroke of a paint brush over canvas. Movement represents vitality, strength, well-being. At Memorial […]
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Alpha Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Celebrates 10 Years of Caring
Alpha Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is celebrating its 10th year of caring for the orthopedic needs of our community. Over the years our community served has grown from the McKinney area to include Grayson county […]
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Your Hearing and Overall Health
Hearing loss can occur at any age and there are multiple causes. Courtesy HearCare & Associates Hearing loss is sometimes considered a condition that affects only senior adults. It’s true that one in three people […]
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Caring for the Caregiver
By Julie Alvira, MD MBA Caregiving is a labor of love but can pose some extreme challenges, both physically and emotionally. It does not matter if you’re an individual working as a professional caregiver for […]
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Peripheral Neuropathy
Neuropathy is simply nerve damage. Nerves are the electrical wiring in your body responsible for many things, including sensation. Neuropathy is a disease usually affecting the extremities (arms and legs), hence the term Peripheral Neuropathy […]
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Take Control of Knee Pain
The term arthritis includes a number of conditions, and many of them are suited for medical (non-operative) treatment. The number of patients with knee arthritis is increasing as baby-boomers reach retirement age. This is due to […]