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How to Recognize Stroke Symptoms
You are encouraged and urged to learn the warning signs of stroke and to teach them to others. Knowing the warning signs and risk factors for stroke, you will be able to help yourself or […]
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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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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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Relentless Determination
L A handicapped calf shows the value of making each moment lived count. By Georgia Smith-Lyle, LPC-S Nature teaches us many truths we can live by if we are willing to observe, listen and implement. […]
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Stephen P. Courtney, MD
From hospital orderly to hospital owner. By Sondra Barr For board-certified, fellowship trained orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. Stephen P. Courtney, patients come first. It’s an ethos that developed early on in his life and one […]
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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 […]
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Ovarian Cancer: Not so silent?
Ovarian cancer is often considered a silent cancer until advanced stages. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 21,550 new cases of ovarian cancer were diagnosed last year and 14,600 women died of the disease. […]
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Thyroid Control
Optimal thyroid function should be the goal instead of settling for normal thyroid function. Thyroid control, if done thoroughly, can be one of the most challenging medical decisions that a doctor or nurse practitioner faces. […]
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Nutrition and Pain
A cohesive and integrated program provides the best results in relieving pain. Chronic pain patients suffer from pain that is multi-layered. Therefore, a cohesive and integrated program provides patients with the best results in relieving […]