Director's Corner

Posts in the Director’s Corner category:

Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy is really not that bad. These days, they put you to sleep briefly during the procedure. The procedure consists of a specialist doctor looking up your backside about 3 feet with a lighted fiber optic scope. The whole procedure takes about 30 minutes. The scope also can take a biopsy if something suspicious is seen…

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Sun Exposure

Are you thinking perhaps that’s a bit much? Must we avoid the sun altogether? Well, I assure you that as a youngster, I was not a bit afraid of the sun. Now I am paying the price…

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Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy is an allergic contact dermatitis that is a delayed skin reaction to urushiol which is a clear liquid in the sap of the plant. An allergy is basically the body’s immune system reacting inappropriately to what it recognizes as a poison…

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Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation is a specific irregular heart rhythm (pulse) that is pretty common. It can last for years and some people have it intermittently without knowing it…

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Progress? Let’s hope it is.

The topic this month is Adult Foster Care of the North Shore and growth…

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